"Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also harder to bear", wrote C. S. Lewis. Unfortunately, far from …
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How to develop the open-mindedness
Open-mindedness is a fundamental skill that allows us to open ourselves to new ideas and experiences. Without it, we would remain tied to the past, …
Profile of an anxious person: The 3 toxic “P”
Anxiety is one of the most widespread mental problems of our time, to such an extent that we could say that we live in the Age of Anxiety. On the one …
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What is contempt? An intense feeling under a mask of coldness
Contempt can be classified as one of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse, the source of many of the problems in interpersonal relationships and …
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Saying “yes” when you want to say “no”
Someone asks you something and you say yes, maybe not immediately, but you end up giving up, even if you don’t really want to. However, as soon as …
Hugging babies – or not – leaves traces in their genes
Hugs are a medicine for the soul. It is no coincidence that the family psychotherapist Virginia Satir said: "We need 4 hugs a day to survive, 8 …
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Chronic Self-sacrifice: Are you giving too much?
"Personal convictions will never be sacrificed for the opinions or wishes of the others", wrote the philosopher Ayn Rand, and in this sentence she …
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