15 Things I Wish I Knew in My 20s 🧠

Although your parents might not be too excited about it, taking a look at gap year programs may be a good idea for you. Parents sometimes think that by taking a year off from school, you will be less likely to go back, but there are many advantages to these programs that you might want to explain to them, such as the fact that you will be learning, working, and that your future employers will like to see it on your resume.

If you’re an introvert you might be dreading the holiday parties that spring up every year. Instead of avoiding them, here are some useful strategies that can help you not only survive them, but enjoy them too.

A key reason why you may be experiencing difficulty communicating with specific people is the big gap in the ways you both prefer to take in information, express yourselves, and think about things. What works for you may or may not work for someone else. Neuroscience provides the insights and tools to experience excellent communications with nearly everyone.

Hey Lor, my girlfriend Jeanine called. You want to make an extra $500 on Sunday? Though I trust my friend, implicitly, I couldn’t help but wonder what the “catch” was!

Why are you here on this Earth? Why do you matter? These questions have been around forever in regard to finding purpose in life.

Is Borderline Personality disorder making your life unbearable and looking after medication? Medication is widely used not only for medical conditions but also in mental disorders illnesses and diseases. Yes, you read that right. There is a basic difference between a mental illness and a mental disease which is often misunderstood, even by professionals.

So you’ve had an abortion? Be it days ago, weeks ago, or years ago? For countless women having an abortion they can move on with their lives, but chances are if you’re reading this then you’re not one of those women.

Slow-down can happen just at the wrong time — when you’re so close to your goal. Here’s why that’s not weird and what you can do about it.

There is a defining moment when your marriage is over and the drama of the divorce proceedings have come to an end. Often it is a moment of complete emptiness if not absolute devastation. When you’re knocked on your ass by a divorce or find yourself down the dark rabbit hole of uncertainty you might as well plant some seeds while you’re down there digging around in the dirt. Here are three tips to help you get up off the floor, grow and soar into a gift wrapped life of joy and satisfaction.

Guilt always deserves some sort of emotional punishment. Usually self-inflicted. Women are particularly good at guilt.

  I have a tradition every year of going blackberry picking and making jam. So making the most of the last dregs of summer, we put on old clothes and boots, picked up baskets and set out.

When the word therapy comes up in conversation, many people refer in their minds to a preformed idea of what exactly “therapy” means. Usually the vision involves the patient lying on a long couch, talking about strange dreams or fears, while a doctor sits in his chair, half listening, writing notes and doodling on a legal pad. Therapy, though, is much more than this stereotype would have us believe. It can be an invaluable tool, easing the stresses of every day life and even promoting physical health and harmony within the family. Here are just a handful of ways that therapy can benefit home life.