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Cures for Love
‘Cures for Love’ is the title of a self-help book written by the Roman poet Ovid in 2 AD that…
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How to Weaken the Hold of Addiction
Many of us are prey to addictive behaviours which we know run contrary to our deeper interests but which we find ourselves entirely unable to desist from at key moments.
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Charles Darwin and the Descent of Man
It is completely understandable that we are often maddened by what might be called ‘normal’ humanity. In such moods the 19th century naturalist Charles Darwin has much to say to us.
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Straightforward vs. Complicated People
A basic distinction in humans is between those who are simple and straightforward to deal with – and those who are – as we tend to be reminded when we interact with them – repeatedly tricky or complicated to handle.
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How Heartbreak Pushes Artists to Their Greatest Achievements
For all its many inconveniences and agonies, heartbreak appears to have a longstanding and curious power to push artists towards…
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The Theory of Triangulation
‘Triangulation’ is a term used in psychoanalysis to refer to the way in which someone can be drawn to repeatedly…
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Calm
The Therapeutic Benefits of a Walk
Imagine that we’ve been in the apartment by ourselves since the previous evening, and now, at the start of the…
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The Ordinariness of the Lovers Who Devastate Us
When we hear certain stories of devastating heartbreak – the kind where the longing and the suffering seem limitless –…
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How Heartbreak Ends
Heartbreak is a paradoxical state in which, for a time – very strangely – we take the side of the…
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Dating When You’ve Learnt to Love Yourself
Dating is ostensibly the business of searching for someone to love – but for it to go well, it requires…
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Ruminating on One’s Ex
We can spend a great deal of time – years, perhaps – wondering why certain people, whom we loved very…
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The Only Love Worthy of the Name
Some of us will require the better part of a lifetime to learn a very simple-sounding lesson – one that…
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Relationships
How Heartbreak Pushes Artists to Their Greatest Achievements
For all its many inconveniences and agonies, heartbreak appears to have a longstanding and curious power to push artists towards…
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Self-Knowledge
The Theory of Triangulation
‘Triangulation’ is a term used in psychoanalysis to refer to the way in which someone can be drawn to repeatedly…
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Calm
The Therapeutic Benefits of a Walk
Imagine that we’ve been in the apartment by ourselves since the previous evening, and now, at the start of the…
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Relationships
The Ordinariness of the Lovers Who Devastate Us
When we hear certain stories of devastating heartbreak – the kind where the longing and the suffering seem limitless –…
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Relationships
How Heartbreak Ends
Heartbreak is a paradoxical state in which, for a time – very strangely – we take the side of the…
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Relationships
Dating When You’ve Learnt to Love Yourself
Dating is ostensibly the business of searching for someone to love – but for it to go well, it requires…
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Relationships
Ruminating on One’s Ex
We can spend a great deal of time – years, perhaps – wondering why certain people, whom we loved very…
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Relationships
The Only Love Worthy of the Name
Some of us will require the better part of a lifetime to learn a very simple-sounding lesson – one that…
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