What kind of relationships do you want?
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“The secret of happiness is freedom. The secret of freedom is courage.” Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War “I want the truth!” shouts the young lawyer, punching the air with his right fist, driven to expose the colonel in the witness chair – no matter the cost. “You can’t handle the truth!” shouts back the …
“How we feel about our kids isn’t as important as how they experience those feelings and how they regard the way we treat them.” Alfie Kohn, Unconditional Parenting “I don’t have any regrets.” Some people make this remark, more often than not with an air of absolute certainty and self-sufficiency as if they belonged to …
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“The realisation of any present shortcomings is unbearable for anybody harassed by dictatorial shoulds,” Karen Horney, Neurosis and Human Growth “You mustn’t put chewing gum in your sister’s hair.” I remember saying that to my little son, along with a series of explanations why his sister’s hair was not the best place to land that …
“I've got a magic charmThat I keep up my sleeve,I can walk the ocean floorAnd never have to breathe,” “Life Doesn’t Frighten Me” by Maya Angelou “Should I do this or not?” Tell me you didn’t ask yourself this question when it came to buying a house, having a child, getting married or divorced, accepting …
" 'Do you see over yonder, friend Sancho, thirty or forty hulking giants? I intend to do battle with them and slay them.' (...) 'Alas,' said Sancho, 'those be not giants, but windmills.' " Cervantes, Don Quixote One thing we love about electronic devices is the certainty that, by pressing a single button, we get …
"neither of us is happybut neither of us wants to leaveso we keep breaking one anotherand calling it love" Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey Stories of married couples who seem to have it all – youth, health, good looks, money, fame – usually don't leave us indifferent. In pictures they gaze lovingly at each other, …
"One of the hardest expressions of self-assertiveness is challenging your limiting beliefs." Nathaniel Branden, The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem "Would you eat a worm? Or press the button and shock yourself?" I imagine it's not every day you're asked something so bizarre, but indulge me: how would you answer? Say, "Pfft, no sane person would …
What kind of relationships do you want? 