Envy Addiction: How Using Social Media to Make Others Jealous Makes Everyone Miserable

It seems like you can now be anyone you want to be. In the past decade, people you wouldn’t have … More

Punishing Myself: Why We’re So Hard on Ourselves and How We Can Stop

Can you recall a time in your life when you let down someone whom you admired? When you did, what … More

We idealize success and demonize failure. People, sometimes, ask me how to stop obsessing over both, entering treatment distraught because … More

All of us have a natural tendency to personalize. We see the dyad and interpret it through a causal lens. … More

In the Guy Ritche film Revolver, the protagonist, Jake, goes on a journey of self-discovery, learning about the complex facets … More

Most empaths struggle with too much empathy, not too little. Yet, since empathy is the new norm, they’re told that … More

So much of my life was wasted. Growing up with an anxiety disorder, or several, made me want to run … More

The existentialists notably wrote about the fear of the other’s gaze, of being perceived as something other than your ideal. … More

Most of us are terrified of conflicts. And much of our lives are spent avoiding them. If possible, we’ll end … More

When most people struggle with procrastination, they struggle with perfectionism. The piece of art, writing, or music has to be … More