I Have Trouble Being Faithful.
Numerous blogs talk about how to be happy in a relationship or how to deal with a break-up. Even when looking up information on unfaithfulness, it is mainly from the victim’s perspective. For instance, “how to know if your partner…
Treating OCD With Exposure Therapy
Nearly one in three people report obsessive-compulsive behaviors in their lives. But the condition is poorly understood – the families of those affected, though meaning well, frequently do more harm than good. You know that nagging feeling when you leave…
Adrenaline Rush: How Is It A Good Thing?
Adrenaline is quite secreted when you’re under stress; it elevates the heart rate and blood pressure, boosting the amount of body energy. The hormone is generated by the medulla of the adrenal glands, as well as certain neurons in the…
Can Serial Killers Really Love Their Children?
Dennis Rader’s daughter once claimed that her father could be a good and decent one. Damn, that was seriously shocking for many. It’s so hard to put into words how all the victims’ families thought and felt about this statement…
Addressing the Increased Risk of Postpartum Depression for Black Women
Postpartum depression (PPD), also called perinatal depression, is a mood disorder that occurs during pregnancy or after a recent birth. The condition can cause problems with bonding between mother and child, sleep and feeding issues, and mental, emotional, verbal and…
Is It Possible for Psychopaths to Be Religious?
For a very long time, I had thought that psychopaths are people who could cut you up with a chainsaw. Turns out, I was wrong – at least half wrong. See, a psychopath is an unemotional social predator with the…
The Hidden Psychological Problems a Messy House Can Reveal About You
When it comes to cleaning, I’m what you might call a cleaning-phobe. Many avoid saying they don’t like cleaning up. But I don’t. I don’t like torturing myself, cleaning and maintaining things that are repetitive, time-consuming and not fun at…
My Personal Improvement Diary – How To Stop Seeking Validation? (Part 1)
To a greater or lesser extent, we all need our dose of external approval since we are social beings by nature. However, a line separates the healthy from the pathological in the context of relationships and that we must take…
How To Maintain a Positive Mindset?
Becoming a positive person, if you are not already one, can seem easy. But it is not always so easy. To choose to think positively is especially important if you agree with the approach that we are what we believe.…
Are You An Alpha Woman?
For some time, we have been hearing the term ALPHA FEMALE – ALPHA WOMAN, and many will wonder: what does this exactly mean? Countless will have a perhaps wrong and a bit sexist idea of the subject. To get a…