Posts Tagged ‘anger’
Sunday, February 7th, 2010
There are many ways to deal with the onset of emotional pain. Some approaches are more effective than others. There’s one approach that has all the advantages and few of the drawbacks: write it out.
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Tags: anger, change, emotional pain, emotions, fear, journaling, midlife, Midlife Mastery, pain, Spirituality
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Sunday, January 31st, 2010
I have come to believe that there are actually two types of fear. The one – healthy caution – provides us with the protection that we need against rash decision-making. There is another type of fear, however, that arises from insecurity and self-doubt.
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Tags: acceptance, adult, anger, choice, commitment, courage, engagement, fear, love, maturity, midlife, Midlife Mastery, relationship, Spirituality, trust
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Sunday, January 24th, 2010
Apart from outright physical and emotional abuse, I believe that many (if not all) relationships “on the rocks” could be healed under the right circumstances. From my perspective, the fact that this healing so often fails to take place could be an indication that one or both of the partners have stopped listening. Additionally, ceasing to listen indicates a spiritual problem.
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Tags: acceptance, anger, avoidance, blame, challenge, challenges, change, choice, communication, courage, crisis, death, denial, direction, emotions, engagement, faith, fear, future, grief, hope, humility, integrity, intention, isolation, love, mastery, maturity, meaning, midlife, Midlife Mastery, purpose, relationship, responsibility, Spirituality, transition, trust, values, victim
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Sunday, January 17th, 2010
It seems — to the best of my ability to understand the answer — that the universe and all it contains is nothing but a mega-University that’s only function is to educate Consciousness (in all its known and unknown iterations) in just two interrelated subjects: what I’m calling the Two Great Lessons of Life. I won’t keep you hanging there in anticipation. The First Great Lesson of Life comes down to this: learning how to love. The Second Great Lesson of Life is its complement: learning how to let go. That’s it. That’s all there is. Once you’ve mastered both subjects, you’re ready to graduate. If it were only that easy.
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Tags: acceptance, adult, adulthood, anger, choice, culture, denial, emotions, fear, grief, health, humility, love, mastery, meaning, midlife, purpose, relationship, Spirituality, transformation
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Monday, November 30th, 2009
In most cultures like ours, the show of emotion can be taken by others as well as ourselves as a sign of weakness or being out of control. For many reasons, emotions are suspect, and therefore uncomfortable. Rather than identify them, face them and express them openly, we find it easier to medicate them whenever possible.
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Tags: addiction, andropause, anger, avoidance, blame, choice, courage, denial, emotions, fear, grief, irritability, medication, menopause, rage
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