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Emotional Skills

Giving Up on People Pleasing

The people pleaser needs to learn an unusual and little-mentioned art: that of giving up on people.

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The Benefits of Forgetfulness

We are rescued from many of our sorrows not by active solutions or nifty work of the intellect but by our reliable tendencies to forget.

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Learning To Trust Again

Relationships

Learning To Trust Again

When we have been the victims of treachery or adultery in love, the loss is not just of the person…
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Stick At It

Relationships

Stick At It

When life inside a couple has grown full of strife, when argument follows argument, when both people are hurting and…
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What Kinks Are About

Relationships

What Kinks Are About

One of the great puzzles of psychology is why kinks exist. Not only are we typically highly selective about who…
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