We humans come up with brilliant ways of distracting ourselves from the emotions we don’t want to feel. Most of the time we don’t even know what it is that we are trying to avoid, but one thing is for sure: we are not ready to be uncomfortable. There is a tendency,...
When you work for a business that teaches all things emotions, you’re bound to learn a bit more about your own. This has certainly been the case for me and my time with Centrd Life. I’ve always been an anxious person. It’s easy for me to come up with a scenario in my...
Am I crazy? This week, I got drinks with a close friend I hadn’t seen in three years. I was over-the-moon excited to see her. But also, I was nervous–not that it would be awkward, not that we would have nothing in common anymore. I knew that would be...
There’s been a lot of talk online lately about how toxic Instagram filters can be, especially for young people. When you can click a button and see what needs to change on your face for you to be “beautiful,” what kind of damage can that cause your...
Coined by psychotherapist John Wellwood, spiritual bypassing is the “tendency to use spiritual ideas and practices to sidestep or avoid facing unresolved emotional issues, psychological wounds, and unfinished development tasks.” We often fall prey to the negative...
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