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The Philosophy of Mozi: A Brief Guide to China's Champion of Universal Love
Mozi, a Chinese philosopher who lived around 470-391 BCE, wasn't just a thinker; he was a radical in a silk robe. In an era of Confucian conformity, he dared to advocate for universal love. Ready to learn about the original rebel with a cause?
Love advice from Oppenheimer (plus his tips on writing)
Oppenheimer was more than a brilliant physicist who created the Atom Bomb. In his letters we meet a literary man full of notes on personal growth, romantic advice for his younger brother, writing tips, and more. Dig into insights from Oppenheimer's personal letters:
How to Deal With Difficult Relatives
Set boundaries: Set clear boundaries and communicate them calmly and assertively with difficult relatives.
5 Practices to Awaken Your Divine Feminine Energy
Cultivating feminine embodiment practices in our young adult years can be incredibly beneficial for a number of reasons. Let's explore these...
Dr. John Gottman's "Sound Relationship House" explained
World Renown expert Dr. John Gottman and The Gottman Institute have studied marriages for decades. His claim to fame is that he can predict with over 90% accuracy whether couples will divorce or not after speaking with them for just a few minutes.
Why men should read romance novels.
A couple on a cruise for the first time signs up for a lecture on how to have a better sex life. They think it will be cute and intimate, data based and professionally led. It ends up being a cringey two hours of being prompted to share personal details with total strangers.
Can being friends with your ex get you back your relationship?
If you recently had a breakup, you are definitely struggling with the question of whether you should be friends with your ex or not. Here’s my experience, hopefully it may help.
What is "Walk Away Wife Syndrome"?
Author and journalist Christine Wicker noticed a surprising trend: 66% of divorces are requested by wives. To try and understand why this was the case, Wicker researched the history, statistics and consulted with experts. Here are some of her key findings:
Things you should know about love: Anthropologist Helen Fisher
Helen Fisher is a biological anthropologist and a behaviour researcher. She has answered all the tricky questions about love and how it evolved over millions of years in the human brain. Let’s learn about love from her:
The Wisdom of Rumi: 9 Poetic Insights on Love, Life, and Spirituality
Let me take you on a quick tour of the mystical world of Rumi, a 13th-century poet whose words transcend time, offering insights on love, life, and spirituality that still resonate deeply today.
Science of Why Unhealthy Relationships Can Be So Addictive
Unhealthy attachments in relationships can be perplexing. Often people form deep attachments even with those who mistreat them or remain unavailable. Understanding the psychological aspects and the science behind these dynamics is crucial to gaining awareness and personal growth.
How to make your dad happy
Spend quality time together: Spending time together doing something that both you and your dad enjoy is a great way to make him happy and create lasting memories.
On Showing Love and Compassion to a Narcissist
I would never have thought of myself as a narcissist magnet but here I am, maybe there could be a downside to being knowledgeable about narcissism, I wonder if I often see too many red flags that others would not have noticed?
Of Love and War | 7 books that will stay with you forever // South Asian Edition
Speculative fiction and romance are genres that hardly disappoint. The fear of immediate death in a wartime setting leading to the urgency of developing a character add much drama and intrigue to novels of love in a military landscape.
Top 10 Emotional Needs: Men's and Women's
Dr. Willard Harley's international bestselling book His Needs, Her Needs offers his insights on what husbands and wives say their top emotional needs are, how they differ, and why it's so common for them to go unmet, leading to marital dissolution.
Ten Insights From The Writer Of THE GREAT GATBSY
Love shapes almost everything we do: "All life is just a progression toward, and then a recession from, one phrase - I love you." When we are not busy experiencing love, we are busy missing it, seeking it, or dissecting it.
How to: Write a dating profile
Dating is hard. Where we were once matched up by family or found love with serendipitous meet-cutes, we are all now judged first and foremost on a brief description of our attributes and a couple of pictures. So getting them right is critical. But what is 'right'?
The Art of Heartache: A Quick Guide to Pablo Neruda's 'Tonight I Can Write (The Saddest Lines)
"Tonight I Can Write (The Saddest Lines)" by Pablo Neruda is a poignant reflection on lost love, capturing the universal experience of heartbreak and longing.
History's greatest conqueror or a hopeless romantic?
Napoleon feels less like a man from history and more like a character from an epic poem. Alexander the Great won 9 battles. Julius Caesar won 16. Napoleon? 38. A league of his own. And yet beneath an extraordinary military life lay one tortured heart pining for his Joséphine...
How to ask someone out in person
Choose the right moment: Timing is key when it comes to asking someone out in person. Make sure the moment is right and they are not preoccupied with something else.
8 Tips for Successful Marital Negotations
Bestselling author and marriage psychologist Dr. Willard Harley's book He Wins She Wins teaches couples the art of successful negotiations in marriage. Whether debating about family, sex, work or anything else - his advice is for couples to learn and apply these principles:
Top 6 Behaviors That Ruin Romantic Love
Healthy marriages and relationships require constant work, effort and maintenance. Part of that work is deciphering and eliminating anything threatening to the union. Through years of counseling couples, Psychologist Dr. Willard Harley found 6 factors that are most destructive:
Buddhist Wisdom on Identifying and Maintaining True Love
Renowned Zen Monk Tich Nhat Hanh compiled brief, timeless insights on love according to the Buddhist tradition in the book "True Love". People of any faith can learn from, practice and utilize these philosophical ideas to improve their relationships.
How to Choose Great Dating Profile Pictures
So if you've already written a killer profile, now you just need the right pictures to match. People are visual creatures after all. Profile Polish CEO and You Probably Shouldn't Write That author Lisa Hoehn suggests 4 pictures.
Your phone and your love life: what the research says
Relationship problems have changed with time. In the digital age, a fight can start because you like someone’s post on social media or you checked your partner’s phone.