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Boxing & Suicide - An Analogy
After many years of indolence, I took up boxing as a way to get fit. I'm in my mid-40s, fat and out of shape so naturally, I decided that I would take up sparring with the fit and really good ones. These are people who for the most part are half my age, they are certainly half my weight, they have twice my speed, twice my stamina and twice my skill... at least. So I get hit... a lot.
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Growing up with Asperger's
I was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome when I was 16. Before then though, my life hadn't been the easiest...
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The day that changed my life, and how it could help you
January 31st, 2007, 8:30 am. Oxford North Canterbury. I was working as a rural fencer and that day I was putting in a stay post on an already existing deer fence at the compound where I worked.
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An ex soldiers battle after leaving the army
Karl had dreamed of joining the military since he was a little kid. He thrived on pressure and enjoyed pushing himself, so was thrilled when his dream came true. Unfortunately for Karl, the idea of being in the military was better than the reality of it.
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The NZ wellbeing budget - An historic moment in our nations history.
New Zealand's Labour coalition government has done something that could prove historic. Led by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, it has produced the world's first "wellbeing" Budget, focused explicitly on a single goal: using its limited funds to promote the wellbeing of its citizens.
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Reviving the dying arts of awareness and acceptance
Perhaps the most well-known of renowned psychologist Carl Jung’s realisations was that “no tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell.” That is to say, that a person can only truly activate and embrace the positive aspects of themselves if they are able to face and communicate with their dark side, their lower urges, their capacity for evil, their propensity to act on impulse and in their own self-interest.
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