Your inner child is an integral part of who you are and what you do. In its simplest terms, an inner child is the younger version of yourself. As an adult, your inner child helps shape your thoughts, behaviors, relationships, and overall motivation. Carl Jung...
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How to Deal With Judgmental People
Despite your best attempts to be compassionate or accepting, you will inevitably encounter judgmental people. You can typically tell if someone is judgmental early on during your interaction. They tend to be negative and sarcastic. They are also often demeaning...
Can Stress Make You Tired?
Understanding stress is fundamental to understanding mental health. When you think of stress, you might picture being on edge, keyed up, and full of adrenaline. For many people, stress turns into feeling tired and burned out. Here’s why: What is stress? Stress...
How to Stop Self-Sabotaging
Humans are wired to protect themselves from harm, but for some people, attempts at self-protection quickly turn into self-sabotage. What is Self-Sabotaging? Self-sabotaging is a term often used to describe a strategy or set of actions undertaken with the goal of...
How to Become a Mental Health Advocate
You feel passionate about mental health, but what do you do to harness that passion? How do you channel it for the greater good and make a meaningful impact? And how can you help people and inspire change, even if you lack specific credentials or experience? Mental...
Understanding Social Health
Social health refers to how you interact, create, and maintain fulfilling relationships with people. It also includes how flexible and accommodating you are in social situations. While some people may be naturally gifted in this skill, others need practice. Here’s...
How to Be Happy Again
Therapeutic Strategies for Happiness & Understanding Life ebbs and flows, and we all go through hard times. Sometimes, stress weighs us down, or we feel insecure about ourselves or our decisions. To make matters worse, these complex feelings can intensify if you...
How to Get to Know Yourself | Psychological Strategies
Getting to Know You! Many people move through lives unaware and unconscious of their own values. As a result, they might act in frustrating, repetitive patterns or feel helpless when changing undesirable behaviors. Self-exploration can be powerful when it...
Mental Health vs. Emotional Health: Understanding and Cultivating Both
Although the terms are often used interchangeably, there are a few key differences between emotional health and mental health. Both play a foundational role in your well-being. Furthermore, both intersect and affect one another. But it’s important to understand the...
The 4 Types of Introverts & How to Spot The Signs
Society often celebrates extroverted personality types while ignoring those who are more introverted. We know that introverts are equipped with a unique set of skills that often make them more qualified or suitable for specific tasks and careers. Furthermore, not all...