In the current heavily therapized and self-help-forward society, terms like “narcissism” and “trauma” have become commonplace when describing unhealthy relationships. While it is undoubtedly helpful to understand the red flags of one […]
How much can be written about trauma? After all, trauma is the weather that shapes us. For better or worse, it is through pain and suffering that we learn what we are […]
Have you ever had that friend? The one who’s the life of the party. They’re the weekend wingman (or woman) who never fails to bring the laughs and shenanigans. Some of your […]
Summer is upon us, and for many, that means we have vacations, weddings, and many occasions requiring a little less clothing than we’re comfortable wearing. There’s one common question I get around […]
“More doctors smoke Camels.” In 1946, under increasing pressure and bad press about the link between lung cancer and smoking, Camel brand cigarettes launched an advertising campaign with the aforementioned slogan to […]
Living in the United States of America, we must never forget that this is a country built by immigrants — poor and oppressed groups that bravely forged uncharted territories searching for justice, […]
Many brave voices in the LGBTQ+ community have defined our modern-day movement in the sphere of individual freedom from patriarchal social conditioning. This has reshaped our understanding of human sexuality, gender identification, […]
We’ve just completed one year and stand at the precipice of another. How has the last year gone for you? Over the course of the last 52 weeks, you’ve been thrust into […]
We hear a lot about boundaries. As we approach the new year and reflect on holidays past, one may contemplate not only materialistic resolutions for 2022, but also on one’s internal evolution […]
A few years back, a guy named Ed joined our gym. When he first walked in, he didn’t say a whole lot, but one thing he made sure to tell me was […]
We hear a lot about boundaries in the language of popular psychology, but I find that often people have no idea what boundaries really are or what it actually looks like to […]