Why Wait? Wear the Shoes Now
Personal Perspective: Sometimes I get comments that I look too fancy when I go to the market. If I don’t wear special items today, when I want to, when will I?
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Why Feeling Safe Can Be Complicated for Queer People
Despite being out and proud as an adult, if you had damaging experiences growing up, those wounds can stay with you until they’re examined and healed.
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4 Types of Present-but-Absent Fathers
Not all father wounds come from absence. Some come from fathers who were there, but emotionally unreachable.
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How to Review Your Mid-Year Goals: Lessons Learned from Halfway Day
Key Takeaways for Mid-Year Goal Reviews–also known as “Halfway Day”: Strategic quitting: Give yourself permission to abandon goals that no longer serve you. Self-compassion: If you mess up, cut yourself some slack. People who show themselves some grace are better at returning to a habit to try again.. Focus on progress: Celebrate your “ta-da” moments…
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Beauty As A Psychological Need: Feeling Deprived in an Ugly World
Daily ugliness quietly shapes how we see the world. Rediscovering beauty in everyday life restores our sense of care, harmony, and meaning. Beauty is not just decoration, it’s a psychological necessity. Too often, we are surrounded by daily ugliness that we’ve learned to passively accept: cluttered rooms, polluted parks, neglected neighborhoods, decaying buildings, and endless…
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Lessons from Gaming: Keep Rolling
When I was a young kid I played games like Monopoly, Chutes & ladders and Candy Land. When I was an older kid, I was introduced to Dungeons & Dragons and this was a gateway game to complex games like Call of Cthulhu, Battletech, Star Fleet Battles, Gamma World, and video games of all sorts….
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Kurt Vonnegut’s Life-Advice to His Children
Educate yourself, welcome life’s messiness, read Chekhov, avoid becoming an architect at all costs. Kurt Vonnegut (November 11, 1922–April 11, 2007) endures as one of modern history’s most beloved authors, a wiseman of storytelling and a shaman of style. He was also, however, one great dad: In Kurt Vonnegut: Letters (public library) — which also…
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Burnout Counselling Online UK: What Helps
Burnout counselling online UK can offer calm, flexible support when stress becomes too much. Learn what helps, what to expect, and when to reach out.
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Phenomenology Is Based on an Error
Personal Perspective: When academics announce they are offering “a phenomenological analysis,” they may as well say they are offering “a human analysis.”
