The destructive power of misplaced guiltAbuse victims must not sucumb to self blameTue Apr 02 2013 - 06:00
Negative thinking has ensured our survival, but we don’t have to take it too seriouslyTue Mar 19 2013 - 06:00
Coping with the ‘storm and stress’ of the teenage yearsFew people would like to relive their adolescenceTue Mar 12 2013 - 06:00
Guilt, regrets and one-night standsTHAT'S MEN: Guilt is the emotion most closely linked to hypocrisy, as US research on casual sex showsTue Mar 05 2013 - 00:00
Objections and honesty from the streetsThat's men: Was my use of the phrases “the male of the species” and “the female of the species” in a recent reference to drug…Tue Feb 26 2013 - 00:00
Too much self-esteem is not good for youTHAT'S MEN: ‘Nice to see you. You’re looking really average today.”Tue Feb 19 2013 - 00:00
Foreign women can really talk the talkIn recent times I have been noticing women delivering monologues and I have concluded that foreign women beat Irish women by …Tue Feb 12 2013 - 00:00
A few home truths about family tiesTHAT'S MEN: Listening wearily to a woman on the bus complaining about the state of the country reminded me that an excellent…Tue Feb 05 2013 - 00:00
Diabetes linked to adrenalin and stress of non-stop workTHAT'S MEN: Sisyphus, as most of us know, was a mythological character punished for his deceits and treacheries by being obliged…Tue Jan 22 2013 - 00:00
Hell may be other people, but so is heavenAre you afraid of intimacy and, if so, is there something wrong with you? Yes, you are probably afraid of intimacy and no, there…Tue Jan 22 2013 - 00:00
Witnesses to bullying in the workplace are victims tooTHAT'S MEN: A colleague is bullied by a boss or by other colleagues: sneered at, shouted at, denigrated, given all the worst…Tue Jan 15 2013 - 00:00
Suicidal response to frustrated needsWhy do people take their own lives? Because they experience intense psychological pain and their thinking has narrowed to the…Tue Jan 08 2013 - 00:00
Acceptance is the beginning of changeTHAT'S MEN: ‘Tis no longer the season to be merryWed Jan 02 2013 - 00:00
Too much judging can be bad for usTHAT'S MEN: I was congratulating myself one Monday morning on having got through a lot of work the week before when I stopped…Tue Dec 18 2012 - 00:00
Silence is not always goldenTHAT'S MEN: ‘Silence is violence.” The man who said this at a recent workshop caught the attention of the whole roomTue Dec 04 2012 - 00:00
Want to lose weight? Enjoy your foodA highlight of my day as I grew up was the appearance on the dinner table of a large dish of boiled potatoesTue Nov 27 2012 - 00:00
Keeping on a demure trackTHAT'S MEN: I am waiting in a train station where two men are arguingTue Nov 20 2012 - 00:00
Rejection makes even playing ball a high-anxiety gameTHAT'S MEN: As an adult it is hard to recall the teenage agonies involved in crossing a dance floor to ask a girl up or the …Tue Nov 13 2012 - 00:00
The power of body language is strikingTHAT'S MEN: Walking the walk is not just empty posturingTue Oct 23 2012 - 01:00
Morning after the night she had no nightieTHAT'S MEN: Men beware of getting your kit off for cameraTue Sept 25 2012 - 01:00
Why the need to curb joyful expression?Celebration and fear of joy give rise to conflictTue Sept 11 2012 - 01:00
It may be 2012 but sexism still thrivesTHAT'S MEN: It’s not just men, women give other women hassleTue Sept 04 2012 - 01:00
Mortified by our continual self-hatredTHAT'S MEN: Self-mortification is alive and wellTue Aug 28 2012 - 01:00
The pulling power of hair-pullingTHAT'S MEN : Submission is the fantasy of the powerfulTue Aug 14 2012 - 01:00
Accepting our humble lot can be good for usTHAT'S MEN: Wishing our lives away breeds dissatisfactionTue Jul 31 2012 - 01:00
Method in the madness of our identitiesTHAT'S MEN: We all construct a means to get us throughTue Jul 17 2012 - 01:00
Don't blame me, it was my grandmotherTHAT'S MEN: We must at times take flak for others’ actionsTue Jul 10 2012 - 01:00
Revelling in them hard done by bluesTHAT'S MEN : Poor me syndrome is a real Irish guilty pleasureTue Jul 03 2012 - 01:00
Baffled by injustice of underage lawTHAT'S MEN: How many lives will this rotten law destroy?Tue Jun 26 2012 - 01:00
The top-deck riders who lifted spiritsTHAT'S MEN: A special type of person used to ride the busesTue Jun 19 2012 - 01:00
Personal war that neither side can winTHAT'S MEN: A constant battle against maintaining moralsTue May 29 2012 - 01:00
Clergy and sex? Now there's a ridiculous ideaTHAT'S MEN: IMAGINE BEING sentenced to life imprisonment for a thought – not for uttering it or promoting it but just for having…Tue May 15 2012 - 01:00
Dwelling on past issues a waste of timeTHAT'S MEN: Old regrets can rob us of the joy of living wellTue May 01 2012 - 01:00
It's a thin line between love and hateTHAT'S MEN: Couples who have regular rows can remain closeTue Apr 24 2012 - 01:00
Slow to tie the knot; slow to get divorcedTHAT'S MEN: Marriage age is at its highest since the 1940sTue Apr 10 2012 - 01:00
Get the ball rolling; then go play some jazzTHAT'S MEN: Different interpretations of the same conceptTue Apr 03 2012 - 01:00
Irish mammy vs the Italian mammaTHAT'S MEN: WE HAVE all heard of Golden Boy, the Irish male so cossetted by his mammy that he will never find a wife to measure…Tue Mar 27 2012 - 01:00
Stripping fear down to its bare bonesTHAT'S MEN: ‘DO YOU see that lad there?” the teacher asked, pointing to a skeleton that occupied a corner of the classroom…Tue Mar 20 2012 - 00:00
Tweaking the concept to be fair to yourselfTHAT'S MEN: It’s a question of identity – your own identityTue Mar 13 2012 - 00:00
Denying your desires makes them strongerTHAT'S MEN: BACK IN the day, the Catholic Church was so obsessed with the danger of people having sex and enjoying it that they…Tue Nov 29 2011 - 00:00
Taking the conflict out of the care‘TO BE honest, life is too short to be having a conflict.”Tue Nov 29 2011 - 00:00
The upside of growing old and the downside of ageingOur mental acuity declines and our bodies fail us but, as renowned biologist Lewis Wolpert points out, old age also offers the…Tue May 03 2011 - 01:00
When grief becomes more complicatedWhile grieving the death of a loved one, most people go from a period of acute grief through to a more accepting stageTue Apr 19 2011 - 01:00
Meditating to make the pain go awayAuthor Tim Parks overcame his scepticism to discover how meditation can help us cope with both physical and emotional ailments…Tue Jun 29 2010 - 01:00
Calling a halt to bullies in the workplaceTHAT'S MEN: Employers must do more to protect workersTue Apr 13 2010 - 01:00
Are you playing the role of adult, parent of child?THAT'S MEN: Being aware of the roles you and your partner could be playing is crucial in relationshipsTue Mar 11 2008 - 00:00
