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14Feb

How Couples Counselling Deals With Affairs

Nathalie McClure

couples, divorce, marriage, relationships

Therapists

Counsellors have different ways of dealing with couples who've had affairs, but healing is possible – here's how relationship counselling can help couples move forward after betrayal
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13Feb

How Empathy Can Advance Your Career

Anne Wilson

career, empathy, work

Work

You can use empathy at work to help you understand what your colleagues and boss are thinking says Anne Wilson
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13Feb

How to Meditate: Discovering Headspace

Nick Duerden

meditation, mindfulness

Soul

In his book Headspace: 10 Minutes Can Make All The Difference, Andy Puddicombe writes: "This is meditation, but not as you know it. There's no chanting, no sitting cross-legged, no need for any particular beliefs… and definitely no gurus." This, then, is  Meditation 2.0,  aiming to free the practice from its hippy associations . Puddicombe is mindfulness's first poster boy, a former monk and  circus trainer, who boasts good bone structure and an Abercrombie & Fitch dress sense. The New York Times has already suggested he is "doing for meditation what Jamie...
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12Feb

What I Would Tell the Younger Me

Angela Neustatter

friendship, marriage

Soul

Angela Neustatter contemplates what she would tell her younger self
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11Feb

What is Yin Yoga?

Lucy Greeves

yoga

Body

The American cartoonist Scott Adams once observed, “There are two types of yoga: the kind that hurts like crazy, and the kind that looks like you’re sleeping.” Yin yoga definitely falls into the latter camp.
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11Feb

The Emotional and Psychological Impact of Infertility

Nicole Addis

body, family, health, infertility, men, pregnancy, women

Therapists

Many people struggle emotionally and psychologically if they discover they cannot have children when they want to. Nicole Addis explains.
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10Feb

What To Do When a Friend Dies

Louise Chunn

bereavement, friendship

Soul

Louise Chunn mourns the loss of an old friend, Guardian journalist Georgina Henry, and wonders what we are supposed to do to mark our sadness when friends die
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10Feb

Who Does What? Talking Therapies Explained

Julia Bueno

counselling, psychoanalysis, psychology, psychotherapy, therapy

Therapists

Therapist Julia Bueno explains how talking therapy and counselling work for the client
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07Feb

Are You in a Relationship With a Narcissist?

Jane McGregor

couple

Relationships

Narcissists put themselves at the centre of everything, so having a relationship with one can be exhausting and difficult says Dr Jane McGregor
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06Feb

What Do Therapists Wear?

Camilla Nicholls

psychoanalysis, psychology, psychotherapy, therapy

Therapists

What does it say about a counsellor or therapist what they wear to see their clients? Therapist Camilla Nicholls analyses the outfits of her profession
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