The Importance of Support on the Quest towards Self-Actualization: The Role of Teachers, Mentors, and Guides

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The Hero’s Journey is a universal narrative structure that describes the journey of the human spirit in search of meaning and fulfillment. It is a journey that is marked by trials, tribulations, and the guidance…

The Power of Perspective: How Understanding the Narrative Fallacy Can Transform Your Personal Development and Self-Perception

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The narrative fallacy is the tendency to construct simple stories for complex events, which can lead to flawed decision-making and an incomplete understanding of the world. This fallacy is rooted in our innate desire to…

The Overview Effect: How Thinking About Space Can Improve Our Personal Development

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Image of the Earth from space, with the text "The Overview Effect: A new perspective on our place in the world"

The overview effect describes the cognitive shift in awareness that astronauts experience when viewing the Earth from space. From this vantage point, the Earth appears to be a small, delicate, and interconnected planet rather than…

“Understanding Our Lifecycle: How Erik Erikson’s Developmental Stages Can Assist Us in Navigating Challenges and Opportunities”

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Erik Erikson’s stages of development is a psychological development theory that describes how a person’s psychological development progresses over their lifetime. Erikson believes that people go through eight stages of development, each marked by a…

The Importance of Facing Difficulty for Self Awareness and Growth in Our Quest

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“Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health” (Carl Jung) Life, our environment, and the world are filled with danger and difficulties. These dangers break people and force them to live inauthentic lives. Even the…

Emotional Intelligence: Understanding Emotions Will Take You Further Than You Think

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How many emotions do you think there are? 10? 100? 1000? It turns out, that there are only six basic human emotions. They are happiness, sadness, fear, disgust, anger, and surprise. Yes, simple. There have…

Why Adulting Sucks: On Why Transitions Into Adulthood Are So Difficult

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There are many reasons why the transition into adulthood is difficult for some people, but the most common ones are related to our identity as children. For some of us, the sense of growing up and becoming an adult is mixed with feelings of loss; we may have grown attached to the child we once were, and the thought of shedding our childhood skin can be painful.

What is Self efficacy? | How To Step Up And Take Control Of Your Life

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Self-efficacy is a concept in psychology that refers to a person’s belief in their ability to succeed at specific tasks.

The dark side of self-esteem: why it’s important to keep yours in check

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Self-love, self-development, self-esteem—we hear these words so often, but have you ever stopped to think about what they really mean and how they could be impacting your day-to-day life.