Glossary of Terms

A shortened form of a written word or phrase used in place of the whole word or phrase.

The 'absent interview' refers to the online search employers or recruiters conduct, primarily on social media platforms, to gather additional information about potential candidates before scheduling personal interviews. It's crucial to exercise caution and good judgment regarding the content you share on social media, as it could impact your professional opportunities.

A word (e.g. GPS) is formed from the initial letter or letters of each of the successive parts or major parts of a compound term or concept.

The technology is deployed and used - in synchronicity with human involvement - to enhance an appropriate discussion, feedback and coaching strategy.

Alternatives suggest the presence of multiple options for consideration. Our decision-making process involves assessing which of these options aligns best with the circumstances at hand. Furthermore, the term 'alternative' denotes a selection from a set of possibilities, be it one, two, or more. By opting for a particular alternative, we inherently exclude other potential choices.

Ambition fuels action, energizing our performance. When we decide to act, we embody ambition's essence. It's not static; ambition adapts to our context, propelling us forward, pausing, or stepping back. To enhance ambition, practice purposeful action, guided by self-confidence. Without action, ambition is merely wishful thinking, where dreams roam freely. But when ambition drives action, it becomes the Oryx's playground, not the Wild Horse's. Embrace ambition's power; it's the force behind progress.

Feeling on edge, constantly worrying about potential troubles, anxiety can really mess with our peace of mind. It's like there's this constant looming sense of impending doom, just waiting to snatch away our contentment.

A state of mind in which one is free from doubt with faith in oneself or one's abilities.

Authentic indicates undisputed origin and not a copy; genuine. Therefore, authenticity means you're true to your own personality, values and spirit, regardless of the pressure that you're under to act otherwise. You're honest with yourself and with others and you take responsibility for your actions, the successes and failures or mistakes.

Autonomy is all about having the freedom to call the shots in your life, making choices, and taking the reins independently, without feeling like you're constantly under someone else's thumb. It's about thinking for yourself, making decisions and acting in a way that aligns with your values and beliefs, rather than feeling swayed by what others expect of you or the pressures from society, authority figures or any other external factors.

Free from distress or disturbance and emotional or mental control.

Implies that time and space restriction, segregations and divisions, increasingly becomes less of an obstacle when doing business, conduct work activities or being involved in the economy.

The comfort zone is a secure mental and emotional space where we feel at ease, with minimal stress or fear. It fosters confidence and stability, helping us navigate challenges. However, becoming too reliant on familiar routines and beliefs can limit growth and self-awareness. This resistance to change may hinder personal development and mindfulness, preventing us from embracing new opportunities and perspectives. Balancing comfort with openness is essential for meaningful progress and self-discovery.

Evenness of mood or emotions or temper.

A state of mental uncertainty in which everything is out of order.

Strength of mind to carry on in spite of adversity or in the face of danger.

Covert actions or behaviour are concealed, secretive actions meant to evade detection. They occur discreetly, hidden from public view, contrasting with overt behaviour. These actions aim to achieve goals discreetly, maintain secrecy or manipulate outcomes subtly.

To feel or express happiness, joy or triumph.

A state or spell of very low spirits.

Utter loss of hope, faith and aspiration, encounter hopelessness and despair.

The state of not being protected from injury, harm or evil and of great suffering of body or mind. Thus, distress normally results in severe stress, anxiety, depression, fears, helplessness, frustration, worries, fears, panic, agony, misery, …etc.

An eclectic stance or approach deriving ideas, style or tastes from a broad and diverse range of different sources. The methods, techniques, beliefs, ideas, ...etc. that eclectically combine whatever seems the best or most useful things from a variety of different areas or systems, rather than following a single system approach.

Economy is pertaining to the production, distribution, earning and use of income, wealth and commodities. In essence, economy is what does people do to earn a living and is an indication of how prosperous communities are.

The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal or plant lives or operates. In its most literal sense, 'environment' simply means 'surroundings'. Hence the environment of an individual, object, element or system includes all of the other entities by which it is surrounded and/or interacts with.

Excelling is the process of becoming everything you are capable of becoming (i.e to become the best version of yourself). To be greater, better or stronger than you were the day before.

It may seem like everything is smooth sailing on the surface, but beneath that facade, there's a simmering pot of adversities, aggression, resentments, and hostility just waiting to boil over at any moment, triggered by even the slightest provocation."

The feeling experienced in the presence or threat of danger. Regardless of whether real or perceived.

Flow is a state of peak performance where a person is deeply focused and fully immersed in an activity. In this state, tasks feel effortless, time seems to pass quickly, and there’s a sense of control and enjoyment. Flow occurs when the challenge of a task matches a person’s skills, creating a balance that drives focus and engagement. It enhances productivity and creativity, allowing individuals to perform at their best without distraction or stress.

Forces such as... religion, culture, politics, economics, conspiracies, citizenship, patriotism, ...and the likes.

To encourage and promote growth or development and bring to maturity through support, guidance, care and education.

Happiness derailers are those pesky feelings that can really place a damper on our joy, bliss and delight in life, either by totally squashing them or knocking them off track.

Holism is characterized by the belief that the parts of something are intimately interconnected and explicable only by reference to the whole. In a treatment context, it implies the treatment of the whole person, taking into account physical, mental, spiritual and social factors, rather than just the symptoms of a disease. Thus, holistic relates to or is concerned with wholes or with complete systems rather than with the analysis of, treatment of, or dissection into parts. A holistic approach focuses on treating both the mind and the body regarding individuals and their environment as a single dynamic system.

A merging of human reasoning & android applications, which implies individuals performing as conditioned and trained algorithms, mainly employing a set of rules to be followed with obstacle-solving operations, lacking any creativity, improvisation and/or context.

Informed consent to treatment is fundamental in both ethics and law. Clients have the right to receive information and ask questions about recommended therapeutic techniques so that they can make well-considered decisions about support, assistance and guidance. effective communication in the client-therapist relationship fosters trust and encourages shared decision-making. Thus, before starting with any therapeutic strategy, a therapist should explain to a client what s/he intends to do, what s/he hopes that it might accomplish and any possible risks or potential consequences the client might face. Then, the client can either agree to the strategy, adjust, refine or reject it.

Integrative is combining two or more things to form an effective unit, system or service.

​Something that makes one feel happier, more content and makes life more fun. Thus, it is something that is directionalising and filters your mind, attention and unconscious responses so that you get and achieve more success, happiness and joy in your life. Thus, to make life better, more desirable and markedly greater in measure or degree.

Minimum requirements - in conjunction with minimum standards - are baseline criteria and traits that an individual should acquire in order to make productive, effective and optimal use of services as offered by the Career Center. Thus, minimum requirements are essential qualities needed to fully benefit from services offered and to limit the disruptive influence of future shock.    

A situation or state that causes great suffering, agony and unhappiness, lack of joy.

Available modern day technologies such as Skype, Hangouts, DropBox, WhatsApp, FaceBook, LinkedIn, Emails, Cellphones, ...etc.

Monitor or Monitoring implies continued close attention and checking the progress standard and quality of something for some time and keeping it under systematic review through observations, evaluations and keeping a continuous record by deploying the monitoring cycle. Therefore, assessing, evaluating and monitoring aims to either correct, adjust or tweak something SMARTly if and when necessary. For accurate monitoring and record-keeping, keeping a journal generally is the best way to do so. The RedNotebook application - available as open-source - is quite a handy journaling tool to use for this purpose.

An inclination to believe in the most favourable outcome.

Overt actions are easily observable behaviours, readily apparent to external observers. They include visible actions like speaking or moving, openly displayed without needing interpretation. Overt behaviour contrasts with covert behaviour, which is concealed or hidden from view.

When something is paradoxical, it involves two facts or qualities which seem to contradict one another, for example...

• Some sedatives produce the paradoxical effect of making the person more anxious.
• We were a team of individuals, as paradoxical as that may sound.

A state of freedom from troublesome or oppressive thoughts or emotions or feelings.

A calm confidence in a person's way of behaving, or a quality of grace and balance in the mannar a person preserves him/herself under pressure or in a crisis.

Being productive, as opposed to being unproductive, involves initiating envisioned outcomes through intellectual and creative abilities. It aligns actions with set goals, ensuring progress towards personal or collective objectives. Essentially, it signifies moving forward, actively pursuing goals and realizing visions efficiently. Being productive means staying "on track," achieving tangible results while optimizing resources. It embodies the Oryx spirit: consistently generating constructive outcomes.

Purview refers to the full scope and understanding of a subject, often tied to one's authority, responsibilities, or expertise. It's frequently used to define the boundaries within which an individual, group, or system operates or holds sway. In a broader sense, it represents the range of knowledge or comprehension within a particular field or topic.

Whatever the media is telling you, whatever the medicine industry is force feeding you, the assurances and promises of politicians, the salvation message preached by organized religions, generally accepted standardizations, the presented benefits of education and training, predictions of a future workplace, …etc.

A close look at or over someone or something to judge its current condition, standard or quality.

The SCIO (Scientific Consciousness Interface Operations System) is the most advanced system of Therapy available in energetic medicine. The SCIO combines all known applications of Biofeedback and operates through unique medical software. The SCIO is a safe, non-invasive, powerful bio-feedback device that stimulates the tremendous self-healing capacity of the body through stress detection and reduction.

Semiotics is the exploration of signs and symbols in human communication, delving into various systems like language, gestures, and even attire.

The 'signal to noise ratio' implies the difficuly we experience to allocate and identify useful/worthwhile/meaningful information, amongst the many useless information we are bombarded with on a daily basis. Thus, the frustration we experience to separate the wheat from the chaff.

Taking a moment to pause and reflect goes beyond just stopping; it means diving deep into our thoughts and objectively examining our inner scripts or narratives. The stories we constantly tell ourselves to make sense of our experiences are crucial for our mental well-being. It's about dedicating the time needed to thoroughly investigate, evaluate, assess and confirm the coherence of these narratives.

Technology imply and refer to all methods, systems, processes and devices which are the result of scientific knowledge being used for practical purposes (e.g.  cellphones, computers, the Internet, ...etc.).

"The powers that be" is a phrase referring to those individuals or groups of people who collectively control and hold authority over a particular domain or area of expertise. For example...

• Governments, both central and local, and the accompanying civil services.
• The upper management of businesses and organisations.
• Those who control the dissemination of information
• People who are highly regarded like Scientists, Researchers, Academics, Church leaders, etc.

Regarded in a Career & Healing Center context, therapy should not be narrowly viewed as "to make well again" or to "fix" something that went "wrong". Therapy involves much more than that, it involves a process of identifying something undesirable and how to counteract, manage or correct it, deploying a variety of techniques such as psychological assistance or support, guidance, facilitation or coaching as needed to efficiently deal with the obstacle.

The idea that giving should always result in receiving often leads to keeping score in relationships. This habit of tracking who's given what and when can be unhealthy, especially in personal connections. While it might make sense in the realm of work and business, it can wreak havoc on our personal lives.  

Relating to or involving transformation, or the process of change. It denotes the capability to bring about significant improvements or alterations in a given situation or circumstances.  

Trauma stems from experiences that we couldn't properly handle at the time, leaving us overwhelmed when facing life's challenges. There are three main types:

1. Acute trauma: This comes from a single, terrible event like an accident, assault, or natural disaster.
2. Chronic trauma: It results from ongoing stressors like domestic violence, bullying, or abuse.
3. Complex trauma: This happens when someone faces a range of traumatic events, often interpersonal and invasive, especially during crucial times like childhood.

Unproductive, the antithesis of productivity, signifies failure to achieve desired outcomes or meet intended goals. It suggests deviation, stagnation, or distance from our aspirations, leading to a sense of being stuck in the suffocating quicksand of aimlessness. Whether we're derailing or simply stagnant, unproductivity embodies the struggle against the soul-numbing inertia of a Wild Horse existence.

Not feeling, showing or taking action with confidence and certainty. As in sceptical and not being sure about the truth, wisdom or trustworthiness of someone or something.

Vice versa indicates that what was said or written is also true in the opposite order. For example, if you're not particularly fond of someone and think the feeling is mutual, you can say: "I don't like Paul and vice versa".

The state of doing well, especially in relation to one's happiness or success.

To experience concern, anxiety and frenzy, a troubled and uneasy mind.