Love is one of the best parts (if not the best part) about life. For a lot of us, our first experience with love comes from the person or the people who raised us. They cared for us during our most vulnerable time in life. When you’re a baby, you can’t do anything for yourself. You rely completely on your …
Have you heard of a self-fulfilling prophecy? It’s a term that’s used a lot in psychology and education. For those of you who don’t know what it is, it’s basically when a belief comes true because a person is already acting in a way to make that belief a reality. Let me give you an example… Let’s pretend that there’s …
I love musicals. The first one I ever saw live was The Lion King. I was eight or nine, and I didn’t appreciate it back then, but now I definitely value every one that I see. The best ones are the ones you can see live in the theatre, but they’re also extremely expensive, so I don’t get to go …
I eat healthy (most of the time) and I workout at least four times a week, but even though I do this, I’m still no size zero. No one looks at me and thinks that I could walk down a runway during fashion week, but at the same time no one is looking at me and thinking that I should …
As I get older, I see more and more of my friends getting into relationships. It seems like every other day someone else has a new boyfriend or girlfriend. I log on to Facebook and I see that someone on my friend list has changed their relationship status to “engaged.” I scroll down my feed and I see pictures of …
Do you remember the first time you had a crush? I know that I do. I was in the fourth grade and it was on this boy that I had known since the second grade. We went to school together, and the year that I first developed feelings for him we happened to be in the same class. I got …
College is an exciting time. For many of us who choose this route, it is our first time out on our own. For 18 years you lived with your parent(s) or guardian(s), but if you decide to go and pursue higher education then you have to do things for yourself. Yes, you still may have the support of the people …
There is nobody on earth that is more critical of me than me. If you asked me to make a list of all of my positive attributes and all of my negative ones, the latter would supersede the former. It’s probably so easy for me to call out my flaws than it is for me to think of the good …
Have you ever heard the saying, “You can’t pour from an empty cup”? It’s a pretty good motto to live by in my personal opinion. In essence, it’s telling you how important it is to take care of yourself. In this metaphor, you’re the cup. And on the inside of the cup is the liquid. The liquid is all of …
Sometimes it seems as though we have this innate desire to please other people. You do this for people that you know like your friends and family, but you also do it for people that you barely even know. Sometimes when you’re walking down the street you may find yourself doing something that pleases someone that you don’t even know. …