Posts Tagged ‘emotions’
Friday, December 19th, 2008
There are so many inventive ways available to a guy so that he can almost effortlessly avoid having to grow up. Virtual addiction using a computer and/or the internet represents only part of the story.
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Tags: addiction, courage, emotions, feelings, masculinity, mastery, midlife, virtual
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Monday, October 20th, 2008
Glad -> Sad -> Mad -> Scared: every step down the emotional ladder takes you closer to a core reality that you really don’t want to have to look at (or even let into your conscious awareness).
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Tags: core, emotions, glad, mad, mastery, midlife, sad, scared
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Thursday, October 9th, 2008
Talk about taking a bounce back into a less mature and less stable period of your life! There’s the bad news: just because you’ve reached some stability and serenity doesn’t necessarily mean you’re always going to keep it.
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Tags: adulthood, crisis, emotions, evolution, isolation, mastery, maturity, midlife
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Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
Nobody has ever told you that arriving at this juncture was a normal part of your evolution as a mature person. It feels as though the situation is out of control, you’ve no one to blame but yourself, and you have no idea how you got into this mess, let alone how to get out of it.
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Tags: anger, anxiety, blame, depression, emotions, isolation, mastery, midlife
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Friday, August 22nd, 2008
When you look in the mirror, who is it that you see? One thing’s for certain: you’re not seeing yourself as you are; you’re seeing yourself as you were, through the lens of all those emotion-laden memories. Some are invigorating: providing emotional energy to get you up and going. Others (the painful ones) are energy sinks, draining you of satisfaction and vitality.
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Tags: emotions, guilt, mastery, memories, midlife, Self-Esteem, shame
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