You keep your worries to yourself. You smooth over conflict instead of facing it. When a friend asks how you are, you say you’re fine, even when you are not. None of... Read more »
There is well-documented evidence that for most of time, humans had “two sleeps.” The initial bedtime was shortly after dusk, for the practical reason that it was often difficult and unsafe to... Read more »
Socially prescribed perfectionism and people-pleasing are closely related, both based on the intense fear of rejection and exclusion. Socially prescribed perfectionism is the sense that significant others demand perfection from you in... Read more »
Cliched advice can be a hit or a miss, It depends on the context, how it’s received, and when it is given. When we dissect it, we can often extract multiple meanings.... Read more »