Aging and Emotions: How to Cope with Inevitable Feelings
Just two hundred years ago, the world was pretty simple: people were born, grew up, created families, and grew older. Illnesses and external factors could intervene at any stage, so humanity wasn’t concerned with organizing a long and active life for aging. Today, medical advancements promise us long active years ahead, so it’s crucial to…
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Let’s Just Talk About It: How to Help Depressed People
On September 16, 2017, Talinda Bennington, Linkin Park singer’s widow, uploaded a video. In this video, her husband Chester Bennington is having a great time laughing with his son and friends, tasting gummies, and behaving as usual. Thirty-six hours later, Chester committed suicide, and Talinda wrote that she “shows it, so you know that Depression…
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Be Your Own You: How to Stop Comparing Yourself to Others
Comparing yourself to others often hurts our self-esteem and prevents a full and active life. Here is how to stop your internal critic and focus on your success. Give your internal critic a name If you want to resist something, you need to understand what it is. Life coaches suggest the following approach: give your…
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Mind and Emotions: How Psychosomatics Affects Your Body
The word “psychosomatic” is made of two Greek words: psykhē (mind) and sōma (body), and means “mind and body connected to each other.” A psychosomatic disorder is an illness caused or aggravated by psychological factors and can lead to feeling physical pain. Here is how it works. The close connection of mind and emotions was…
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Vitauct and the Acceptance of Aging
The concept itself contains a kind of spell against old age: “vita” is a Latin word that means life, and “aucto” stands for “continuously increasing, multiplying.” This word describes the mechanisms resisting aging processes and targeting the preservation of vitality, but first and foremost, it deals with psychological health. Biologically, vitauct manifests itself in the…
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