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Advice and tips on managing mental health, maintaining a positive outlook and becoming your happiest self.

Discover The Real You: Take The Self-Awareness Quiz
Are you truly the expert on yourself? Self-knowledge is the most powerful asset you can have because it’s an accurate barometer of your identity and what you stand for, what makes you happy, and what career you should pursue.
By Elaine Sihera 2 months ago in Psyche
The Hardest Person You'll Ever Have to Forgive Might Be Yourself
There are people who spend years trying to forgive someone else. A friend who betrayed them. A parent who wasn't there. A partner who walked away.
By mike2 months ago in Psyche
One Day, You'll Miss the Version of You That's Reading This Right Now
Human beings have a strange relationship with time. When we're young, we can't wait to grow up. We dream about freedom. About having our own money.
By mike2 months ago in Psyche
The People You Envy Might Be Wishing for the Life You Already Have
There is a dangerous habit that quietly steals happiness from millions of people every single day. Looking sideways instead of forward.
By mike2 months ago in Psyche
The Loneliest Feeling Isn't Being Alone—It's Feeling Unseen
People often confuse loneliness with solitude. They think loneliness begins when you're by yourself. When your phone stops ringing.
By mike2 months ago in Psyche
The People Who Change Your Life Usually Don't Realize They Did
Most people believe that changing someone's life requires something extraordinary. Saving them from danger. Giving them a huge opportunity.
By mike2 months ago in Psyche
The Most Important Conversation You'll Ever Have Happens Inside Your Head
From the moment you wake up until the moment you fall asleep, there is one voice that never leaves you. Your own. It follows you through every success.
By mike2 months ago in Psyche
Trauma hurts…
Trauma — is an emotional or psychological response to very stressful, frightening, or distressing events. Trauma comes in different forms. Physical trauma refers to a person suffering a sudden injury caused by an accident like a car crash. Physical trauma heals over time. Bones can be re-set in theater and will heal again. Bruises and cuts can be nasty, but most heal in time with medical attention.
By Elizabeth Woods2 months ago in Psyche
The Emotional Cost of Always Being the Strong One
The Emotional Cost of Being the Person Who Never Falls Apart Always being the person who holds everything together can lead to emotional exhaustion, resentment, isolation and self-abandonment.
By Jose Mejia2 months ago in Psyche
Insight: Why Am I Afraid of Any 'Drama'?
My friend's 18 year old son once asked me why he was afraid of conflict or confrontation, yet he also liked to hang out with friends who always got into fights and sometimes dragged him into them. He wondered how he could avoid the constant 'drama'.
By Elaine Sihera 2 months ago in Psyche
ADHD: Why Am I Like This? Part 18: Why Am I Like This?
I began this investigation with a question I had been asking for most of my life. Why am I like this? For years, it wasn't really a question.
By Jesse Lee2 months ago in Psyche
How To Cope With Long-Term Unemployment & Underemployment Without Losing Yourself. Top Story - July 2026.
Needless to say, the current economy does not really give two f*cks as to whether or not you have secure employment right now. And it has absolutely nothing to do with your skills, knowledge, experience, work ethic, references, attitude, and qualifications. Your CV can be polished many times over, and it does not keep you immune from being told that you are overqualified one minute, underqualified the next. And you can easily spend one hour on one tailored cover letter not knowing if its going to be read by a human being on the other side. Not a complaint, rather an observation.
By Justine Crowley2 months ago in Psyche