You’re Not ‘Crazy’ For Getting Attached, It’s Crazy That We Treat Dating So Casually Now
You know what’s “crazy?” Thinking that it’s normal to connect with someone so deeply and then just not care about it.
Brianna Wiest
Brianna Wiest is the author of I Am The Hero Of My Own Life, Salt Water, and 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think.
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5 Organizations Supporting The Poz Community That You Can Donate To This Year
It’s that time of year again: gifts abound, families and friends reunite, and we all begin to contemplate the ways in which we might be able to give back to our communities.
Trauma Bonding Is Why It Can Feel Impossible To Let Go Of Toxic Relationships
Maybe you’ve seen it, or maybe you’ve been in it: the relationship that’s dramatic, explosive, unhealthy… and completely irresistible.
Despite What People Say, Your Reputation Is Just As Important As Your Character
When You Start Showing Up Fully In Your Life, You Stop Caring About Who Might Be Better Than You
When we are totally preoccupied about who is better than us, more attractive than us, more successful than us, or happier than us, it is always because there is a huge, gaping hole within us that we do not yet know how to fill.
There’s A Difference Between Healing And Recovering, And Only One Of Them Is Permanent
The Truth About Changing Your Life Is That It Is Often Means Doing Less, Not More
Sometimes, your problems don’t come from what you’re not doing, they come from what you can’t stop doing.
Healing Is Not Just Disregarding Everyone Else’s Needs In Favor Of Your Own
There is so much counterproductive advice circulating about what emotional healing is.
Hernando Umana Wants Every HIV+ Person To Know That Life Doesn’t End At A Diagnosis
“The first words out of my mouth were: ‘How long do I have to live?’ That’s how uneducated I was.” Hernando Umana had been seeing tremendous personal and professional success since he was a child.
Your Life Becomes The Sum Of What You Tolerate
You achieve as much as you allow yourself to pursue. You create as often as you are willing to show up, and to begin.
