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5 Stupid Self Help Tips I Now Follow and Practice Every Day
5 Stupid Self Help Tips I Now Follow and Practice Every Day

Self-improvement is hard. The good news about it is that there’s no direct real answer for how someone can improve their lives. Here are five seemingly stupid self-help tips I used to think were ridiculous or just straight up didn’t understand until I started practicing them and found that they actually greatly improved my life. 

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"How to be Authentic" and the Performance of the Parasocial Persona
"How to be Authentic" and the Performance of the Parasocial Persona

Authenticity is hard to achieve. You not only have to recognize the personal qualities that build your sense of self without external intervention, but you also have to be honest with accepting them. It can be a difficult journey that requires work to uncover and practice your true values through the mess of external values imposed through your environment.

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I Learned How to Cook and Now I'm a Better Person
I Learned How to Cook and Now I'm a Better Person

Can learning how to cook make you a better person? Maybe. For me, learning how to cook has become reflective of my self-growth journey to becoming a better person. I also get to enjoy delicious meals along the way that's not just butter on my TV dinners so wins all around, honestly.

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Untamed and the Concept of 'Be Still and Know'
Untamed and the Concept of 'Be Still and Know'

In Glennon Doyle's hit memoir "Untamed", she introduces the concept of 'Be Still and Know' and I reflect on the impact of that statement on my personal life in my journey of self growth.

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Nine Liars and Codependency in Friendships
Nine Liars and Codependency in Friendships

Codependency is “is an emotional and behavioral condition that affects an individual’s ability to have a healthy, mutually satisfying relationship” and also the focus of my media analysis of Maureen Johnson’s “Nine Liars”

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Why I Can't Escape Social Media
Why I Can't Escape Social Media

Is social media really a way to connect with other or does it isolate us further by forcing social comparison on us? Reflecting on my own history and relationship with social media, I contemplate why I can never escape the platforms.

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