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A Few Ways Of Dealing With Bitterness

August 12, 2011
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This post is dedicated to anyone going through some form of bitterness.
It doesn’t provide an entire solution to the problem because the degrees and causes of bitterness vary from one individual to another.
However, I hope this article makes a difference and gives someone the hope and encouragement required at this time.
The Daily Mail published an article stating ‘Harbouring Bitterness Increases The Likelihood Of Physical Disease.’
Professor Wrosch (Montreal’s Concordia University Department of Psychology) suggests ‘persistent bitterness may result in global feelings of anger and hostility that when strong enough, could affect a person’s physical health.’
He’s also investigated how negative emotions, such [...]

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25 Reasons Not To Lose Your Temper

July 19, 2010
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Please Note: This post doesn’t promote the notion of being taken for granted.
A research carried out by Dr. Patricia Chang and her colleagues states ‘Angry young men risk heart attacks.’  It showed angry young men were five times more likely than their calmer counterparts to have an early heart attack, even without a family history of the condition.
Now if that got you worried, you’ve got to read this….
Dr. Aaron Sell and his colleagues carried out a research and came to a conclusion ‘Pretty women are angered more easily.’ (Did anyone chuckle?). They found out that women who rated themselves as [...]

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Are You Really Listening

March 4, 2010
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Let’s look inwards for a few minutes; cross-examining your heart, mind … and respond carefully to this question ‘Are You Really Listening?’
Your daily activities involve a lot of listening in order to communicate effectively and properly.
You could engage in discussions with your children, wife, partner, husband, colleagues, bosses, friends, enemies, gossips…………. the list is endless, but Are You Really Listening?
Epictetus makes a profound statement, we have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.’
The post in context centres on interpersonal communication and much emphasis is placed on listening because of its importance and huge neglect when [...]

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