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Deserve, desire, and destiny – the conceptual triangle.
Our life’s goals and aspirations are encapsulated in a conceptual triangle of what we ‘Deserve’, ‘Desire’, and what ‘Destiny has in store for us. ‘ These…
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Reverse psychology – an ‘enigma’ or a ‘fact?’
Reverse psychology is the practice of delicately encouraging a behavior or belief by promoting its opposite. It is a method of getting someone to do what…
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To desire ‘calmness’: calm your desires. Five ways to rekindle desire in relationships.
‘To desire’ and ‘to be calm’ may be friends when in harmony — but they are daggers-drawn foes if one supersedes the other. A fiery…
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‘Hedonism’ – the pursuit of pleasure. Does it enslave us? Five ways to fight it.
We seek happiness by pursuing pleasant things. We do get it, but can we sustain that happiness we envisage once we are there? NO! We cannot.…
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Living with ‘regrets’ or ‘gratitude’ – what do we want?
Most of us live in yesteryear, making REGRET an influential tool. Our minds are relentlessly at work trying to question and analyse what we could/should have…
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The child inside me is ‘alive’ – it giggles.
My heart is a big playground where my childhood plays regardless of age, wisdom, greed or intellectual achievements. This child gives me a reason to smile…
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‘Brass’ screams, “look, I am gold” – ‘gold’ smiles and prefers silence.
Brass tries to copy Gold’s sheen and shouts at the world, “I am gold.” This false belief system does not work — people are no fools.…
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‘Gaslighting’ – darkness beyond light –are you a sufferer?
A person who is psychologically manipulated, tortured, and emotionally abused in a relationship is a victim of Gaslighting. The gaslighter smartly avoids taking responsibility for his…
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‘Seven-year-itch’ — a false belief or a fact. Five ways to survive the itch.
‘Seven-year-itch’ is a well-known and popular belief, with certain psychological garnishing, that happiness in a marriage or a long-term romantic alliance begins to decline after seven…
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If ‘gossiping’ is your food – you are probably overweight!
‘Gossip’ is an intriguing word that infuses adrenaline wherever it reaches or whosoever it nurtures. Gossiping plays an inquisitive role in human interactions and serves some…
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Be a ‘fly’ on the wall – experience the thrill of observation,yet remain unseen.
The fly on the wall is a silent observer, unnoticed and modest, viewing life from a point others might overlook. It observes the nuances of communication-…
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“Jomo” – behold the pleasure of choosing what to ‘keep’ and what to ‘give’.
The joys in life depend not only on getting and achieving things — Feel the joy and happiness of deliberately and consciously avoiding certain situations,…
