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I just need to accept it… Wait - how do I do that?
Something has happened or failed to happen and you have no hopes of being able to change it. So you’ve deided to do the mature thing and accept it. But you can’t. Now what?
When bad feelings do good: Part 3, Fear
Many of us have experienced fear ‘holding us back’. It can be a horrible feeling and it would be great to have a magic pill to make it go away. Or would it? It turns out that there is so much more to fear: humans are often drawn to it, and when we learn to walk (perhaps cautiously) alongside it, we can discover and achieve amazing things. Perhpas we should be less afraid of fear.
When bad feelings do good: Part 1, anger
Anger has its place and can even be useful at times. Without acknowledging this, you can slip into defensiveness, inadvertently feeding your anger to the point where it is much less likely to be useful. This post is about having a more nuanced and non-judgemental approach to your anger, making you more able to listen to, harness, direct, manage or diffuse your anger.