7 Reasons Adult Children Stay Connected to Toxic Parents

Parent-child relationships are often portrayed as inherently loving, but this isn’t true for many adult children. Instead, they endure ongoing emotional harm or mistreatment from their parents that undermines their self-worth. If you find yourself in this situation, you might question why you remain in contact with parents who consistently belittle you, manipulate you, ignore […]

Five Reasons to Replace Your Doomscrolling With a Hobby

It’s a familiar picture for many of us: After a long day at work, we find ourselves glued to the couch, phone in hand. Maybe even for hours at a time. What starts as a way to mentally unwind or catch up on the news quickly becomes hours spent compulsively “doomscrolling”—the act of spending an […]

4 Reasons to Appreciate Hard Times and How to Cultivate Gratitude

“Thank you for all the challenges that built my character. Thank you for all the hard times that made me appreciate the good times.” ~Unknown Gratitude is often associated with joy, blessings, and moments that bring us happiness. But what about the times when life feels hard? Can we still find gratitude in the pain […]

5 Reasons Why Depression Looks Different in Everyone

Globally, over 280 million people have depression. But if you were to ask a random sample of 1,000 people to describe their depression, you would have a low chance of finding two people who have the exact same experience. Why is that? Defining Depression We first need to define depression to understand why it looks […]