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Category: Fact

  • New Study Finds Adolescence Extends into the Early 30s
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    New Study Finds Adolescence Extends into the Early 30s

    Have you ever felt your 20s were so chaotic or regretful that you deserve a free “redo”? Or, if you are in your 20s, have you felt disproportionately stressed out by society but can not name the stressor because “everyone else is doing well”? You do deserve it, in a sense. Because biologically, the brain…

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  • The Scapegoat Theory: Blame Someone for Maintaining Social Order
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    The Scapegoat Theory: Blame Someone for Maintaining Social Order

    This can happen in any group, especially when you’re in a toxic social environment. In that dynamic, you may have been unfortunately and unfairly labeled as the “uncontrollable” one. You might have faced exclusion, cruelty, confusion, and a kind of collective gaslighting that has nothing to do with your actual worth. In psychology, group behavior…

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  • Riding the Emotional Wave: How to Master the 90-Second Rule?
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    Riding the Emotional Wave: How to Master the 90-Second Rule?

    It happens in a flash. An aggressive driver cuts you off, a colleague sends a passive-aggressive email, or a family member presses your exact emotional button. Instantly, your face flushes, your heart races, your stomach churns, and a wave of pure anger or panic washes over you. You have just experienced an “amygdala hijack”. That…

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  • How Sharing Big Goals Can Kill Your Motivation
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    How Sharing Big Goals Can Kill Your Motivation

    There is an intoxicating rush that comes with announcing a massive new life goal. Whether you tell your best friend you’re writing a novel, launching a business, or training for a marathon, their immediate reaction is almost always enthusiastic applause. “That’s amazing! You’re going to do great!” they say. You walk away feeling inspired and…

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  • Sisu: An Important Concept of Finnish Resilience
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    Sisu: An Important Concept of Finnish Resilience

    In the depths of a Nordic winter, when daylight is a fleeting rumor and temperatures plunge well below freezing, you will find Finns swimming in ice-cut lakes or trekking through knee-deep snow. To an outsider, it’s a spirited cultural tradition. In Finnish, it is called sisu. What Does It Actually Mean? Pronounced see-su, this untranslatable Finnish…

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