Explore your personality with its traits, strengths, and weaknesses and learn how this will help you in life. Are you ready to face your true self?
What does it mean to be the black sheep of the family? More importantly, how can you deal with this status, this brand that’s been put upon you? The first time I heard the words ‘black sheep’ was after my brother told my parents I’d been sexually abused. When he…
We're all capable of being critical of others. Although it's important to reign in our judgments and consider what we're projecting out into the world, criticism is sometimes an involuntary reaction to something that we find upsetting. However, there is a world of difference between being a little snarky about…
Have you ever asked yourself, “Why am I so mean?” Well, if you notice it, then there’s hope. The thing is, we don’t always know when we're being rude, but we can learn. Life is complicated. I believe I’ve said this a dozen times. But regardless, you have to understand…
While those little irritating actions from loved ones may seem normal, maybe they're not. You might just be dealing with toxic family relationships. Toxicity is one of the hardest things to recognize. That’s because layers of seeming goodwill are often enveloped between heinous motivations. This is especially true among family…
There are few things we'd all like to be described as more than having a warm personality! For me, that feels like hugs, sympathy, family, and warm cookies and milk after a long hard day. Our journeys to self-improvement evolve over the years, and there is never a bad time…
Losing a friend might just be the hardest relationship break-up any of us ever goes through. It's somehow higher stakes than losing a partner, or even a marriage, since we assume that our friends will be by our sides come rain or shine and forever after. However, we do lose…
Here's an exercise in Thinking vs Feeling. My friend called me the other day. She was upset with her manager. My friend works for a car dealership. The manager had to make an employee redundant. There was a choice between two salespeople. The manager fired the employee that had a…
Talking to strangers is among the most uncomfortable activities for an introvert, especially if you add social anxiety to the equation. Can a socially anxious introvert learn how to talk to strangers and find common ground with random people? The problem is that most communication tips don’t work when you…
I’m an introvert, and I don’t have many social connections. But sometimes I feel like I have no friends at all. And something tells me that many of us feel this way from time to time. What can you do if you don’t have friends you could trust and rely…
If you have ever watched a true-crime programme or been interested in deviant personalities, then you are familiar with certain personality traits. We often hear of the narcissist or the psychopath, but we rarely hear about the Machiavellian Personality. Yet, Machiavellism forms a third of the Dark Triad, along with…
