"No one will get on top of us if we don't bend our backs", said Martin Luther King. However, life's circumstances end up often crushing us under their …
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Life is unfair, so what?
We believe that life should be fair. We believe that "good" people deserve good things and that "bad" people should be punished. We believe that if we …
The short blanket dilemma, when we have to choose between two bad options
It has likely happened to you on more than one occasion. You are cold, so you stretch the blanket to cover your head, but you realize that your feet …
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You will reach the best version of yourself when you’ll love life more than your fears
While walking along a street outside Arizona City, Vivian Gornick experienced "An unusual event that made her scene fall apart", in her own words. At …
Do you know the secret plans of your inner critic?
We all have a critical inner voice. That voice can take on a comforting tone to make us feel better when we're down. It can tell us that we are safe …
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Psychological Entropy: Your stability depends on how much uncertainty you can tolerate
The only certainty in life is change. But it is the only certainty that we refuse to accept. We are too comfortable with what we know. The familiar …
Psychological projection, people who blame us for their shadows
"One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious", wrote Carl Jung. However, detecting and …
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