Developing Emotional Granularity: 6 Ways To Understand Your Feelings
Reading Time: 7 minutesThere are emotions, and then there are emotions. Developing high emotional granularity can lead us to a deeper understanding of ourselves
Advice
Welcome to the advice category archive. Here you’ll find all the articles that have been indexed as containing useful advice.
Learn how to help yourself by reading these advice articles that comprise advice taken from my personal experiences, community suggestions (such as advice from people on Twitter), taken from research studies, and from other professional sources.
Here, all your self-help and life hacks needs will be met, so check this archive out.
On the Hunt For Where Our Anger Comes From
Reading Time: 10 minutesAn important part of healthy anger management is understanding where our anger is coming from and what it might be telling us
Unmasking: Scooby Gang, “Let’s See Who This Really Is!”
Reading Time: 12 minutesMasking has become ubiquitous as we all seek acceptance for one reason or another. But that’s not how it should work: Let the unmasking begin
Amygdala Hijack: Living With The Proverbial Horror Film Jump Scare
Reading Time: 8 minutesAn amygdala hijack can be like living in a constant horror movie jump scare, except its triggers aren’t life or death. So what do we do?
Spooky Insights And Well-being Advice Gained From Horror Movies
Reading Time: 7 minutesHorror movies are a source of entertainment for a lot of us, but did you know there are life lessons that can be learned from them?
The Purge: Mastering Purge Emotional Writing To Calm The Storm
Reading Time: 4 minutesPurge emotional writing makes for a great quasi-journaling activity to manage and even banish difficult emotions and thoughts. Here’s why
How To Become Friends With The Monster Inside My Head?
Reading Time: 9 minutesThe monster that lives in our head can be intrusive and unwanted, but it doesn’t mean to be. It is just going about helping in the wrong way
What To Do When A Friend Suddenly Starts Saying “No” To Invites?
Reading Time: 6 minutesIf a friend starts saying “no” to invites, we may start assuming they don’t want to be our friend. Consider this article first
Safety Behaviours: The Short-Term Relief That Prolongs The Pain
Reading Time: 12 minutesSafety behaviours are the habits that appear to help us manage our anxiety, but what if they didn’t? What if they prolonged our recovery?
Philophobia: What Does It Mean To Fear Love?
Reading Time: 12 minutesPhilophobia, the fear of love, neatly explains an area of human existence not covered by already established labels and phobias. Here’s why