Albert Ellis

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The wisdom of the centuries can be heard on a bus. Photograph: iStock
The wisdom of Buddha on the 123 bus

I was reminded of the wisdom of the centuries on the 123 bus in Dublin the other day when listening to two young men having an argument. It appeared (...)

The Patient Gloria: Gina Moxley’s play doesn’t feel like a breakthrough
The Patient Gloria review: Revisiting therapy as an exorcising scream

THE PATIENT GLORIA Peacock stage, Abbey Theatre ★ ★ In the second of her three counselling sessions, filmed for the 1965 educational movie Three Appr(...)

Liv O’Donoghue in The Patient Gloria
Theatre of the week: Misogynistic therapy, and a neglected Sean O’Casey play

The Patient Gloria Abbey Theatre, Peacock Stage, Dublin. Previews Sep 28 Opens Sep 29-Oct 6 8pm €25 abbeytheatre.ie In 1964, Gloria Szymanski decide(...)

Your faults and virtues are shared by millions, maybe billions, of other people at this moment. Photograph: iStock
How to silence the harsh self-critic in your own head

“I can take care of other people but when it comes to myself it’s a different story.” Anybody working in mental health will have heard that statement(...)

“Most shame-attacking exercises are just silly, and that’s the point of them . . . when nothing terrible happens, the person experiences less anxiety in facing the world in future.” Illustration: Hong Li/Getty Images
Get over yourself: how to conquer social anxiety fears

A young Italian woman recently drew a lot of attention in Bologna by going out to do her shopping without any clothes on. Naturally she was filmed on (...)

I have always been intrigued by people who can apparently brush off levels of stress that would have most of us pulling the bed clothes over our heads until further notice. Photograph: iStock
Ride those waves of stress – you might enjoy it

I am not a big fan of stressful circumstances. My natural tendency has been to shrink away from them even though this usually turns out not to work in(...)

“I would bet the house that Roy Keane is an introvert but I think we can all agree that he is not afflicted by a lack of confidence.” Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho
So you are an introvert? That’s okay. I’m in and I’m proud...

When I was in public relations I had an introvert’s fear of ringing journalists. I worked around it by learning to write press releases in pure journa(...)

That’s Men: Thoughts aren’t as important as they think they are

I tweeted this line from Ruby Wax, comedienne and author of Sane New World, the other day: “Thoughts aren’t fact so don’t take them seriously.” The li(...)

Jules Evans, author of Philosophy for Life and Other Dangerous Situations. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
How Socrates could save your life

It’s a sunny Saturday in May and up to 60 people have gathered to hear an academic philosopher, an existential analyst and a journalist/writer (...)