Soul Chocolate https://www.soulchocolate.org Chocolate for your soul Mon, 11 Jan 2021 09:23:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.9 https://www.soulchocolate.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/cropped-SoulChocolateSiteIcon-32x32.jpg Soul Chocolate https://www.soulchocolate.org 32 32 Don’t ape, have the self-belief to find your own way https://www.soulchocolate.org/dont-ape-have-the-self-belief-to-find-your-own-way/ Mon, 11 Jan 2021 09:23:10 +0000 https://www.soulchocolate.org/?p=3997 MANY MOONS AGO, when I was still a student, the fad was to study English literature if one had no specific career goals or one’s results were below par. As a bright student who loved ...

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]]> Make mistakes: A wish for the new year https://www.soulchocolate.org/make-mistakes-a-wish-for-the-new-year/ https://www.soulchocolate.org/make-mistakes-a-wish-for-the-new-year/#comments Fri, 01 Jan 2021 13:31:50 +0000 https://www.soulchocolate.org/?p=3799 HAPPY NEW YEAR, 2021! As we step into the new year with part hope and part apprehension, we — at Soul Chocolate — extend our warmest greetings to all our readers. Our heartfelt thanks to ...

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]]> https://www.soulchocolate.org/make-mistakes-a-wish-for-the-new-year/feed/ 1 Learn from mistakes, even if you haven’t made them https://www.soulchocolate.org/learn-from-mistakes-even-if-you-havent-made-them/ Sun, 13 Dec 2020 21:50:36 +0000 https://www.soulchocolate.org/?p=3219 THERE’S THIS WELL-KNOWN story of a bald man who, caught in a thunderstorm, huddles under a wood-apple tree for cover. The tree is of middling height with slender branches but is laden with fruit. It ...

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]]> Understand why you’re angry, that’s the best antidote https://www.soulchocolate.org/understand-why-youre-angry-thats-the-best-antidote/ https://www.soulchocolate.org/understand-why-youre-angry-thats-the-best-antidote/#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2020 12:11:19 +0000 https://www.soulchocolate.org/?p=2827 HOW OFTEN DO you get furious and justify yourself saying ‘it’s only human to be angry’? Or that it’s ‘better to give vent to anger than bottle it up’? There’s no doubt that expressing anger ...

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]]> https://www.soulchocolate.org/understand-why-youre-angry-thats-the-best-antidote/feed/ 3 How to get out of the justice trap: six strategies https://www.soulchocolate.org/how-to-get-out-of-the-justice-trap/ Sat, 17 Oct 2020 06:57:04 +0000 https://www.soulchocolate.org/?p=2560 [This is the second part of the article on the search for justice. To read the first part, please click: ‘Don’t fall into the justice trap, it’s self-defeating’] WOULD YOU BELIEVE that jealousy is an ...

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]]> Don’t fall into the justice trap, it’s self-defeating https://www.soulchocolate.org/dont-fall-into-the-justice-trap-its-self-defeating/ Sat, 10 Oct 2020 11:37:37 +0000 https://www.soulchocolate.org/?p=2366 Justice does not exist. It never has, and it never will – Dr Wayne W. Dyer NIDHI AND PRIYA were bosom pals, both interns at a well-known media house. They had joined the organisation four ...

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]]> Finding balance: Why your car is your best teacher https://www.soulchocolate.org/finding-balance-why-your-car-is-your-best-teacher/ Thu, 01 Oct 2020 09:41:31 +0000 https://www.soulchocolate.org/?p=2097 REMEMBER JACK TORRANCE, the new caretaker of an isolated hotel in the Rockies, going mad in Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 thriller, The Shining? A recovering alcoholic prone to violence, Torrance had taken up the gig for ...

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]]> Life rules your kids must learn before leaving school https://www.soulchocolate.org/life-rules-your-kids-must-learn-before-leaving-school/ Fri, 11 Sep 2020 09:06:21 +0000 https://www.soulchocolate.org/?p=1961 EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, the Internet throws up articles attributed to Microsoft founder Bill Gates. Recall, for instance, the fine piece that went viral five-six months ago on lessons the coronavirus pandemic could be ...

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]]> Don’t worry, be happy: Six strategies to stop worrying https://www.soulchocolate.org/dont-worry-be-happy-six-strategies-to-stop-worrying/ Sat, 05 Sep 2020 09:41:43 +0000 https://www.soulchocolate.org/?p=1875 Here’s a little song I wrote You might want to sing it note for note Don’t worry, be happy… In every life we have some trouble When you worry you make it double Don’t worry, ...

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]]> How to get rid of guilt: six time-tested strategies https://www.soulchocolate.org/how-to-get-rid-of-guilt-six-time-tested-strategies/ Fri, 28 Aug 2020 13:23:24 +0000 https://www.soulchocolate.org/?p=1773 FEELING GUILTY OR being made to feel guilty is one of the commonest experiences we go through. When we’re kids, our parents send subtle guilt signals to make us conform to set standards of behaviour. ...

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