The narrative that’s being peddled needs to change and these same gurus can help if they understand. — Just as the self-improvement industry is filled with mysticism and tough talk these days, these particular ideals have seeped into other areas that self-improvement connects to. …

Replace them with much stronger and better habits than before. — We are nothing but a set of habits working in tandem. Our habits are our core definition of who we are at this point in time. They are flexible in that we can drop them, replace them, or reinforce them however we choose. Some of these habits are great, however…

Self-improvement shouldn’t revolve around mysticism or tough talk. — I can imagine from the start, self-improvement has always had an element of mysticism revolving around it. …

You don’t need to buy heavy dumbbells to get these benefits. — Maintaining your health doesn’t have to be complicated in the grand scheme of things, though it feels like, with mountains of studies, there are certain things you should and shouldn’t be doing. It can feel like our health needs to be hyper-optimized. That you need to have the most accurate…

Disappointment is another obstacle that we have to deal with. — Growing up as a kid, there was that one phrase that got under my skin: “I’m not angry, I’m disappointed.” It hits the person the words are directed to pretty hard, but for the person who uttered them, disappointment is something that they have experienced plenty of times over. Sometimes…

Being late can be an indication of something much deeper than someone being rude or scatter-brained. — My dad is a punctual person. With his crammed schedule, it is a necessity for him to be showing up at particular times. And the one thing that annoys him the most is people showing up late or even acting surprised that he showed up at the time that was…

There is a difference between acknowledging it and letting it define you in the present. — Something small or something big, flashes of the past can trigger all kinds of things within ourselves. From feeling down to having anxiety or panic attacks, it all comes back to trauma that prevents us from getting on with our lives or whatever we were doing at the time. There…

Packaged and presented as an “optimization”, it’s a double standard on a diet fad that’s clothed as an eating disorder. — I learned a few weeks ago that my dad has taken up intermittent fasting. Every Sunday (as far as I know), he follows the idea of eating a lot of food in the morning and then coasts the rest of the day with water. I know another guy online who…

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…