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Ridicule is always destructive. We all need to know we are respected for who and how we are.

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Prof Emmy van Deurzen @emmyvandeurzen.bsky.social · May 13

Ridicule is always destructive. youtu.be/7vAVBsmO54E?...
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Stand up for your values and principles, despite pressure to conform to the crowd.

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Existential Movement @existentialworld.bsky.social · May 15

Self awareness is where civilisation starts.

That is a challenge for each and every one of us.

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Existential Movement @existentialworld.bsky.social · May 15

Our founder and president @emmyvandeurzen.bsky.social will be showing the Existential Movement film at the conference of the Federation of Existential Therapists in Europe and ESSE in ROME next week. There will be a wide ranging debate about the issues it tackles.

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Existential Movement @existentialworld.bsky.social · May 15

Few people know how to truly communicate. They begin with accusations and pursue a path of finding fault and end up with hatred.

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Existential Movement @existentialworld.bsky.social · May 10

The importance of standing up for your beliefs, values and principles, instead of following the crowd.
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Brian Cox: The incomprehensible scales that rule the Universe

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Existential Movement @existentialworld.bsky.social · May 13

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The incomprehensible scale of the universe is the everyday background to our lives.

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YouTube video by Big Think

Wisdom in Practice From Existential Training to Therapeutic Encounter – Hotel Ergife – Rome, 21 – 23 May 2025

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Existential Movement @existentialworld.bsky.social · May 14

We are not paying enough attention to the ethics of our lives and often fail to tend to our moral and emotional well being.
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Existential Academy @existentialacademy.bsky.social · May 12

Our next conference, is beginning to take shape. It will take place on Halloween and All Saints, the next day!

Watch this space.

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Existential Academy @existentialacademy.bsky.social · May 12

The European conference for Existential Therapy will take place in Rome next week.

Quite a few staff members of the Existential Academy will participate and give talks!

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Wisdom in Practice From Existential Training to Therapeutic Encounter – Hotel Ergife – Rome, 21 – 23 May 2025

Existential Academy @existentialacademy.bsky.social · May 12

The European conference for Existential Therapy will take place in Rome next week.

Quite a few staff members of the Existential Academy will participate and give talks!

wp.studioesse.it

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The biggest (and most surprising) regrets my patients have at the end of their life

Existential Academy @existentialacademy.bsky.social · May 12

End of life regrets.
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · May 12

"I have never once heard anyone say they wish they’d spent more time in the office or at work."

As I often say to audiences: extremely powerful argument for #4DayWeek and #UBI

@4dayweek_global @UBILabNetwork @4Day_Week
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Sophie Brew is a palliative care nurse at a Sue Ryder Hospice. On International Nurses’ Day, she shares what her patients have taught her about how to truly live and the one thing they never feel sad ...

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Existential Academy @existentialacademy.bsky.social · May 12

Our next conference, is beginning to take shape. It will take place on Halloween and All Saints, the next day!

Watch this space.

#existential

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Existential Movement @existentialworld.bsky.social · May 11

Face your fears and find a way to go beyond them.
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Stand up for your values and principles, despite pressure to conform to the crowd.

Existential Academy @existentialacademy.bsky.social · May 12

Speak your mind and think critically. Don't be cowed by the crowd!

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Existential Movement @existentialworld.bsky.social · May 10

The importance of standing up for your beliefs, values and principles, instead of following the crowd.
#existential

youtu.be/8tSKEbYYfZ4?...

Other people's opinions about you don't matter if you take responsibility for your own life

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Existential Movement @existentialworld.bsky.social · May 1

President @emmyvandeurzen.bsky.social

Will be a keynote speaker at the World Congress for Psychotherapy in Vienna in July

This is a hybrid event.
Anyone can attend.

www.wcp2025.at/index-en.htm....

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Existential Academy @existentialacademy.bsky.social · May 2

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When you learn to take responsibility for your life other people's opinions about you will stop mattering.
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