My family moved around a lot when I was younger. From kindergarten to 5th grade, I grew up and went to school in predominately white environments in Kansas City and Overland Park, Kansas. Once I hit 5th grade, we went from a PW environment to a predominately black neighborhood and education system. Having to change […]
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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs is a psychological tool used to describe human motivation https://www.simplypsychology.org/maslow.html. 4 out of the 5 relate to the human desire to be connected, accepted, or recognized socially. In the current age of social media, the idea of becoming an elitist has transposed from our screens into our brains. From Facebook posts
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I recently experienced one of the most perplexing mental health challenges in my life. I can typically experience a mentally challenging day once in a blue moon. Usually it comes, I fight through it and by the end of the day, the sun is shining. This most recent episode was nothing like this. Instead of
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The mottos for the current climate typical consist of some type of negative and selfish saying such as “If it doesn’t serve me, (insert selfishness),” “I deserve”, “I reciprocate energy”. The media propaganda also influences the state of relationships via the culture by perpetuating the narrative that women shouldn’t be with men who make less
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I grew up in a society that began influencing women to strive for success, competition, and independence from men. It was often encouraged to be aggressive, strong-willed, forceful, and callous as anything in opposition would stifle a woman’s progression toward the goal she should attain; financial success by any means. The emergence of new and
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I have been a Christian for 21 years. I strayed from it when I was experiencing the world, and when I came back and began reading the Bible again, I became extremely judgmental. I felt as though I had religious superiority because I had a relationship with God, Jesus, and The Holy Spirit. Instead of
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Research states that 58% of workers are looking for a career change citing reasons such as a better work-life balance, higher pay, the desire to do remote work and fulfillment, yet only 25% have actually made the shift https://www.hrdive.com/news/workers-want-career-changes/685986/. Life and career changes can arouse a strong feeling of fear. This fear is stimulated because we
Science estimates that we have about 60,000 thoughts per day. Around 95% are repetitive and an estimated 75% are negative https://insights.peak-dynamics.net/post/102ia4i/the-impact-of-45-000-negative-thoughts. The mind and what we think contribute to depression, anxiety, and stress which can lead to physical ailments and a decline in our overall satisfaction and peace in life. There was a time in my
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I have been going through my own battle of emotional control. It seems as though once I think I have my emotions regulated, something comes up that shakes me and loosens the grip I thought I had over my emotional stability. I can point fingers at who I think is to blame but in truth,
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From The Love Song for Shu-Sin https://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section2/tr2442.htm to the Song of Songs https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Song%20of%20Songs%201&version=NIV, Love has been a present force since the beginning of mankind. The aforementioned are two of the oldest poems ever discovered about Love. Interestingly enough, both begin with women professing their Love to a man while the man receives and reciprocates it. The
