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Exploring the Cost of people Pleasing
You’re agreeable, helpful, and always there when someone needs you. People admire how kind and dependable you are. But behind the smile and the automatic “yes,” you may feel exhausted, anxious, or even resentful. If that sounds familiar, you might be caught in the...
What it Means to Manage Jealousy
Jealousy. Just hearing the word can make us a little uncomfortable. It’s one of those emotions we often wish we didn’t have—yet every one of us experiences it at some point. Whether it's feeling left out when a friend spends time with someone else, envying a...
Breaking Free From Comparison
We’ve all been there. Scrolling through social media, reading updates about a friend’s dream vacation, someone else's promotion, or an influencer’s perfectly curated morning routine. Suddenly, our own life feels smaller. Less exciting. Not enough. In an instant, we...
Coping with the Unknown Without Closure
We’re wired to crave clarity. We want to know where we stand in relationships, what’s coming next in our lives, and how things will turn out. But life rarely gives us neat, resolved endings. Instead, we’re often left in the liminal space of not knowing—and it’s in...
When Being Good at Everything Becomes a Burden
At first glance, being highly competent sounds like a dream. You're capable, reliable, efficient—a person others turn to when things get hard. You get praised for being "on top of it" and admired for "handling it all." But hidden under all that praise is a painful...
The Mental Toll of Constant Self-Monitoring
Have you ever left a conversation and replayed it in your mind, analyzing your tone, your expressions, your word choices—wondering if you came off “wrong”? Maybe you scanned your body language during a work meeting or practiced how to say something three different...
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