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Not Everyone is Counting Down
Every year, starting December 1st, the countdown begins. Advent calendars are opened. Holiday movies play on repeat. Conversations fill with excitement about traditions, plans, and everything people can’t wait for. And every year, I watch that countdown from the outside.
By Annie Edwards 2 months ago in Psyche
The Mindset Shift That Saved My Life
When Life Felt Too Heavy to Hold There was a time when waking up felt like lifting a mountain. Not because anything dramatic happened—there was no big crisis, no sudden catastrophe—but because everything inside me slowly dimmed until I could barely see a way forward.
By Fazal Hadi2 months ago in Psyche
The Quiet Power of Liminal Spaces: How Threshold Moments Shape the Psyche. AI-Generated.
Liminal spaces—moments, states, or environments where we stand between what was and what will be—have long fascinated psychologists, anthropologists, and storytellers alike. They occupy the hazy middle ground between known and unknown, certainty and ambiguity, identity and transformation. In the realm of psychology, liminality falls under the broader category of existential and developmental psychology, but it is a striking subcategory in its own right, touching on identity formation, emotional resilience, and the way we process change throughout our lives.
By Kyle Butler2 months ago in Psyche
The Art of Becoming Unshakeable
Life rarely announces when it’s about to test you. One moment you’re moving forward confidently, and the next, something hits you from an angle you never expected. People tend to believe strength comes from being naturally tough, but the truth works in a quieter and far more interesting way: strength is built in layers, through choices you make every day, and through the tiny battles no one sees. Becoming unshakeable is not a personality trait — it’s a psychological skill set.
By The Insight Ledger 2 months ago in Psyche
Dialogues Across Time. AI-Generated.
I feel we are at the corner of something revolutionary and yet evolutionarily necessitated. Some psychologists acknowledge only the past century as a time for our field when it has been alive and well, but giving credit to the late Charles Darwin means first acknowledging the agencies that formed out of novel curiosity, which would eventually call the field home. Psychology evolves, sometimes quickly, but the questions at its core remain the same.
By Inner Terrain w/ Daniel Chapman2 months ago in Psyche
The Verge
The Verge by Theodore Homuth Elena had never been afraid of hard work. She had learned young that love and obligation often shared the same shelves. Her mother, a stubborn optimist, taught her that running their café was more than a business—it was a promise to the community, a gathering place woven out of warmth, music, and coffee.
By Theodore Homuth2 months ago in Psyche
Weight of Unspoken Things
Have you ever swallowed your truth so many times that silence begins to feel safer than honesty? What's your why? For a long time, expressing myself felt like stepping into dangerous territory. Territory guarded by expectations, traditions, and unspoken rules I never agreed to but still inherited.
By MB | Stories & More2 months ago in Psyche
Watch out Wednesdays - 12/3/25
Here are some key things to watch out for today on Watch out Wednesdays! - Observe how people treat you today. Take the time to evaluate your interactions with people throughout the day. These evaluations will open your eyes to see which relationships that you need to keep and which people that you need to keep at arm's length. Make today the day that you will no longer keep those who want to hurt you close to you.
By Adrian Holman2 months ago in Psyche
Setting Guilt-Free Boundaries
Boundaries are not intended as a sole mechanism to avoid people pleasing, trauma, confrontation, and/or discomfort. Not all boundaries are healthy. Healthy boundaries send out a powerful message to the world that you truly care about yourself. That you matter. That you are putting yourself first - even if it is only for a change to begin with. That is a powerful start. That is the ultimate level of self-care. This is not a luxury in this stone age. This is a necessity. Then again, rock music group Nirvana (adequately put) sang out loud to "come as you are."
By Justine Crowley2 months ago in Psyche
Psychology on the go
That dream about the dinosaur in a leotard, the moments you said something you wish you hadn’t, even the words that spill out before you know you’re going to say them—these all come from the small, constant workings of your mind. Your thoughts and behaviors make your life possible and shape the world around you. Aside from other human minds, your own is the most complex structure we know of, guided by rules that remain mysterious. Maybe our brains aren’t quite advanced enough to fully understand themselves, but that has never stopped us from trying.
By Awuni Akurebire Thomas 2 months ago in Psyche
Behind the Screen: How E-Commerce Is Rewriting Human Life
You probably didn't even notice it. Maybe it was just another night. You were tired, half-asleep, your phone in hand. You opened an app without thinking, browsed through a few products, read some suspiciously similar reviews, tapped "Buy Now," and went back to what you were doing. Somewhere in the distance, a warehouse light came on, you scanned a barcode, and a package arrived. A few days later, a small box arrived at your door, and the moment was complete.
By Sayed Zewayed2 months ago in Psyche
