Category: Mental Wellness
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Compliance vs. Rebellion: What Is Social Norm’s Role in Self-Discovery?
There is a specific kind of exhaustion that comes from chasing approval. We have heard that “fitting in” is a social survival tactic, which is not wrong by itself. But when the acceptance only happens when there is a curated version, the chant from the crowd sounds like a farewell to your identity. “The reward…
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Cognition, Culture, Language, Personal Growth, Psychology, Self-Care Essentials, Weekly Article, WellnessLearning a New Language Is Beneficial to the Brain
For most people, learning a second language is a practical decision: career advancement or immigration. What tends to get less attention is what the process is doing to the brain in the background. But there are many benefits of learning a new language that can change the brain structure. Over the past decades, research on…
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Quick Note: Not a Nerd, but No Pop Psychology Here
I recently had a commenter troll me, stating there were “an awful lot of suppositions for a fact page” with at least three grammatical errors. To validate his (judging by the commentator’s profile) feelings, I do use standardized wording such as “research suggests” or “may help” rather than making absolute claims like “if someone walks…
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Quick Updates on Editorial Hiatus
I am currently away on vacation and will not be publishing new articles from April 10–20. In the spirit of practicing the very nervous system regulation I write about, I am taking some time offline to rest and recalibrate. While the weekly articles are paused, the “Daily” series is still active on TikTok and Lemon8.…
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Quick Note: We’re Building the Library for Daily Insight!
If you’ve been following my work on socials, you know that these Daily facts and Daily Notes usually fly by mini carousel, still images (or the head-talking and me-as-background videos if you have seen them at the earliest stage), or quick captions. But my nervous system doesn’t really thrive on “quick and dirty”; it thrives on integration, nuances, and…
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