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Confession as therapy in the Middle Ages

The line between confession and counselling has been blurred for centuries.

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Solving the mystery of how to be happy

Crime writer Sophie Hannah thinks she might be too happy. Worried she’s using her happiness as an excuse to avoid a big work problem, she turns to a life coach for help.

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When self-deception becomes global hoax

Being deceived isn’t always a case of believing someone else’s lie. Experiments have shown that many of us can be manipulated into accepting our own fictions as true.

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How to manage your Schadenfreude

Do you sometimes enjoy witnessing others’ distress? Tiffany Watt Smith suggests five ways to manage - and even embrace - the perplexing emotion of Schadenfreude.

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  • Confession of Thomas Williams, 2 parts.
  • Confession of Thomas Williams, 2 parts
  • Confession of Thomas Williams, 2 parts
  • Confession of Thomas Williams, 2 parts
  • Confession of John Bishop. the horrible murder of an Italian boy.
  • Confession of John Bishop. the horrible murder of an Italian boy.
  • T. Colley, The remarkable confession...
  • 'The remarkable confession ... of Thomas Colley'
  • The sacrament of the Roman Catholic church: confession (penance). Etching by B. Picart.
  • The sacrament of the Roman Catholic church; confession (penance). Etching after B. Picart.
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