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Preference & Demand
What’s the difference between a preference and a demand? And what do they have to do with acceptance? Both preferences and demands are...

Jonathan Gibbons
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GPS Problems
So I’ve started to make significant progress in accepting myself just as I am. But what about you? How can I possibly begin to accept the...

Jonathan Gibbons
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Micro-Victim Identity
When we talk about somebody having a victim identity, we tend to think of a case where the person has become quite dysfunctional—a person...

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I Don’t Need You to Accept Me
When I first came to Spain twenty-five years ago, I found a job teaching English in a private school. As the new teacher in town, I was...

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Your Acceptance May Piss Me Off
Be prepared—the more accepting we become of things that are clearly “unacceptable,” the more the world will tell us we’re wrong. In...

Jonathan Gibbons
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