There’s an old expression that was commonly used when someone was chided for being distant or lacking feeling in their response – “Have a heart!” We talk about people as being “heartless” or “coldhearted” if they seem to be acting without connection, and are mean or cruel. As usual, our language holds deeper truths … [Read more...]
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Stressed about broken New Year’s Resolutions? Try a redefinition.
Here we are near the end of January. If you believe the quickie online research, only 8% of people have kept their New Year’s resolutions by now. More rigorous research with somewhat less dire numbers was done by British psychologist Richard Wiseman. Dr. Wiseman’s research team asked 700 people about their New … [Read more...]