The path to self-abandonment in dating is slow but slippery. Not one action causes us to lose ourselves, but a culmination of sequences. Moreover, if you have self-abandoned once, it’s likely you’ve done so numerous times before. It’s unnerving and uncomfortable to lose autonomy over your own emotions, and that…

It’s no secret that our upbringing impacts our ability to show up for relationships in the present. Our brain, patterned into behaving a particular way, is conditioned early on by the relationships we’re exposed to. This makes our behaviors in the present reflections of those early-childhood experiences. Such behaviors may…

I don’t like corporate work. I don’t enjoy working for a boss who tells me what I should be doing every minute of the day. I don’t like the hierarchical nature of the workplace, my lack of passion for the work I need to do, or living for the weekend…

Boundaries are important and tell others how we wish to be treated. Without them, we risk falling into people-pleasing tendencies that leave us resentful and dissatisfied with our lives. …

Lately, I’ve been ruminating more than I’d care to admit. I often find myself caught up in thoughts about the past or future — feeling into those daydreams as if they were my reality. It’s generally a sign of my overall mental state — which has been low, as of…

The personal growth industry will have you believe that being independent is the key to happiness — and to some degree, I agree. We all know leaning on others for validation and allowing their opinions to lead our judgments/behaviors is detrimental to our wellbeing. We also know that leaning too…

Breakups are hard — there’s no getting around it. They’re a death; a death of connection and a death of a future. Moreover, it’s the loss of understanding. For many of us who are protective of our inner worlds, allowing someone else in can be a challenge in and of…

A month ago I was an avid Tiktok user. I was trying to grow my reach on the platform which meant creating 4 videos a day, monitoring the latest trends, and obsessively checking my phone to see how well my videos were doing. …

Just as the bad times don’t last forever, the good times also don’t. The human experience is one of constant evolution and change; one day we may feel great, and the next unknowingly empty. We’ll fall in love, and fall out of it. We’ll gain friends, and lose friends. We’ll…