Dr Dr Kay Brügge
Greening the mind
April 30, 2012
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In order to fully experience life, you need to loosen the grip on your thoughts.
Having just become the proud parent of a healthy, beautiful baby girl made me think again of a fascinating thing that happens in the developing brain: “pruning”. We have this “internal gardener”...
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Illusion of will power
March 19, 2012
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Invoking the rule of “free won’t”.
In Issue 9 2011 of Longevity, Rich Mulholland (Last Word) wrote that “parenting is not a call centre, you can’t outsource it”. The same applies to resolutions. No one but you can apply the self-restraint not to surreptitiously sneak...
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Coming of age
February 13, 2012
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We are always changing, yet we strive to stay the same.
“You cannot step into the same river twice, as it is no longer the same river, and you are no longer the same person” (Heraclitus, paraphrased). How true. In Ageless Body, Timeless Mind, Deepak Chopra confirms that we are...
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The ‘sonny’ side of the street
December 19, 2011
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The complex relationship between mother and son.
The impact of mothers on their sons, and the complexity of this relationship, have been the subject of poems, songs and psychological theory. Notable is the Jungian notion of a deeply unconscious, archetypal predilection and need...
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(Re)framing doen here
November 21, 2011
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A change of attitude can change your mindset.
We were having lunch at an Italian restaurant recently, when the lady next to us dropped a plate, which crashed to the floor. All heads turned and focused on the hapless individual, whose face took on a rosy hue. Recognising...
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