Why do we put off for tomorrow that which can be accomplished today? It’s not as though we can enjoy the time spent relaxing or engaging in leisure activities. In fact, procrastination is almost always followed by guilt and the nagging sense that we are wasting our time that would be better spent on necessary […]
Expats, immigrants, and migrants are all people that have left their homes for foreign shores in search of a better life. It is an intensified way of life, exciting at times, but fraught with challenges and hardships. I am the child of immigrants, and have been living as an expat for over a decade. I […]
I have always believed that generational trauma, given enough generations, becomes culture. Historical events have a tendency to leave deep scars that alter the way we see the world, and that skewed perspective, once accepted as the norm, is then taught to future generations. Think of the generation that was raised in the Great Depression […]
Anger is a secondary emotion, that is, it is a feeling that is triggered by other primary emotions. The primary emotion could be fear, embarrassment, disappointment, or even sadness. But anger acts as a firewall, stopping all access to those primary emotions. Sometimes, this can be helpful. Anger is energizing. In an interpersonal conflict it […]
Pepper Pavlish, ERYT 500 and best-selling author of MS Wellness Solutions interviews Maya Georg about the mind-body connection and the intersection of yoga and talk therapy. Pepper Pavlish has used her experience of managing her autoimmune symptoms naturally to inspire and teach others. She shares her wisdom and experience through online and in-person classes, as […]
Humans tend to make snap judgements about other humans, categorizing them into neat groups. This predisposition to categorize means we often sympathize and identify with those that are most familiar—those that look most like us, or those that align with society’s perception of the ‘default human’. The ‘default human’ is crafted by media portrayals, and […]
Many years ago, when I was still single, I began chatting with a man online. His behavior, while initially charming and funny, quickly devolved into demands for my phone number so he could send me photographs of his penis. I had just met him online, and I honestly found that to be the least interesting […]
It took me a long time to figure out how to be happy. Most of us are not raised to be happy, we are raised to be perfect, or accommodating, or accomplished. This leaves a lot of us anxious, frustrated, or angry. I was all three. Of course part of my struggle was at times […]
Life isn’t fair. We lose loved ones to illness and age, even as we suffer with our own aging and illnesses. Things, like people, become lost or broken in time. The nature of life is that it ends. Life isn’t fair, not when anyone is cheated, abused, or harmed by others. But in these instances […]
We are living in an age of narcissism. Nothing is more celebrated than the self. Lives are carefully curated into content – images, opinions, experiences – that are then idealized, digitized, publicized, and monetized. Narcissism is usually described as extreme selfishness and self absorption, with grandiose views of talents and accomplishments, and grandiose needs for attention […]
