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What Does the Child in You Need Today?
We know – in theory – that it is extremely wise to try to look after ourselves, to show ourselves…
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Why We Can so Quickly End up Feeling Hated
Some of the darkest moments of our lives are those in which we make the sudden discovery that someone whom…
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Why We Sometimes Need to Be Tied to a Mast
One of the most instructive stories in Greek mythology is to be found in Book 12 of Homer’s Odyssey, where…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Why We Can so Quickly End up Feeling Hated
Some of the darkest moments of our lives are those in which we make the sudden discovery that someone whom…
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Self-Knowledge
Why We Sometimes Need to Be Tied to a Mast
One of the most instructive stories in Greek mythology is to be found in Book 12 of Homer’s Odyssey, where…
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Relationships
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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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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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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