Have you ever asked yourself this question: what does it really mean to be secure? Is it being full of ourselves? Is it confidence, or is it something much deeper? One common misconception is thinking that being insecure only means…
When you’re deeply committed to this journey of growth, all your relationships become like checks and balances for your “self.” You can think of you and your relationship as a kind of government, where there are systems in place for…
If there’s one aspect of relationships I’ve always been so ‘naively’ against or rather doubtful about, it’s the aspect of commitment. I always saw it from the spectrum of being tied to something that can hurt or drown you in…
I have been here before, and so have most of you. You can’t stop talking about them to your friends and family. You can’t stop thinking about them. You can’t stop obsessing over them. You can’t help but care about…
Have you ever found it really strange that someone can share how they love you so deeply, yet at the same time speak with such bitterness about everyone else? Let’s say you’re a man dating a woman who tells you…
A relationship is all about two people coming together, and those two people will always have different views, values, beliefs, and ways of seeing the world. With that conflicts are bound to happen and some will be resolved while others…
Have you ever wondered what would happen if you grew up in an environment where 1 + 1 = 3 instead of the common or rather logical 1 + 1 = 2? I’m talking about basic math here. You may…
If we could shift that focus inward, to you and me, the ones susceptible to those gimmicks, we’d gain a much deeper understanding of ourselves. And that self-understanding is what keeps us safe from falling for those cheap tricks, because…
Advice: How many times have you given it today or yesterday? Probably an infinite number of times, right? From “don’t do this” to “do it that way,” to “you’re not making the right choice, it should be like this.” You’ve…
“Let’s give love a chance,” she said. “I’ll never do it again. I was just drunk or under the influence,” he said. “I don’t want to ruin this relationship. It just happened,” they said. How many times have we given…
Emotional abuse is often subtle, but the consequences are dire. Some of what we call abuse may be the perpetrator’s unconscious reaction to being triggered, while other times they are fully aware of what they’re doing. Today, I would like…
Last month, I saw a post in a Facebook group on spirituality and collective consciousness. The post had listed different types of trauma, such as injustice trauma, childhood trauma, religious trauma, and so forth. And beneath that post was just…
