The term perfectionism is derived from a need to be “perfect” and free of flaw and it stems out of a desire to reach unrealistic expectations. While achieving perfection can sound like a good thing, due to the positive connotations that are often attached to the word perfect, it actually has a deep and negative...
Wellness is a multifaceted and broad notion that can be reached in several ways. Wellness does not have a specific formula, and certainly does not have one aspect. Dr. Peggy Swarbick was the first to address the different dimensions of wellness, and she came up with eight aspects that can help an individual create a...
People tend to be consumed with motivation and how to keep it going, and while motivation is a very encouraging sentiment, it is also fleeting. Motivation, by definition, is “having an incentive or a strong desire to do well or succeed in some pursuit”, but what happens on days when there is neither an incentive nor...
Sometimes we underestimate the power and influence our words have on other people and their lives. We fail to see how we speak things into existence, and we mark people along the way with the words we speak to them. When we think of bullying, we can imagine a highschool student picking on a person...
Anthropologist Ray Birdwhistell coined the term ‘body language’ in 1952 when he studied how non-verbal cues like body movements, gestures, and posture communicated things as effectively as words. Not only does what you say matters, but also how you say it. Your body language affects the way you carry yourself and the impression you leave...
Living in a community and forming friendships is an important aspect of our characters’ formation. It's easy for us to pick up habits and mannerisms from those we surround ourselves with. They say that life is a sum of choices we make everyday, and that our decisions are dictated by the habits we keep. One...
