REDUCING THE EMOTIONAL TEMPERATURE Sometimes it’s useful to borrow a term from physiology to describe mental health. Maybe one such term is ‘temperature’. When we
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Managing anxiety: coping with irritation
There is a Buddhist saying that goes something like ‘turn everything into the path’. It means that, whenever you experience something negative, you can always
Mental health: coping with the conditional
Conditionality is an existential truth. It stems from our lack of knowledge. Without perfect knowledge, everything will seem to be conditional on something else. This
Postponing things
We live in an age which has to do everything now. We want everything now, and so we pollute the Earth in order to gain
Relationships (capital R) versus relationships (small r)
Many people talk about Relationships, as though certain interactions were in a special category. What they usually mean is that they have decided that one
Managing arguments
Arguments happen when behaviour, actions or perspectives diverge. The divergence causes conflict, and the conflict affects the communication. One of the best ways to start
