Art and Empathy: Exploring the Connection
For me, the movies are like a machine that generates empathy. If it’s a great movie, it lets...
Deciphering Your Life Script: A Journey of Self-Discovery
Throughout our lives, we often find ourselves repeating patterns of behaviour, feeling trapped in certain roles, or experiencing...
What Has Hollywood Taught Us About Love?
“I know in my heart, you’re the only one for me.” Runaway Bride.“None of that other stuff matters...
Should You Leave The Relationship?
After investing our time, money, emotions (and possibly sanity) into a romantic relationship, we are hoping to receive...
Emotional Intimacy: The What, Why & How
You have just come back from a really hard day at work. A lot of difficult thoughts and...
Integrity & Its Effect on Mental Health
Do you often catch yourself not keeping your word – making excuses for being late, for not being...
Narcissistic or Borderline Parent: Three Ways to Stop being a Caretaker
Therapist Yingli Wang explains how the caretaker dynamic can become unhealthy when a narcissistic or borderline parent is involved, and how to move beyond it.
Dear Dania: Dealing with a Selfish Friend
Dear Dania, I have a friend who I’ve known for over a decade. Ironically, we (both men) bonded...
Why Social Connection is So Important for Your Mental Health
Throughout our evolutionary history, living in groups has proven to enhance our chances of survival and reproduction. We...
Self-Abandonment: Integration with Compassion
Are you having trouble trusting your choices? Do you hide feelings, emotions, beliefs, ideas, out of a desire...
Are You Addicted to Chaos?
Exploring what it means to be addicted to chaos, Dania Akondo maps the symptoms and potential remedies for an unstable life.
Affirmations: Change the Stories You Tell Yourself
Mariana Ghita draws on her own experience of battling negative thoughts, and how affirmations helped her improve her outlook on life.