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17Mar

How to Handle Sibling Rivalry

Jane McGregor

family, self, siblings

Relationships

Why sibling rivalry is so rife, and how we can start to cope better with the uncomfortable feelings it creates. Advice from psychologist Jane McGregor
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14Mar

My Father, the Alcoholic: the Impact of Addiction on Childhood

Lucy Cavendish

addiction, alcohol, childhood, family, father, therapy

Therapists

Therapist Lucy Cavendish posts on how growing up the daughter of an alcoholic has affected her, and how having therapy helped her deal with the longterm consequences
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08Mar

How to Feel Like a Confident Woman

Welldoing

family, neuroscience, psychology, women, work

Soul

How a North London workshop run by clinical psychologist Deborah Golend aims to bring out the confidence in women of all ages
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03Mar

Toni Erdmann: Growing a Relationship

Jacqueline Palmer

culture, family, films

Therapists

The frustrations and joys of an adult father-daughter relationship are writ large in the extraordinary German comedy film Toni Erdmann says therapist Jacqueline Palmer
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22Feb

An Abbreviated Life: Book Review

Julia Bueno

books, childhood, family, mother

Therapists

Therapist Julia Bueno reviews An Abbreviated Life by Ariel Leve, who grew up with a narcissistic mother
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17Feb

Q+A With Bel Mooney: Agony Aunt for the Daily Mail

Welldoing

AgonyAunt, family, relationships, therapy, wellbeing

Soul

Bel Mooney was a hard-up journalist when a chance conversation resulted in her becoming an agony aunt, first with The Times, and now with the Daily Mail
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06Feb

"Mum Was Alive But Beyond My Reach"

Clover Stroud

brain, family, illness

Relationships

Clover Stroud's mother was left permanently brain-damaged after falling from a horse. This is an extract from The Wild Other, Clover's memoir which is published this week
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03Feb

How Our Early Childhood Memories Affect Our Present

Karin Sieger

childhood, family, self

Therapists

Painful early childhood memories will have influenced who you are today. Therapist Karin Sieger explains how you can better deal with the emotions they can arouse
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29Jan

Try to Understand Your Children, Not Blame Them

Thích Nhất Hạnh

family, mindfulness, mother, relationships

Relationships

Thich Nhat Hanh shares a story of how to aim for understanding rather than blaming when raising children or in any relationship
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16Jan

Minimising the Destructive Impact of Divorce

Wendy Bristow

change, couples, divorce, family, grief, identity, loss, relationships

Therapists

When two people divorce, feelings of grief, anger, and failure can be overwhelming. Therapist Wendy Bristow explores how you can exercise self-care at this time
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