The reason we may feel more anxious than we should lies in an unusual place: Self-hatred. If we think of …
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Can People Change?
We’re often in a position of deeply hoping that someone on whom we depend might change: become (perhaps) less defensive …
On Disliking Oneself
Many of us are walking around with an enormous secret burden: we deeply hate ourselves. That makes us very suspicious …
The One Question We Need to Ask Ourselves When We Feel Anxious
The problem with anxious moods is that they often hide from us what it is we’re actually concerned about. It …
How to Test Your Emotional Maturity
Knowing how emotionally mature someone is can be the most important thing to know about them; but this knowledge may …
When You Feel Stuck in a Relationship
This is a film about being stuck in a relationship – neither happily being able to stay nor freely being …
Why We Should Dare to Be More Selfish
We’re taught to think very badly of selfishness but in truth, completely obliterating ourselves and living only for others and …
The Hard Work of being Lazy
We live in a culture that hugely values activity and ‘hard work’. But – paradoxically – the hardest work we …