Empathy

Too Much Empathy Does Not Help Anyone

Look at the people around you, and you will discover that almost everyone seems to get emotionally involved with other people’s pains and problems. They get involved and are affected not only by close people but also by the problems of strangers. Look, for example, at how parents feel about …

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Stop Taking Things Personally

11 Tips on How not to Take Things Personally

Do you take too personally what people say or do? Are you allowing other people’s remarks, actions, or behavior to offend you? Do you take every minor event too seriously, allowing it to limit you or frighten you? Do you often wonder how not to take things personally? There is …

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Detachment - Calmness

What Is Attachment – An Excerpt from the Book

Here is an excerpt from the book Emotional Detachment for Happier Life By Remez Sasson that speaks about attachment. This excerpt is written in the format of a conversation between a teacher and his pupil. Teacher: It is important to understand what attachment is and how to overcome it since …

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Emotional Detachment

Emotional Detachment Can Improve Your Life

Imagine how free, relieved, and happy you would be if you could stay calm and poised in the midst of whatever is happening in your life. Think how much physical, emotional, and mental energy you could spare if you were able to avoid becoming upset, angry, or moody. Emotional agitation, …

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Detachment - Calmness

Do You Know What Emotional Detachment Is?

Do you know what emotional detachment is? Emotional detachment is often associated with indifference, staying away from people, or stifling one’s emotions. This is the negative side. Here, I am talking about what I call “positive emotional detachment”. Yes, there is such a thing. Emotional Detachment Is Helpful in Many …

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Journey to Inner Peace

The Journey to Inner Peace and the Noise Around Us

There is always a lot of noise around us, created by passing cars, people talking, screaming TV and radio, loud music, people talking on their cell phones, and from other sources. There are so many things that attract our attention, take a lot of our time, energy, and attention, and …

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The Mental Diet - The Thinking Diet

The Mental Diet – The Thinking Diet

In a previous article, I wrote about the “News Diet“. In this article, I am writing about a similar yet different topic, “The Mental Diet”. You can eat indiscriminately anything you find in your refrigerator, and you can exercise some control. In the same way, you may let every thought …

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The News Diet

The News Diet for Mental Peace

How many times a day do you watch the news on TV? How many times a day do you listen to the news on the radio? Do you spend a lot of time reading the newspapers every day? Are you a news addict? Do you really need to stuff your …

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How to Find Peace of Mind

How to Find Peace of Mind

Everyone wish to have peace of mind, but the big question is how to find peace of mind? How to find it when there are problems and difficulties, worries and anxiety, and when you are busy with work, study and chores? If you are so busy all day long, how …

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