I have held many dying creatures in my hands and felt the moment when some energy departed, leaving me with just an empty husk. The consciousness that was my mother has left its shell, but somewhere, the essence that was…
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These days, therapists spend a lot of time with people who are newly single because of death, desertion or divorce. There is a classic progression in all these cases from grief through anger to new strength. One thing they all…
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March 4, 2014 Marriage and Divorce
Loving someone and being “in love” with them, are very different emotions. Love is a compound of admiration, respect, concern, gratitude, trust, friendship and familiarity. When people fall in love, they are arguably experiencing cathexis, an emotional obsession due to…
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The United Nations define “gender” as comprising the widely held beliefs, expectations, customs and practices that define ‘masculine’ and ‘feminine’ attributes, behaviours, roles and responsibilities within different societies. The World Health Organisation says gender refers to the socially constructed roles, behaviour,…
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