Life 3 Health Problems Caused by Fast Food Health problems caused by fast food are extremely dangerous. Before you finish reading this essay 5 people will be dead because of its effects. And I’m bearing the brunt of a string of terrible choices I made over the course of the last eleven months. Thinking retrospectively, I’m not entirely sure what drove these choices, […] Written by Grant Taylor-Hill January 20, 2021January 20, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Life Susan Cain on How to Accept Being an Introvert How to accept being an introvert comes with its challenges. I love psychology and self-help books, so I had previously come across the terms introversion and extraversion. The constructs were popularized by Carl Jung in his exploration of personality, which has become a central dimension in some human personality theories and has been a hot […] Written by Aulaa January 18, 2021January 18, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Life The Additional Reason Why It Takes Longer to Heal Traumatic Experiences Being traumatized means continuing to organize your life as if the traumatic experiences were still going on. Unchanged and immutable as every new encounter or event is contaminated by the past. To heal is when you realize and remember “that was then and this is now,” rather than reliving the experience over and over. The […] Written by Joel Mwakasege January 15, 2021January 15, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Life A Day In the Life of a Depressed Person I feel the soft cushion of my bed against my back. I see my dog laying on the ground. My eyes open, and I could feel the stiffness of my neck, worsening by the second as I slowly wake up. I must have moved around so much that my dog couldn’t take it anymore and […] Written by Leo Campos January 5, 2021January 5, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Life My Boyfriend Came Out As Transgender I was in a long-term relationship and after nearly 5 years together my boyfriend came out as transgender to me. I will refer to them as “she” and “them” from now on because I believe those are the pronouns they would use. I still distinctly remember the day she came out to me. I remember […] Written by Madeleine January 4, 2021January 4, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Life Try These 7 Ways to Find Joy Working Full Time With a Baby from Home After watching the virus spread across the nation and the government mandate to shut down non-essential businesses, I was forced to close the office. It was the start of working full time with a baby girl. I thought it would be a struggle but it turned out to be one of the best experiences of […] Written by Brian Meert December 26, 2020December 26, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Life 7 Reasons Why Not Getting What You Want Can Be a Blessing For a brief moment around the age of 10, I wanted to be a flight attendant. I’m not 100% sure why. I had never even been on an airplane before. It may have been because you had to be really “pretty” to be a flight attendant. And every awkward little girl wants to feel pretty. […] Written by Nicole Bryan December 24, 2020December 24, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Life 11 Early Warning Signs of a Toxic Relationship Easy to Ignore When I had finally got out of my relationship, it was anti-climatic. It felt like there was no break-up, just small break-ups leading to the actual one. And none of it was ever easy. But not entirely terrible too. It’s super hard to walk out of a relationship that is not outright wrong. You don’t […] Written by Zainab Hudha December 23, 2020December 23, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Life I Am Gay and I Must Confess I’m Addicted to Meth and Sex I must confess I’m addicted to meth and sex. At first, it was just an addiction to sex or meth independently. But now, I would only have sex if I’m on meth and vice versa. Now, I’m in the early phase of recovery. This is that story. I come from a religious family with strong […] Written by Ilham Ahmed December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Life How to Love Your Body When You are Fat a Confession How to love your body when you are fat comes with a lot of complications. I have always remembered myself as someone who was “overweight” (at least according to society’s standards). As someone who has a big butt. As someone who always had to wear clothes that covered everything so that I looked okay. My […] Written by Shruthi Sundaram December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Life 3 Ways for Taking Responsibility For Your Actions at Work Not taking responsibility for your actions at work causes harm. When I’m not self-reflective enough I get to have days when I hate what I see in the mirror. A reflection of my flaws, weaknesses, and failures. These moments are the most challenging for me. It’s difficult for a man to face. I have phases […] Written by Stephen Villon December 10, 2020December 10, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Life How to Recharge When You Feel Burnt Out in 3 Easy Steps Supporting people who are experiencing burnout is part of what I do for a living. As an executive coach, I often work with driven, ambitious professionals in high-power jobs who work incredibly hard; burnout is a common topic. And yet, it took me more than 2 years, culminating in a bout of stress-induced gastritis, to […] Written by Raluca Graebner December 10, 2020December 10, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
4 Steps to Recover From Anxiety and Depression I took several steps to recover from anxiety and depression. But the moment I realized the severity of it all, I was sixteen years old. One night I had stripped down to take a shower, and before stepping in, I saw a profile of my body; I had always been a thin kid, but horror and […] Written by Simon Hoffman January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
How to Journal for Anxiety and Depression: 3 Things to Journal About In my first year of college, I was anxious all the time. It was likely a result of not sleeping enough combined with stress. The pinching feeling in my chest haunted me to the extent that I couldn’t sleep at night. For me, anxiety manifests in a quick heartbeat and a tight feeling in my […] Written by Amy Tang January 6, 2021January 6, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
4 Steps to Recover From Anxiety and Depression I took several steps to recover from anxiety and depression. But the moment I realized the severity of it all, I was sixteen years old. One night I had stripped down to take a shower, and before stepping in, I saw a profile of my body; I had always been a thin kid, but horror and […] Written by Simon Hoffman January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
How to Journal for Anxiety and Depression: 3 Things to Journal About In my first year of college, I was anxious all the time. It was likely a result of not sleeping enough combined with stress. The pinching feeling in my chest haunted me to the extent that I couldn’t sleep at night. For me, anxiety manifests in a quick heartbeat and a tight feeling in my […] Written by Amy Tang January 6, 2021January 6, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Story of an Indian girl-seeking her identity Sitting in my study, looking out the window to the grey of monsoon. Thundering clouds and cold sharp breeze, makes me wonder about the years that have passed. Just like a painters promise to its blank canvas, it was hindsight’s promise of realization to me. Lived an itinerant life, my family moved around a lot […] Written by Yashi Rana November 17, 2020November 17, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Vagina Is Not A Swear Word Say It With Pride Why is there so much shame and discomfort in simply naming a part of the body? Much less, something as beautiful and powerful as a vagina Written by Damisola Sulaiman June 3, 2020June 3, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
