Encyclopedia Development
Your personal tool for organizing concepts and mechanisms from development and psychology. We skip academic formulas in favor of clear definitions, cognitive biases, and self-reflection questions that help you name your states precisely.
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Basic needs
Basic needs are the fundamental conditions for well-being and functioning, without which it is more difficult for a person to…
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Borders
Boundaries are psychological and practical rules defining what a person agrees to, what he needs and what he does not…
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Burnout
Burnout is a phenomenon associated with chronic professional stress that has not been effectively managed.
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Meditation
Meditation is a group of practices that focus attention and integrate the mind and body to increase presence, regulation and…
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Mental hygiene
Mental hygiene is the regular maintenance of conditions that support emotional, cognitive and social well-being.
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Mental suffering
Psychological distress is a subjectively difficult emotional or cognitive state that may reduce well-being and daily functioning.
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Mindfulness
Mindfulness is maintaining attention on current experience with an attitude of greater openness and less automatic judgment.
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Sanity
Mental health is a state of well-being that enables you to cope with the stresses of life, develop opportunities, learn,…
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Self-acceptance
Self-acceptance is recognizing oneself with real characteristics, history, limitations and resources without constantly rejecting oneself.
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Self-compassion
Self-compassion is treating yourself with kindness and realism in the face of mistakes, suffering, and imperfections.
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Self-compassion
Self-compassion is treating yourself with kindness, mindfulness, and a sense of shared humanity in the face of mistakes, pain, or…
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Sense
Meaning is the feeling that an experience, action, or life has meaning, direction, or value greater than a momentary reaction.
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