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Good Endings in Love
The pain exacted by the unwanted end of a relationship will always be significant for the abandoned party – but…
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Escaping Into History
We should, at moments, be allowed to admit to longing to be living in a different age, and not to have to think about all the things that people of our times are so strongly supposed to be obsessed by.
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The Inevitability of Choice
There are so few public reminders of life’s necessary trade-offs. Yet once we understand the incompatibilities, we are in a better position to do what we always needed to do: choose.
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What Would Jesus Do?
The Christian exercise is ripe for secular re-adaptation. We should train ourselves to ask: What would a kind, calm and mature person do or say now?
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Relationships
On Castration Anxiety
In an attempt to explain the often puzzling phenomenon of male heterosexual impotence, psychologists have at points offered us one…
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Relationships
How to Find Out What Might Happen With a New Partner
When a new relationship is on the cards, as we chat over supper or go on a walk, we might…
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Self-Knowledge
Trust What You Knew Then, Not What You Feel Now
The business of living can be complicated by a particularly exhausting habit: our tendency to question our judgements with the…
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Self-Knowledge
Four Explanations for Self-Sabotage
One of the most curious and dispiriting of all psychological behaviours goes under the title of self-sabotage. Someone with prospects…
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Self-Knowledge
Those of Us Who Need a War Zone
We naturally assume that a life in a peaceful country will always be preferable to one in a war torn…
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Sociability
Why Introverts Are As They Are
It is tempting to assume that one might simply be born either introverted or extroverted, as though these categories were…
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Relationships
Those of Us Who Don’t Expect Kindness in Love
Some of us appear to have an above average talent for finding ourselves in unfulfilling relationships. Our unions might begin…
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Relationships
A Dark Way to Predict What Might Happen in Your Relationship
A dark and frightening way to predict what might happen in your relationship with a new person is to ask…
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Relationships
On Castration Anxiety
In an attempt to explain the often puzzling phenomenon of male heterosexual impotence, psychologists have at points offered us one…
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Relationships
How to Find Out What Might Happen With a New Partner
When a new relationship is on the cards, as we chat over supper or go on a walk, we might…
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Self-Knowledge
Trust What You Knew Then, Not What You Feel Now
The business of living can be complicated by a particularly exhausting habit: our tendency to question our judgements with the…
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Self-Knowledge
Four Explanations for Self-Sabotage
One of the most curious and dispiriting of all psychological behaviours goes under the title of self-sabotage. Someone with prospects…
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Self-Knowledge
Those of Us Who Need a War Zone
We naturally assume that a life in a peaceful country will always be preferable to one in a war torn…
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Sociability
Why Introverts Are As They Are
It is tempting to assume that one might simply be born either introverted or extroverted, as though these categories were…
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Relationships
Those of Us Who Don’t Expect Kindness in Love
Some of us appear to have an above average talent for finding ourselves in unfulfilling relationships. Our unions might begin…
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Relationships
A Dark Way to Predict What Might Happen in Your Relationship
A dark and frightening way to predict what might happen in your relationship with a new person is to ask…
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