Leaving the comfort zone is not that easy. Routines and habits can be very comforting as they give us a pleasant sense of stability and security, but …
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Personal Growth
Personal growth is a process of psychological maturation that involves learning from the mistakes we made and developing new strategies to get to know one another better and adapt better to the world. Personal development requires a high degree of awareness, the ability to look within oneself.
Positive psychology is responsible for studying the best personal growth techniques in order to achieve a state of wellbeing that will give us happiness. This branch of psychology watches over our mental health and is based not only on positive thinking but also on scientific studies that help us to have more self-esteem, to be more confident and to maximize our potential.
Normopathy: The abnormal desire to be like the others
To be normal. Doing what the others do. Wanting what the others want. Pursueing the goals the others pursue. Thinking like everyone else ... In …
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Who cannot control himself, will have to obey, according to Nietzsche
"He who cannot obey himself will be commanded", wrote Nietzsche. And he added "There are those who know how to command themselves, but they very far …
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Personal Dignity: Don’t believe to be special, but neither inferior
"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 …