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Naturally You Don’t Trust Anyone!
We know of course that a principle requirement of being thought a healthy, acceptable person is that we should be…
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Questioning Our Conscience
Once we realise we have a conscience and that it speaks to us in a very partial manner, we are in a better position to reflect on the issue of origins.
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Overcoming Manic Moods
In our manic moods, we are in flight from emotional truths that terrify and sadden us. We are running to make sure we do not meet ourselves.
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Learning to Feel What We Really Feel
A so-called ‘well-adjusted mind’ is one that can minimise the distance between what it feels and what it knows it feels: between the emotions that flood it and those that consciousness can register.
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When It’s Extremely Hard to Choose
A significant and intense chunk of our lives may be spent pondering ‘hard choices.’ Should we continue in our relationship…
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Relationships
What We Can Always Do to Improve Our Relationships
We don’t need to be especially self-righteous or particularly obtuse to settle on the view that – on balance –…
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Relationships
Who Actually Ends a Relationship?
There is a particular kind of pain that some of us have to endure at the end of a relationship…
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Relationships
Why Some Of Us Are So Bad At Spotting Red Flags
Some of us have a distinctive attitude to red flags in relationships. We can certainly see – if we push…
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Relationships
The Appeal of Rescuing Other People
We might assume that our great longing in relationships would be to be looked after by someone; an exceptionally kind…
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Calm
On Feeling Manic
Many of us are prone to slip into states of mind we might call ‘manic’ – in which we run…
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Relationships
Daring to Love
Some of us are involved in a dynamic in love that, when it’s laid out squarely, sounds very strange indeed:…
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Relationships
The Pains of Heartbreak
For all the songs and poems and novels written in its honour, the sickness of heartbreak is unlikely to strike…
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Self-Knowledge
When It’s Extremely Hard to Choose
A significant and intense chunk of our lives may be spent pondering ‘hard choices.’ Should we continue in our relationship…
View
Relationships
What We Can Always Do to Improve Our Relationships
We don’t need to be especially self-righteous or particularly obtuse to settle on the view that – on balance –…
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Relationships
Who Actually Ends a Relationship?
There is a particular kind of pain that some of us have to endure at the end of a relationship…
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Relationships
Why Some Of Us Are So Bad At Spotting Red Flags
Some of us have a distinctive attitude to red flags in relationships. We can certainly see – if we push…
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Relationships
The Appeal of Rescuing Other People
We might assume that our great longing in relationships would be to be looked after by someone; an exceptionally kind…
View
Calm
On Feeling Manic
Many of us are prone to slip into states of mind we might call ‘manic’ – in which we run…
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Relationships
Daring to Love
Some of us are involved in a dynamic in love that, when it’s laid out squarely, sounds very strange indeed:…
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Relationships
The Pains of Heartbreak
For all the songs and poems and novels written in its honour, the sickness of heartbreak is unlikely to strike…
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