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Category Archives: Mental Health
A Room of My Own
Being location-independent has its perks, but, as Virginia Woolf observed in her classic essay A Room of One’s Own, “A woman must have…a room of her own if she is to write.”
You Can Begin Again And Again
“And in every moment I can be new. Every moment is a little birth. I know rebirth is true because I can observe it.”
Facebook Is Not Your Friend
What happens to our mental health when we sub out IRL relationships for those on social media? A psychology experiment that’s over 60 years old offers clues.
The Problem with Self-Help Culture
At its worst, self-help culture feeds on shame to create repeat customers.
I Practice Self Care Because That’s What You Do When You’re A Healthy Adult
Justifying self-care as an extension of mothering is just one more way women are dismissed in our society.
We All Need To Be Seen
How do you gather evidence to support a positive sense of self?
Black-And-White Thinking
How to use data reduction, a technique from psychology, to drill down to what’s essentially true about what causes and relieves stress in your life.
Go Slow Practice Practice Practice
Slowing down can allow us to practice listening to that quiet truth within ourselves and prioritize what’s important.
Intuition Is A Part Of Rational Thought
The sensation we call intuition is, in fact, a synopsis of everything we know — the sum of all that we have experienced and all that we are currently experiencing. The mark of an intellectually evolved person is not someone who ignores their intuition but someone who harnesses it.