Taking Responsibilities for Ourselves The Power of Ownership For so many of us, taking accountability for our actions is foreign or painstaking, and therefore avoided all together. When we feel offended, scorned, and resentful, we use those emotions as evidence to exonerate ourselves of any interpersonal wrongdoing. When we succumb to laziness, distractions, and stagnation, […]
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In Need, or Needy? “I really hate it when girls are too needy” Ouch, I retracted from the sharp sting of my then-boyfriend’s accusation.He was comparing me to a past ex he had who asked him too many questions/ was too open with him. The nerve. Was I needy? I’d previously touted being a “low-maintenance girlfriend”,
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When Online Dating is Ugly “”You’ve got to be f***ing kidding me” I thought, as my date audaciously let me in on a secret- he had a girlfriend at home who would be pissed to know of his whereabouts and whoabouts. “Check please” I requested the server, urgently. I wasn’t here to become a side piece.“Oh,
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Confronting Biases Acknowledging your biases is the first step. The biases we are addressing today can be defined as feelings, thoughts, and preferences that are in favor of or are against a person/group/ demographic. We all have biases (no matter how kind-hearted and open-minded you are) therefore, we all have room for improvement in this area. Why are
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Other emotions have their place too. What is Toxic Positivity? Toxic positivity is a manner that promotes positive thinking to antidote all negative expressions and feelings. It’s the idea that you should merrily turn those lemons into lemonade, even when you’d be better served by the relief of just smashing the damn lemons instead. Toxic
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At some point, you may have experienced the displeasure of being in a one-sided friendship. Rather than consisting of a balanced give-and-take relationship, a one-sided friendship tends to include one person who fits the role of the Taker, and the other person as the Giver. The unreciprocated energy, care, and resources beget resentment, disappointment, and
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