Brianna Wiest
Brianna is the author of 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think, The Mountain Is You, Ceremony, and When You’re Ready, This Is How You Heal.
Here’s What Your Subconscious Mind Wants You To Know, Based On Your Main Anxiety
There’s a difference between “not being able to pay the bills” and “irrationally fearing that one day you may not be able to.”
30 Questions That Will Tell You Whether Or Not You’re Making The Most Of Your Life
Do you complain to express your feelings, or do you use fear as an excuse not to move forward?
18 Signs You’re Experiencing A Dark Night Of The Soul, Otherwise Known As an Existential Crisis
That’s the thing about the dark night of the soul – it usually comes up right at the moment in which you have every reason to be content.
How New Age Thinking Can Accidentally Ruin Your Life
For a new age mindset to be truly effective, we have to become aware of the shadow sides of it as well. Unfortunately, many of these are rarely acknowledged.
12 Reasons Why Couples Who Travel Together Have The Strongest Relationships
Plainly put: being with someone 24/7 in high-stakes, high-stress situations will really make it clear whether or not you like them.
Something Called ‘Saturn Return’ Is Actually Why Your Late 20s Are So Hard
Consider this time of your life a great magnifier: it will show you what’s working, and it will show you what’s not.
What It Truly Means To Be The Girl Who Is ‘Too Good’ At Being Alone
That’s the thing about getting too good at healing, getting too comfortable with only relying on yourself. It can build a fear of opening up and sharing a life, even if that’s all you really want.
This Is Why Your Brain Won’t Let You Get Over Your Almost Relationship
Our brains are constantly working to collect evidence that supports what we want to think is true.
15 Things To Remember If You Worry You’ll Never Find Love
The idea that you have to earn it – that it’s outside of you – is only keeping you from yourself.
17 Ways To Tell The Difference Between Intruding Thoughts And Intuitive Ones
Not every thought or feeling that passes is representative of reality, and not being able to tell the difference between gut instincts and intruding thoughts is what lands people in a lot of emotional chaos.
There Are Three Reasons People Fall In Love (But Only One That Lasts)
Attraction is an essential part of making love work, but it is not love itself, and that is a crucial distinction.
7 Tactics Narcissists Use To Keep You In Love With Them After They’re Gone
They flaunt their indifference. They act as though the relationship meant nothing to them.
7 Things People With High-Functioning OCD Want You To Know
The big reason why people with obsessive thoughts or compulsive behaviors can’t get past them is because they are deep thinkers.
The Scientific Reason Why Some People Are Literally Born To Travel
The need to explore could be a lot more than just a quarter-life crisis. It could literally be part of who you are.
8 Subconscious Behaviors That Are Keeping You From Having The Life You Want
You assume that when it comes to following your “gut instincts,” happiness is “good,” and fear and pain is “bad.”
8 Signs You’re Closer To Finding ‘The One’ Than You Think
You’re beginning to understand what love is because you’ve had to learn what love isn’t.
20 Reasons Why You Should Live In A Small City In Your 20s
There’s less of an obsession with overworking, but just as much ambition.
17 Reasons Why Old Souls Have A Harder Time Being Happy
It’s impossible for them to ignore all the devastation in the world.
