When we set out to study old age, we are to some extent studying recent history. We are studying the way the currently old behaved in their youth and middle age. And this can be 20, 50 or even 70 or more years ago, if we are looking at the very old.
Things have [...]
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Personal Development for Smart People: the conscious pursuit of personal growth by Steve Pavlina
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I like Steve Pavlina – I like his adrenalin-junkie style. I like how he pushes the boundaries and is always trying stuff (like sleeping twenty minutes every four hours instead in one block as usual). I like [...]
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Some Australians (those as old as me), will be able to remember ‘Kingswood Country’ – a sitcom that ran for a few seasons and was quite popular.
It was about a family – the father was called Ted. Ted was a fairly crass and insensitive character. When Ted had a difficulty with something he [...]
I have a guest post on the Psychology, Philosophy and Real Life blog. It is a follow-up to a post I did earlier on dependence and independence. In the comments people asked about how dependence and independence applied to finance. This is my attempt to answer this question. This is the [...]
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Some years ago now some researchers wanted to study the oldest and healthiest populations. They marked these on a map with blue circles. And so these areas came to be known as “Blue Zones”.
There is an on-going project to research these long-lived and healthy people. The results of studying these people – [...]
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I have a guest post on the Psychology, Philosophy and Real Life blog called Vulnerability and Safety. It is about acknowledging our vulnerability and how this can make such a positive difference to our lives in general and our relationship in particular. I hope you like it. Evan
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I’ve just written a new eBook.
It is called Thriving in Your Situation. Buy it now by clicking here.
When I sat down to write it I wanted to be sure that what I had to say was really worthwhile. I thought I would write about how to be as happy as possible whatever situation [...]
Why do we do to others what we didn’t like done to us?
One of the curious parts of our human experience is that we pass on the bad stuff. Sometimes we even realise we are doing it. And it isn’t uncommon.
Those who have had abused childhoods can still abuse their children. Those [...]
