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Suffering is part of what it is to be human. The “art of living” (Discourses of Epictetus, 1.15.3) is in large part how we cope with...

We hear the cry of many, and perhaps we have done it ourselves on occasion – “what is the point of it all?” We do it when we are sick,...

Alcoholics can’t stop at just the one drink. Whatever the good intentions, one drink is followed by another until oblivion is reached. It...

In an earlier blog from last year, called Be Still – Mindfulness in Lockdown, we talked about how lockdown was an opportunity to stop...

Alcoholics and drug users find it tough to stick to a treatment programme. Motivation comes and goes. Discipline is something different....

Do we have three brains? Now we know that in the early century XX neuroscientists were able to understand the roots of some of Jon’s...

Reptilians Among Us Late in the morning in April 1899 Christfried was crossing the cobbled central square of Erlangen, in Bayern. His...

I want to vs I have to You know what you have to do, but you can’t help doing the opposite. How many times have you been there? Don’t...

Understanding Opioids Over the past few decades, much has been revealed about opioid dependence that has shaped our comprehension of...