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3 Tips to Manage a Healthy Routine While You’re Busy

Our world today is ruled by the “hustle” mentality, to a limit where you feel unworthy if you’re not high functioning on a daily basis.  What is the best method to develop a healthy routine when you have a busy schedule, and how to avoid draining yourself? Due to...

5 Tips to Deal With The Feeling of Guilt

What is the feeling of guilt, how can it shape your life, and how to cope with these emotions? Guilt is a feeling incorporated into human nature. It expresses your frustration about failing to meet up an expectation, crossing a boundary, or making a mistake. It also...

ADHD And Working Memory: Correlation And Tips

There goes David again, going into that room to get something, then forgetting why he got there in the first place. This has been happening repeatedly for the past few weeks and is interrupting the flow of his daily activities. David is suffering from a pervasive side...

Cyberbullying And Mental Health For Children: Effects And Solutions

What are the aftermaths of cyberbullying on children? How can you stop its occurrence, and how to mitigate its effects on their mental health? While social media rules almost every part of our lives nowadays, it’s no surprise the extent of cyberbullying our children...

Hyper Independence Is A Trauma Response! How To Ask For Help?

Independence is viewed as a sign of strength, but when does it become a trauma response? What are hyper-independence signs, and how to avoid its negative outcomes? Hyper-independence is just another concept of “needing nobody”, where you would feel a massive inability...

Executive Dysfunction: How to Set Goals Into Your Adult Life

Being able to time-manage, follow complex instructions, or plan out and organize your life doesn’t come easy to everyone. Some need help when it comes to low motivation, controlling their impulses, and upholding social norms. Struggling with these tasks is called...

People Pleasing Behavior and Why You Need To Stop

Have a hard time saying no to people? Thinking you have to accept every request coming your way? Sounds like people-pleasing behavior. A people pleaser is someone who, by trying to make everyone happy, ends up taking on more than they can. They end up being overloaded...

Building Your Self-Esteem: One Interaction At A Time

Nour doesn’t like how she dresses, what she sees in the mirror, or how she interacts with people. She’s constantly second-guessing herself and her worth, feeling like she’s accomplished nothing in life.  She’s critical of her performance and cannot seem to practice...

How to Manage PTSD as a Sexual Assault Survivor

Note: This article contains information that may trigger some people. Please proceed with caution if you feel this might generate negative emotions; stay safe.  Sexual assault is defined as “any form of sexual contact without voluntary consent, and that violates a...

How to Perform Better While Avoiding a Burnout

Jana’s workweek just started, and she just wants to go home and rest. She’s been feeling tired, unmotivated, and disengaged from the work she’s doing for a while now. Feeling like there’s not enough time to finish everything, she’s been snapping at her coworkers left...

5 Ways that help you Break Out of a Rut

Is the boredom consuming your mind? Reliving the same day over and over again? Does everything feel static around you? It sounds like you might be stuck in a rut. But what does it mean to be stuck in a rut? It is when you’re constantly in the same routine, doing the...