In today’s fast-paced, globalized world, it’s easy to feel. Many of us spend most of our time at work or in our homes, meaning there are few opportunities for social interaction. To make things worse, the digital age has created a sense of constant competition. Everyone is striving to get ahead in their career and trying more than ever to keep up with the “Joneses.” However, most people fail to realize that these feelings are natural when you feel disconnected…
Loneliness is the feeling of isolation, lack of connection with others, and a sense of not belonging somewhere. It can be triggered by moving to a new place, leaving behind friends from home, or dealing with personal issues such as depression or anxiety. Loneliness is a universal feeling. Many of us experienced it at some point in our lives, and research shows that it's on the rise. If we feel lonely, it's because we desire deeper connections with others, and…
How to overcome fear of heights? If you have ever visited a tall structure, such as a skyscraper or a tower, you might have felt the natural fear of heights. In fact, this fear is so common that it has been given its own clinical term: Acrophobia. Moreover, because humans are not designed to be high above the ground, this fear makes sense from an evolutionary perspective. However, if you want to do skydiving or other bucket list activities like…
Many think when they hear the word learning, they have to be a genius with outstanding memory. And to be willing to bury their heads in the books. But that is not the case; everyone can become an efficient learner. It all depends on wherever you know how to learn effectively and what strategies you need to use. So you get the benefits that learning has to offer. Why learning something new will help you? In your life, you´ve probably…
Social Media is a place where billions of people post to get followers, likes, shares, and comments to feel good and to be someone. But what's the point of sharing your life online with people if you are not truly happy? And why is Social media bad and toxic that it affects your mental health? Or maybe it isn´t that dangerous after all, and it is the content you consume? No matter what your opinion is, minimizing the time you…
When the school system is so outdated that it was designed in the industrial age, the mentality is mass production and mass control; then you know there is something wrong with the system in this new age. Children have to follow the exact instruction of a teacher, and only when they do this they get a reward. These are values of factory workers in the industrial age, not for kids in the technology age, where problem-solving, creative thinking, and teamwork…
We have all the things we don´t like doing — risks and actions we don´t want to take out of fear that they will fail. Changes we don´t want to make. Dreams that we don´t pursue because it is uncomfortable. But with comfort, there comes no growth. So what needs to happen that you seek discomfort, you may ask? You first have to understand what it means to be in a comfort zone and why it can become dangerous. Then…
The Dream of finding your passion in life can be the path to success and happiness. It gets even better when you can earn money by doing what you love, but this is easier said than done. Often people don´t know what hidden talents they have and make their living with jobs and career paths they don´t like. A job requires skills that you sometimes don´t possess, and that is simply not right for you, which makes the work more…
Did you ever feel guilty after saying you couldn't help a friend or family member? Did it come from you, or was it something another person said that made you feel it? When it is the latter, you might have been subject to emotional blackmail and manipulation. But what is manipulative behavior, and how can you detect it? And how can you avoid emotional blackmail? Most of us have already been victims of emotional blackmail and manipulation at some point…
Are you focusing too much time on the negative things in life? Do you wish you were happier? You are not alone. Depression affects people all over the world. There is a high chance that you or someone you know battled with depression. The truth is that many aspects of today's hectic combative, and isolating culture make depression an all-too-common part of modern life. The main causes of depression have been misunderstood for a long time thanks to partly powerful…