selfcare
The importance of self-care is paramount; enhance your health and wellbeing, manage your stress, and maintain control under pressure.
A mirror only feels harmless when it is pointed somewhere else
You know how it goes. Most people can tolerate truth just fine as long as it stays theoretical. As long as it belongs to someone they can observe from afar, analyze, judge, maybe even feel a little sorry for. They sit at a safe distance and call it honesty and talk all day long about self-awareness, accountability, emotional maturity, healing, patterns.
By Annam M Gordonabout 11 hours ago in Psyche
Paint Your Life Yourself. The Rainbow of Life’s Needs
Sometimes, to figure out what’s missing—or what’s overflowing—you just need to visualize it. Grab some colored markers, pencils, or even a plain pen, and two sheets of paper. Any size works. The first one? That’s your now—how you’re living right now. The second? Your future—how you want to live. Fill them with your life. Use whatever tools feel right, and I’ll walk through this with you.
By Eliza Woodstorma day ago in Psyche
Spoon for soup: How Social Media Forces Us to Eat by The Rules
Social media is present in our lives as an indispensable part of existence. Social media is our soup spoon. We can eat soup with a fork, with chopsticks, with our hands, or drink the broth straight from the bowl like water — and as a result, we either get messy or spend far too much time eating. A soup spoon lets us enjoy the meal calmly, without fear of soiling ourselves or our clothes. But is that really true? A small child can still get messy even with a spoon.
By Eliza Woodstorma day ago in Psyche
The Power of Presence
When “Good Parenting” Became a Feeling In modern parenting conversations, “good” has increasingly come to mean emotionally warm, verbally affirming, and immediately comforting. A good parent is expected to soothe distress quickly, validate feelings consistently, and minimize discomfort whenever possible. These traits are treated as obvious indicators of healthy parenting, reinforced by cultural messaging, therapeutic language, and social reward structures. When a child feels better in the moment, the parenting decision is assumed to have been correct, and when discomfort persists, the decision is often framed as a failure of care rather than a necessary part of development.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcasta day ago in Psyche
Best Online KAP Training Programs for Therapists in 2026
As interest in alternative mental health approaches continues to grow, Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) has emerged as a promising area for trained professionals. Therapists, psychologists, and mental health practitioners are increasingly exploring structured training programs to better understand how ketamine may be used within clinical frameworks.
By Adrienne D. Mullins4 days ago in Psyche
Why Is Anxiety Worse at Night? Causes, Symptoms, and Proven Ways to Sleep Better. AI-Generated.
It is 11:30 PM. The house is quiet, the lights are off, and your body is finally still. But your mind? It is racing. You replay conversations from earlier in the day. You worry about tomorrow’s responsibilities. Your heart beats a little faster, and sleep feels just out of reach.
By JP Psychiatry4 days ago in Psyche
Single Card Versus Three-Card Spreads in Binary Tarot Divination: A Comparative Analysis. AI-Generated.
The fundamental distinction between a single-card and a three-card yes-or-no tarot spread lies in interpretive depth. The former produces a binary outcome, while the latter situates that outcome within a temporal framework. This framework encompasses antecedent influences, present conditions, and projected trajectories.
By Enrique Martinez7 days ago in Psyche
Estrangement from My Parents: 15 Years Later. Content Warning.
2011: The year that I decided that enough was enough. I went home for summer break from Job Corps. For context, home was in Texas and I was attending a Job Corps center in Arkansas, nearing completion of my vocational trade, which was Office Administration. I was nearly four months away from graduating. Days before I was scheduled to head back to Job Corps, I felt like the two people who were supposed to love and support me were now focused on their attention towards my two younger siblings (a brother and sister). That was the last time I saw my family. My relationship with my family had been deteriorating for years, even well before I decided to officially distance myself from them.
By Mark Wesley Pritchard 8 days ago in Psyche
