Mental HealthSociologyPsychology
The Comparison Trap Has No Floor
You're not comparing yourself to people. You're comparing yourself to performances. The people in the photos don't live in the photos.
· 11 min read
Read →All Articles
12 storiesMental Health
SociologyPsychology
Why You Tell Strangers Things You'd Never Tell Your Friends
You told a stranger on a flight the thing you've never told your best friend. The stranger made it safe by not being able to judge you tomorrow.
· 11 min read
Read →
CultureSociologyGender
The Quiet Violence of Being Dismissed
Being told you're overreacting is its own form of violence. It asks you to not trust the thing that just hurt you.
· 11 min read
Read →
CultureRelationshipsPsychology
How Your Family Shapes Who You Fall For
The person who triggers something deep in you isn't the one. They're just the one who feels like home. Those are different things.
· 11 min read
Read →
RelationshipsPsychology
The Science of Holding Grudges
A grudge is an argument you're still having alone. The other person stopped listening years ago.
· 11 min read
Read →
CultureMental HealthSociology
Why Ambition Is Making You Lonely
The LinkedIn profile looks exceptional. The Sunday evening feels like standing in a room you built entirely alone.
· 11 min read
Read →
RelationshipsPsychology
The Gaslighting You Don't See Coming
You're not going crazy. But they need you to believe you are, because the alternative is that they're wrong.
· 11 min read
Read →
WorkplaceSociologyPsychology
Office Politics Is Just Power, Dressed Up
Saying you don't play office politics is like saying you don't play gravity. The game is happening whether you're a participant or a target.
· 11 min read
Read →
RelationshipsPsychology
The Fear of Being Fully Known
You don't want to be alone. But being known means being judge-able, and that terrifies you more than loneliness does.
· 11 min read
Read →
Mental HealthGenderPsychology
What Happens to Men Who Can't Cry
The body keeps the score even when the man keeps it together. The grief has to go somewhere.
· 11 min read
Read →
Mental HealthPsychologyMarketing
The Wellness Industry Is Making You Sick
The wellness industry doesn't sell health. It sells the anxiety that you're not healthy enough, and then sells you the cure.
· 11 min read
Read →
RelationshipsPsychology
Why You Keep Falling for the Same Person Over and Over
You didn't choose someone who would hurt you again. You chose someone who felt familiar. The hurt came with the territory.
· 11 min read
Read →