'Psychological Health' Category
Stubbornness
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I’m usually happy to own up to being stubborn - though I’m being a bit mischievous. I was in a psychotherapy group and one of our trainers pointed out that, “When someone says I am stubborn it is usually because I am not doing what they want me to do”. If they dislike [...]
Using Anger to Change
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Anger is valuable in helping us change for two reasons. It is one way of knowing what is important to us. It is the energy to initiate.1. Knowing what is important to us.We only get angry about what is important to us. Something that is not important to us we either [...]A great post about fear
Patricia, whose blog is Spiritual Journey of a Lightworker, did a good post on fear. It’s called Gifts of Facing Your Fears. In this post she points to an excellent post by Tom Volkar called Cash in on the Hidden Gold Beneath Your Fears.
What is so great about both these posts is there positive valuing [...]How to Respond to Disappointment
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Disappointment isn’t often viewed positively in the self-help or self-development world. This is hardly surprising - it’s quite an unpleasant experience (at least for me).
An exception to this is Joanna Macy. Her take on disappointment is that disappointment is valuable because, “When you are disappointed you are not pretending” (my [...]Doing Anger Well
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I believe that anger is good. Unfortunately it is usually expressed badly. In most relationships I know expression of anger has lead to problems. And this has lead to anger itself being regarded as something bad. If you had an irrationally angry and violent parent you will have lots of [...]Leave as Soon as You Can
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Sometimes we’re in a bad situation. In this case it may be best to leave as soon as you can. Why? Because being in a bad situation drains our energy. This means that we have less energy to change the situation, or to leave. This can become a [...]When You Learn Abuse, You Live Abuse
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This is a guest post by one of my readers and commenters, Barbara. It is about abusive relationships and her experience of them. If you feel this may be upsetting for you please don’t read any further. As always Barbara is articulate and insightful. I hope you [...]
