When I desperately wanted to save my family from the ravages of the disease of alcoholism, I would have gone to any lengths to force solutions, would have said anything, done anything. And I tried in ...

Instead of expecting others to change or behave in a certain way, learn to accept them as they are. This would reduce your expectations from them, and in turn, help you stay detached from them. It ...

I recently spoke with my friend Karen about navigating some of the more tumultuous chapters of parenting. She responded with a few simple words of wisdom from her mom who raised eight children: When ...

The best thing one can do when it is raining is let it rain. ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines detachment as a “lack of emotion or of personal interest.” Many of us ...

This Gita Jayanti 2024, explore five timeless lessons from the Bhagavad Gita to enrich your love life. Cultivate self-awareness, practice detachment, embrace compassion, focus on the present, and ...

Emotional detachment is an inability or unwillingness to connect with other people on an emotional level. It may help protect some people from unwanted drama, anxiety, or stress. For others, ...

Oscar Bulaong is a professor of philosophy at the Ateneo de Manila University and a former Visiting Scholar with the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Views are his own. In the midst of the current ...

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