Idealizing Romance: How Our Beliefs about Being Single, Being in Love, and Being Married Contribute to Codependency and Desperation

Interpretations are everything. Being single doesn’t simply mean that you aren’t in a romantic relationship; it often connotes much more. … 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

The Hindsight Bias, according to Kendra Cherry, is “the tendency people have to view events as more predictable than they … 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

You know that famous cliche, “Be careful what you wish for”? While iterated, it’s seldom heeded. So many of us … More