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Questioning Existential Anxiety (So You Don't Question Yourself)

Ever stare in the mirror, toothbrush poised, and wonder, "What's the point?" That crushing weight of #ExistentialAnxiety, where daily tasks blur and life feels meaningless. It's not just you. This questioning stems from challenging the "normal,"...

Translation missing: en.by Hello From The Thought Co. ·Nov 21, 2023 ·5 min read
Feeling Distracted?
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Feeling Distracted?

While looking at distraction today we cannot ignore looking at it through the COVID lens. We are currently living in a highly stressful environment,...

Aug 23, 2021 ·7 min
Negotiate Your Mammoth
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Negotiate Your Mammoth

In her book “well stressed” Sonia Lupien describes our stressors as mammoths. This is a reference to the evolutionary flight or flight response we...

Aug 23, 2021 ·3 min
A Toast To Life!
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A Toast To Life!

What is life but to live with constant growth and learning? And what is toast if not something that is constant and versatile? Wise...

Aug 23, 2021 ·6 min
The Haunting of ... the Past
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The Haunting of ... the Past

If you’ve watched the Netflix drama series The Haunting The Hill House or Bly Manor (the second series), by the end of the show,...

Aug 23, 2021 ·6 min
Locked Out: Extroverts in Lockdown
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Locked Out: Extroverts in Lockdown

For someone who is an extrovert and loves interacting with people, this lockdown has been hard. Even if it is something as trivial as...

Aug 23, 2021 ·5 min
How To: Unlearn
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How To: Unlearn

Doesn’t it feel great when you’re the expert in the room? That pleasure you get from looking up something on Google mid-argument and realising...

Aug 23, 2021 ·3 min
How To Be (Comfortably) Single
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How To Be (Comfortably) Single

There’s a strange undecipherable sadness that people lock you with when you tell them you’re single – one they usually reserve for missing dog...

Aug 23, 2021 ·5 min
Binge Watching?
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Binge Watching?

“It was so bad that I couldn’t stop watching it”, Anita exclaimed as we chatted over our Netflix binge, The Fabulous Lives of Bollywood...

Aug 23, 2021 ·3 min
Hustle vs. Hardwork
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Hustle vs. Hardwork

Hustling Is Not The Same As Hard Work Recently, Naomi Osaka, a Japanese Tennis player, decided to quit the French Open citing mental health...

Aug 23, 2021 ·6 min
Attachments Styles & Relationships
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Attachments Styles & Relationships

The minute we were born, our need for food, comfort and safety were catered for, making us completely dependent on our caregivers for survival....

Aug 13, 2021 ·3 min
Mental Health on the Internet
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Mental Health on the Internet

The internet has become our go-to for all kinds of information, and that shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone, considering it’s made all...

May 10, 2021 ·5 min
(Invisible) Essential Workers
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(Invisible) Essential Workers

We’ve been conditioned to give importance to mental labour over physical labour, without realising that we all heavily rely on both. In times like...

Apr 5, 2021 ·5 min