Should I Just Ignore My Feelings?

Should I just ignore my feelings?

I’m sure you have tried it – ignoring your thoughts and feelings. How’s that worked out for you in the past? Maybe at the moment, it was helpful. But if it was working well for you, you wouldn’t be here trying to find an answer to this question, would you? Alright, let me say it … Read more

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What Is The Most Powerful Human Emotion?

What Is The Most Powerful Human Emotion?

I wonder what makes people wonder what the strongest, most powerful emotion is! I guess, maybe, somewhere deep down people (with this question) think that by finding out this one specific emotion they may be able to figure out their emotions, or at least narrow down the emotional work needed. And, who knows, maybe they’re … Read more

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What Is Meant By “Emotionally Weak”?

What Is Meant By Emotionally Weak?

Can I please just say right away that I neither like nor buy into this concept of being “emotionally weak”? “Why are you then writing about it?!”, I hear you wonder a little confused. I write in the hope of adding a different perspective to the (more or less) misleading concepts of emotional weakness, “symptoms” … Read more

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Are You Born With, Or Do You Learn, Emotional Intelligence?

Are You Born With Or Do You Learn Emotional Intelligence?

Are we born with certain traits? Certain potentials, or talents? Do you know someone you at times think must be “born with it”?! Or are we born as clean slates, and then learn everything as we live and experience life? Or, is it a mix of the two – nature and nurture, both? Let’s dive … Read more

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Do Broken People Raise Broken People?

Do broken people raise broken people

“Hurt people, hurt people. Healed people, heal people.” I’m not sure who’s quote this is. When I searched online, I found that no one’s really sure of its exact origin, plus the quote that most people use is “hurt people, hurt people”. They miss out the second part, which in my opinion, renders the quote … Read more

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What To Do When You’re Hurting Inside? (Part 2)

What do you do when you're hurting

“And a woman spoke, saying, “Tell us of Pain.”And he said: Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet (Knopf, 1923) The hurt of emotional pain can become unhealthy, and unbearable, if not worked with in an effective way that enables us to understand it, process it, … Read more

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What To Do When You’re Hurting Inside? (Part 1)

What to do when you're hurting

When I came across this question on multiple platforms, a part of me wished there was one single thing I could share with those struggling with this internal hurt that would resolve it for them. A silver bullet. Alas, just like werewolves, silver bullets are a myth! So then what do you do when you’re … Read more

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