Whatever our personality, psychological maturity requires a balanced, varied skillset, and that means working to develop your areas of weakness. From a personality perspective, that means developing the parts of us that are against the grain of our typical personality... Hence this personality-based self-development series. [...]
Succeeding as an introvert might mean developing your extroverted side and capitalizing on the strengths your introversion brings you. I’ve struggled with appreciating the fact that I'm introverted. It just feels like so much of life and relationships are an uphill battle since outgoingness [...]
Before starting my Masters, I was interviewing folks in different fields to determine which jobs would fit me well. One friend, himself a psychotherapist for a few years, told me that school taught him very little relative to his practical experience. He gave a pretty [...]
Are infatuation and lust worth the loss of love? I really like Bobby Lee. He’s hilarious and likable, and earns nostalgia points since I watched him on Mad TV back when cable was a thing. Like many comedians, he’s had to reinvent himself with the [...]
“You guys are the real heroes.” Athletes say it. Politicians say it. It’s often said out of gratitude for recognition, but is it true? Are we, the everyday people, heroes? On one hand, the concept of a “hero” is generalizable to the human experience. We [...]
As someone who's not typically wired to be "on" all the time, I've found it super helpful over the years to pick up tips from experts to optimize my ability to get things done. Recently someone asked if I had a recommended productivity reading list. [...]
This is a follow-up to my last post on villainy. Check out the bigger-picture post here. Anyone honest and humble should admit that they would at least be tempted to go the route of the villain should the circumstances be right. When we acknowledge that, [...]
Breaking Bad, Joker, perhaps Infinity War… some stories just nail the psychology of “the bad guy.” Why are we so fascinated by bad guys? Why do we insist that stories have “three-dimensional” or relatable villains? Simply put, bad guys who are bad just for the [...]
Usually, "flat" = boring. But in literature, flat character arcs have every bit of meaning as those that rise or fall. I’ve been writing stories for a few years now – not necessarily finishing them, mind you, but writing them no less – and since [...]
The first few times I heard “self-care” it was in reference to things like bubble baths and red wine. Yeah... not really my thing. The popular talk around self-care often feels effeminate, even though most of us would agree in theory that self-care is good [...]
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