how to celebrate non-romantic love to keep an open heart?
They say that love is the opposite of fear, that you conquer fear by finding love. What about those that are afraid of love, afraid of connection and of openness of the heart? It’s Valentine’s day this week and, of…
The truth about seeking validation from your friends
[RELATIONSHIPS EDITION] Why is our friends’ validation so important to us? When we want to make a decision in life we are taught to ask other people if it is correct since we are children (that is validation). Not that…
How To Not Need Men To Feel Worthy
Why do humans seek to be worthy? In reality, people don’t seek to be worthy enough for someone, we seek belonging. It is a primal instinct for us, humans, to do things to belong. Back in the primitive days if…
The truth about being “too much”
What do we understand by being “too needy” or “too much” Being too needy or too much is something usually said to us by people that are close to us. It is normally a parent, a partner, or a really…
How to cope with the effects of gossip on your mental health
What are gossip and rumors? Gossip and rumors always start with either misheard information or with someone that purposefully started it. They generally are about the personal lives of people. It tends to hinder them in their social life or…
Avoiding negative and intrusive thoughts in a healthy way
What are intrusive thoughts? Intrusive thoughts could be considered as a higher extent of overthinking. They are usually negative thoughts that pop up in your mind after an event or randomly when you are being happy. The simpler ones could…
Inspiration to be a better person and why it’s worth it
What makes you a better person Being a better person has a different definition for a lot of people, it is based on each persons’ values and morals. For a lot of people, a good person is someone who is…
The Steps Towards Being Happy
What is happiness? Happiness is a feeling that we embody when special things that we see as positive happen. We associate these events, things, or people with the hormones our bodies create when we see these things or go into…
7 Ways To Not Care About Opinions
We all care at some point in our lives about what people think. It is important to learn when to care and when not to about their opinions. The problem is that when you have decided not to care, how…
What People Think | Learn When to Care and When Not to
Why Are We So Interested in What People Think? To understand when we should care about what people think and when we shouldn’t. We first need to understand why we care. When thinking about ourselves we may be used to…