There’s a lot of talk in the news about how Facebook and Instagram passively support teens and younger – especially girls – in developing unhealthy and sometimes dangerous habits that are based on what they see, hear and read on these platforms. Young people seem…
New problem same as the old problem is a complex issue. From Pete Townsend’s lyrics “Meet the new boss, same as the old boss”, and no doubt a lot earlier, it’s an issue that is part of the human condition. The same problem keeps showing…
We live in a society that favours extroverts. At lease, pre-pandemic. Now that we’ve all been forced to isolate, many people are beginning to see the up side of introversion. Introverts like solitude. In fact, it’s as necessary as water and food to the introvert…
Every year many of us focus on things we don’t like about ourselves and vow to change those things. We sign up with a fitness studio. Begin a new diet that – we are certain – is going to work this time. Join a new…
Every time you’re given a choice between disappointing someone else and disappointing yourself, your duty is to disappoint that someone else. Your job, through your entire life, is to disappoint as many people as it takes to avoid disappointing yourself – Glennon Doyle, Untamed This…
