Gaslighting and the general toxicity of toxic relationships leave behind deep psychological roots. Here is how to recover from them. — The trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard has made it abundantly clear how terrible toxic relationships can be. In this unique situation, both of them are toxic to one another. Amber Heard has goaded Johnny Depp plenty of times and I do believe that he is a victim of…

You can make a living or design a life. Here are ways to better design your life. — Goal setting is one of those skills that people need to have in order to get anywhere in life. It’s essential to be setting goals and to have some sense of structure to them. After all, without setting goals, you don’t really know where you will go or whether doing…

Our constant desire for hedonism is what’s preventing us from a better life. — The simplest theory that can describe you and me and everyone in the world is that we are hedonists. All of our pursuits in life revolve around those values of feeling pleasure and being comfortable during, and after those pursuits. As a result, we shut out things like suffering and…

Hustle culture and glamourizing overworking aren’t helping. — Everything today feels like it’s so important. Between meetings, distractions from technology, work, friends, and family, we’re spreading ourselves thin and looking for ways to keep everything organized. There are many articles out there suggesting all kinds of different ways to manage your time better or amp you up to…

How you measure people around you is how you measure yourself. — Mark Manson made a brilliant observation about judgement and measurement of ourselves. He said that our lives are a combination of measurements from various sources: things like money and accolades, beauty, popularity, how many good deeds you’ve done or the strength of friendships and family. There are many others out…

Using self-affirmation effectively is about focusing on the things about you that you care most about. — Self-affirmations have a tinge of mysticism behind them. They are the things that network marketers encourage and push from time to time, along with reading The Secret and a few other things. To these people, the idea that chanting to yourself about all kinds of things would be enough to…

Challenge your expectations and you’ll find decision-making to be easier. — As much as we know that the world is an ever-changing thing, humanity has had an issue of recognizing just how much the world is changing and what that means for us. Spend any time in psychology and you’ll recognize that our biases, assumptions and judgements on others impact our…

Unless you want to look dumb and full of yourself. In that case, mission accomplished. — You see these words all over social media profiles, and in various published works. But in any other context, these individuals will never have the nerve to say it themselves. Absolutely, these are words that others can use to describe you and that’s fair game. But when using these particular…

Getting irritated happens all the time, but these habits make it happen more. — Irritations are everywhere in our lives. Someone cuts in front of you, or you’re in a loud environment and can’t concentrate. There are some things you can do to deal with these situations but for the most part these circumstances are out of your control. That being said, there are…