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Being placed in the Friend Zone can feel confusing, humiliating, and deeply painful. One moment there is warmth, attention, and possibility. The next, you are told they only see you as a friend. You try to be mature. You tell yourself you can handle staying connected. But inside, your heart keeps hoping, your mind keeps […]
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The Nostalgic Personality Type: The Missing Personality Style Nobody Talks About For decades, personality systems like the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator have tried to explain human behavior through categories, preferences, and cognitive styles. Introvert or extrovert. Thinking or feeling. Intuitive or sensing. Judging or perceiving. But there is a personality style that quietly exists underneath many
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Here is your rewritten version in a smooth, blog-style narrative with full paragraphs, while keeping your tone and depth: The room was calm in that familiar, almost curated way meditation spaces tend to be. People sat upright, composed, grounded. You could sense that many of them had spent years training their minds. Their faces were
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“Trauma-informed.” It sounds reassuring, compassionate, and modern. For clients scrolling through therapist bios, those two words can feel like a lifeline: Finally, someone who understands trauma. A both a trained counsellor and a consumer of counselling, I’ve been concerned with the use of the term “trauma informed counselling. While attending a presentation on mental
Free Companion Workbook to Let Go and Heal The_Inner_Work > CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD Using the concepts in Let Go and Heal, I’ve created this companion workbook to help nudge you along in your healing journey. Discover the healing power of inner work. Beneath our everyday struggles lie deeper wounds—abandonment, betrayal, shame, fear—that shape the
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Flow: The Art of Living Like Water Discover the transformative power of living in flow. Flow: The Art of Living Like Water invites you to embrace the timeless wisdom of water—a force that adapts, nourishes, and shapes everything it touches. Through the innovative WATER framework (Words, Actions, Temperament, Effects, Results), this book offers a practical
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This is a video I created on the correct pronunciation of Chinese names! Hope it helps!
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This feels rather vulnerable to share, but here it goes… In my healing journey I found that getting emotions out and expressing them in words or in art is a very powerful way to express what is deep inside. I share these pictures to show how my healing progressed! I do not believe in analyzing
While I was travelling in Cambodia I took a day tour to the Phnom Kulen Waterfall, an ancient healing site. My guide Ryat, stated that he was a Synchronist, meaning he pulled many lessons from various religions. While riding on the bus I felt deeply inspired and wrote these notes…. I felt the strong presence
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On Becoming Affectionate and Intimate One of the attributes of being human is your need for affection and love. The ancient Greeks had six words for love. The ancient Greek form of love that we all long for is “Pragma.” It is considered to be a long standing love between two people. Self-love is referred to
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