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Asking for What You Need
I am going to start with a personal anecdote – I recently was on vacation in a busy city, and while I was very happy to be there, I found myself getting quite overwhelmed by the sheer amount of people and noise that surrounded us. This is not news – I know I don’t deal…
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Self-Objectification – How Seeing Ourselves Through Other’s Eyes Harms Mental Health
If you’ve ever felt ashamed of your body, you are not alone. Body image issues are not just personal struggles, they are rooted in larger cultural systems. Shame is a powerful emotion – and a tool for social control – if we’re too busy being ashamed of ourselves, how can we show up for others…
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Get into awe
Feeling stuck, disconnected, depressed? Unsure what you want from life, unfulfilled, but don’t know what to do about it? Let me ask you this: have you ever felt a sense of completeness, fulfilment or peace standing while looking at a beautiful sunset or at a concert, completely mesmerized by the sense of community along with…
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Social Learning (And More!)
I am going to tell you a personal story about food and ask you to bear with me – it’s relevant, I promise! Growing up in post-Soviet Estonia, I had a lot of experiences that I’ve found only fellow Eastern-Europeans can relate to, but one of the more trivial things I’ve been thinking about lately…
