There's a phrase that's repeated everywhere, to the point that it's become a kind of emotional mantra: "Let it out, don't keep it inside." Social media has amplified it ad infinitum , …
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.
Tell me how you invest and I’ll tell you who you are: The 7 most common psychological profiles
Investing is no longer the exclusive domain of economists, the wealthy, or Wall Street professionals. Today, anyone with a mobile phone can buy stocks, cryptocurrencies, or index funds while enjoying …
The savior complex: Helping everyone… except yourself
You probably know someone who tries to "fix" everyone else's life when their own is a mess. "Expert" parents who give out parenting advice they don't apply to their own children, people who lecture …
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The trap of seeking answers for everything (and how to escape it)
When something worries you, do you keep turning it over in your mind? Perhaps you're completely consumed by the feeling that you have to understand it and need answers, to the point that you can't …
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Staying calm is (very) overrated: Why is it better to stop swallowing your feelings?
We've been taught that staying calm is synonymous with maturity. That when faced with criticism, the best thing to do is take a deep breath. That if someone hurts us (even maliciously), we should …
Karen Horney, psychoanalyst: “If you want to know who you are, stop trying to be who you should be”
A man was in the hospital with a broken leg after being hit by a truck. He read in the newspaper that trucks were prohibited from driving on the street where the accident happened. So he concluded …
Embrace your inner child, but don’t entrust your life to him
“Embrace your inner child.” You’ve probably heard that phrase more than once, an idea that comforts and encourages us to be more understanding with ourselves. In fact, several schools of psychology …
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