Category: Daily Insight
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We Prefer Guaranteed Bad News to Waiting in Uncertainty
Which type of scenario stresses you out more? Waiting for the job offer to arrive, the final grade to appear in your portal, or a partner to reply in the middle of a fight? Or when the rejection finally comes in, the less-than-ideal grade is posted, and the relationship officially ends? We often assume the…
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Irony of Humanaity: The Worst and the Best of People
There’s something corrosive about encountering people who cause real harm. It may not be the ordinary friction of difficult personalities, but the kind of behavior that makes you reconsider your baseline assumptions about others. It doesn’t just hurt, but restructures. The trust in humanity that once felt natural starts to feel like a liability. This…
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Addiction and the Problem No One Talks About
I am aware that this is a heavy topic. As a trauma survivor from a dysfunctional family of origin, I witnessed my father’s alcoholism and went through painful withdrawal from addiction myself. I have now been sober and clean for five years, but I still remember all the judgment, shame, and harsh criticism. Looking back,…
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The Truth about Judgement
We all have judged and been judged. Yet the common assumption is that when someone judges you, they’ve thought carefully about who you are. That the criticism reflects an honest assessment, or at least, a genuine attempt at understanding. But sadly, it rarely does. (Related: Honesty Doesn’t Make Your Judgement a Fact) The Psychology of…
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How to Reset Body and Mind in a Neuroscientific-Backed Way?
Have you tried mindfulness practices and found it hard to focus? Or are you looking for a passive way to relax without falling asleep? As burnout rates reach unprecedented highs, is there a better way to reset the body and the mind deeply and consciously? The Non-Sleep Deep Rest Non-Sleep Deep Rest (NSDR) is a…
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Why Do We Prefer Older Times When They Were Not Actually Better?
The vacation photos look perfect, and it may be the most heart-swelling memory with loved ones. Or you totally enjoyed the alone time, figured things out. Next time we go on a trip, and the car gets pulled over. “That time was so much better.” We sigh. But was it true? There was a delayed…
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Boredom Actually Exists for a Reason
There is a specific discomfort that comes with having nothing to do. Not tiredness or sadness, but something closer to restlessness. Instinctively, we reach for the phone, scroll on social media, scan the room to spot untidiness, put something on in the background, or find a task. If someone asked about it, we would say,…
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Those Important Life Lessons Trauma Teaches Us
As survivors, we move through stages of recovery and eventually arrive at a place where we can become our own harshest enemy. Unfair as it is, there also seems to be a persistent cultural instinct to treat trauma as a flaw, a deficit to be corrected, a shameful chapter to close. Or, the experience is…
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Why Do Our Memories Actually Reflect the Present?
There’s a version of my past I’ve told so many times it feels like a fact. The details are consistent. The emotional logic holds. I know exactly where the turning points are, which moments were formative, which ones I’d rather not examine too closely. It feels like evidence of cringeness. Yet the record of something…
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5 Common Logical Fallacies That Prevent You From Growth
Logical fallacies can show up almost anywhere, but without a clear explanation, they often just leave you with a vague sense that something is off. Here are five common logical fallacies that you may notice in people you interact with (or in yourself) that can seriously hinder personal growth. Anecdotal Evidence This is usually manifested…
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