If there is any advice I would universally give to every person, regardless of who they are, it is this: walk your own path. Walk your own damn path. Don’t walk someone else’s path. Don’t walk the path your parents predestined for you just because you feel emotionally indebted to them. Don’t walk a path […]
“I Feel Empty”: 3 Reasons Why Emptiness is Haunting You
Your hectic day has finally lulled to a stop. There’s nothing left to do. There’s nothing more to say. Now you have time to relax. But instead, the silence descends upon you with oppressive force. You feel suffocated underneath the weight of this momentary, but seemingly eternal, nothingness. Suddenly that old feeling returns … the […]
For Everyone Fighting Battles Alone, Keep Moving Forward (Here’s HOW)
The feeling is like a void … an empty black hole that you’re being dragged towards. You feel tears well up inside of you. Grief claws at your throat as it tightens. Numbness starts to creep into your body. You know that no one can possibly understand the pain that you’re experiencing. Even when you’re […]
Why We Use the Search For Love to Escape Ourselves
Let’s be frank here. Most people want love. The craving for approval and affection from others is embedded into our DNA. There’s probably nothing else on earth (other than the survival instinct) that is as strong and primal as the longing for love. We need to belong. We NEED to feel loved. This is all […]
42 Powerful Ways of Letting Go of Anxiety + Toxic People
The feeling in your chest just won’t go away, and it’s starting to slowly eat you up each day. Longing, desire, repulsion, bitterness, heartbreak, sadness, volcanic rage so many emotions mixed together. So much pain. So much pure and unexpressed suffering. When will these feelings dissolve? When will you finally feel calm, grounded, and happy […]
What Are the Underlying Causes of Drug Abuse?
Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism. – Carl Jung I have much to thank drug abuse for. At the moment I entered this planet, I was born with an inherited heroin dependency that formed in the womb due to my addict mother. Throughout the rest […]