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Wild Advice for Those Who Have Lost Their Minds Over an Ex
The world is not short of advice for those who are struggling to get over their exes. The problem is…
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On Feeling Manic
Many of us are prone to slip into states of mind we might call ‘manic’ – in which we run obsessively and at high speed away from something within us that asks for our attention and yet feels intolerably raw and overwhelming.
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Might I Be Feeling Lonely Rather Than Worried?
We might ask a question of our mood that sounds deliberately and provocatively strange: Might I principally, at heart, be lonely rather than worried?
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The Ecstatic Joy We Deny Ourselves
What if we didn’t always have to be as sad and as anxious as we usually are? What if we surrendered to loving and to being loved?
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Red Flags for Everyone: How Therapy Has Made Love Harder
One of the most conspicuous features of the modern attitude to relationships is the ever greater detail with which we…
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To Get Back Together – or Not? An Exam for Couples
News that two people who had a harrowing break-up are now trying to get back together again – a few…
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When We All Lived in Villages…
Of course, back then, when we all lived in villages, there were some grave problems. It was hard to get…
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How We Encourage the Behaviour We Feel We Deserve
We tend to assume that people are either very nice to us – or not – according to certain fixed…
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Why We Should Treat Dates Like Job Interviews
Few things could sound as offensive and unromantic as to draw comparisons between hiring an employee – and getting together…
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Can Our Partners Change?
In many relationships, we may find ourselves asking, with continually renewed frustration, puzzlement and pain: ‘Why can’t they change?’ We…
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How to Work Out the Level of Emotional Maturity of Prospective Partners
Part of the difficulty of forming good relationships is that we can’t easily tell what the level of emotional maturity…
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The Mark of True Love: Simplicity
We humans have an immense appetite for complicated things. Neuroscience, astrophysics and molecular biology of course. But also barely decipherable…
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Leisure
Red Flags for Everyone: How Therapy Has Made Love Harder
One of the most conspicuous features of the modern attitude to relationships is the ever greater detail with which we…
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Relationships
To Get Back Together – or Not? An Exam for Couples
News that two people who had a harrowing break-up are now trying to get back together again – a few…
View
Calm
When We All Lived in Villages…
Of course, back then, when we all lived in villages, there were some grave problems. It was hard to get…
View
Relationships
How We Encourage the Behaviour We Feel We Deserve
We tend to assume that people are either very nice to us – or not – according to certain fixed…
View
Relationships
Why We Should Treat Dates Like Job Interviews
Few things could sound as offensive and unromantic as to draw comparisons between hiring an employee – and getting together…
View
Relationships
Can Our Partners Change?
In many relationships, we may find ourselves asking, with continually renewed frustration, puzzlement and pain: ‘Why can’t they change?’ We…
View
Relationships
How to Work Out the Level of Emotional Maturity of Prospective Partners
Part of the difficulty of forming good relationships is that we can’t easily tell what the level of emotional maturity…
View
Relationships
The Mark of True Love: Simplicity
We humans have an immense appetite for complicated things. Neuroscience, astrophysics and molecular biology of course. But also barely decipherable…
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