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An Overview of Separation Theory

By Robert Firestone

Separation Theory integrates psychoanalytic and existential systems of thought by showing how early interpersonal pain, and separation anxiety and later death anxiety lead to the development of powerful psychological defenses.

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Living the Life You Wish to Live

Stephen and Ondrea Levine, counselors and meditation teachers, sit down with psychotherapist Barbara Platek to speak about easing the transition from life to death.

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Tricycle
2009
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8 Tips for Dealing with Difficult Relatives

Holidays can be tough. Some people love them; some people dread them.

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Gretchen Rubin
2012
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Welcome to the Brink of Everything

Every day, I get closer to the brink of everything. We’re all headed that way, of course, even when we’re young, though most of us are too busy with Important Matters to ponder our mortality.

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Parker J. Palmer
2018
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‘If You Focus on Control, You Have Lost the Battle’: How to Win Back Your Kids

From screen time to teenage rebellion, it’s easy to feel that children are slipping out of your grasp. Trusting your instincts can help.

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Paula Cocozza
2019
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Dial Up the Magic of This Moment: Philosopher Joanna Macy on How Rilke Can Help Us Befriend Our Mortality and Be More Alive

Philosopher Joanna Macy on how Rilke can help us befriend our mortality and be more alive: “Death is our friend precisely because it brings us into absolute and passionate presence with all that is here, that is natural, that is love.”

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Maria Popova
2014
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How to Make Every Relationship a Success

Ditch the idea of a "failed relationship" and make each relationship you have one that you can learn and grow from.

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Rich Roll
2016
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Making Relationships a Little Smoother Around the Edges

The more we can provide the conditions for happiness in others, the more likely we'll find the relationships we seek.

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Andy Puddicombe
2013
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What We Can Learn from the Dying – Stephen Levine

What people do [when faced with their own death] is to begin looking into their own hearts and into the eyes of those with whom they share their lives. And all too often they find that these aren’t places they’ve looked very deeply before.

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Awaken.com
2019
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Opening to Death

We will have to give up the notion that death is catastrophe, or detestable, or avoidable, or even strange. We will need to learn more about the cycling of life in the rest of the system, and about our connection to the process.

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Stephen Levine
2013
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6 Steps to Stop Gossiping + Why It Matters

Gossip can cause trouble in your inner life as well as your outer life. Here's how to rein it in.

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Sally Kempton
2009
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