I was listening to a teaching by Pema Chödrön where she was describing the impact of behaviour on those around us, and she used the word pollution. She encouraged students not to add to the pollution in the world by getting sucked in to, or hooked by, negative thoughts; she said this only adds to the global problem ofContinue reading “Ego-friendly: how toxic behaviour is bad for you and the environment”
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Aftermath – the dark side of confronting toxic parents
Jack was 39 years old when he decided enough was enough. He’d been bullied all his life. He was “too short” and “too fat” at school. He was in a loveless relationship for 15 years to a woman who cheated repeatedly. (They tried marriage guidance but apparently it was “all his fault”). At work, hisContinue reading “Aftermath – the dark side of confronting toxic parents”
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