There is a certain way of dealing with money and comfort that tends to betray people. Not because they talk about it, but because they notice and never take it for granted. People who grew up with little tend to…
You’ve probably noticed someone similar. They reach for a notebook during a meeting while everyone else is typing. They write a shopping list on paper, keep a notebook in their bag, sign birthday cards by hand instead of writing text.…
You’ve heard it before, perhaps from a well-meaning friend or your own inner voice: just be grateful for that person; they made you stronger. But what if that person was really harmful? Finding true gratitude for difficult people is difficult.…
Gaslighting at work is just as insidious as your toxic friends or family. In fact, they work in an environment that offers additional ways to make you look bad. Gaslight at work can turn your environment into a toxic hellscape.…
You are tired. Your body wants to sleep. But your mind is still awake, replaying the previous conversation, going over your to-do list for tomorrow, going back to what you wish you had said differently. The harder you try to…
Few career paths demand as much from a person as counseling and community care, and even fewer give back in the same way. The job is at the intersection of listening, learning and quiet advocacy, and it tends to attract…
When it comes to happiness, says Elisha Goldstein, there’s a simple but important tool we often forget: play. Over the years I have been studying what helps us create more resilience and happiness. I looked at my life, the lives…
A woman sits in a therapist’s office in a western city. She fled the country after enduring months of detention, interrogation and torture by a government that sought to silence her. She got out. According to all external indicators, she…
Sundays used to move at a different speed. If you grew up in the sixties or seventies, you’ll remember a day that felt longer than the other six, calm and a little subordinate to things no one questioned. It had…
You’ve heard that affirmations can help you feel happier. You try one thing: “I’m happy,” “joy flows through me effortlessly,” and instead of elevating, you get a flicker of resistance, or worse, a little inward rolling of the eyes. If…
