All kinds of relationships can contribute to our lives in a positive way, whether they’re child-parent relationships, friendships or sibling relationships. But something about being in a romantic relationship makes it much more desirable. A few years ago, my boyfriend of four years had to move to another country. We decided to stay in a…
When we hear the word “self-conscious” we instantly remember an embarrassing event followed by feeling insecure. We remember those days in middle school when our sneakers weren’t as nice as everyone else’s. Or that time we were dining out with friends and later realized that we were talking and laughing with a giant green piece…
Every New Year, every birthday, every school semester and the first week of every new job, we promise ourselves to change for the better. Whether it’s to work out more or to gossip less, we tend to put in a lot of time and energy into reaching our goals. So it’s perfectly natural that we…
Decisions, big or small, are what make us who we are. But we often have difficulty making decisions, and we don’t realize why. It’s not just our available options that confuse us. What really confuses us is where those options come from. Take your career for example. One of the first questions we’re asked as kids…
Last week my father walked into the house, carrying two long, thin light brown cardboard boxes. Yep, he just came back from Ikea, again. He opened them up excitedly and took out a tiny little package of screws and a couple of long pieces of wood that would make a cute little bookcase. As always,…
Sometimes I find myself acting like an entirely different person when I’m around different people. Some of my friends bring out the “tomboy” in me, while I act like a “girly girl” around other friends. And this really confuses me. I feel dishonest about the person that I really am, and I feel as thought I…
The Circle of Psyche 