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
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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
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
Man Up: How To Overcome This Unhealthy Male Worldview
Reading Time: 15 minutesSticks and stones may break our bones, but words can stay with us forever, and that’s why phrases like “man up” are a problem. Here’s why