Brianna Wiest

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.

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.

Plainly put: being with someone 24/7 in high-stakes, high-stress situations will really make it clear whether or not you like them.

Consider this time of your life a great magnifier: it will show you what’s working, and it will show you what’s not.

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.

Our brains are constantly working to collect evidence that supports what we want to think is true.

The idea that you have to earn it – that it’s outside of you – is only keeping you from yourself.

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.

Attraction is an essential part of making love work, but it is not love itself, and that is a crucial distinction.

They flaunt their indifference. They act as though the relationship meant nothing to them.

The big reason why people with obsessive thoughts or compulsive behaviors can’t get past them is because they are deep thinkers.

The need to explore could be a lot more than just a quarter-life crisis. It could literally be part of who you are.