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What It Means When Someone With Anxiety Says They’re Busy
I’m busy trying to catch my breath. Breathe in, breathe out. Repeat.
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Read This If You’re Always Seeking Change
We don’t want to settle for a life where we aren’t our best and we aren’t getting our best.
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33 Stupidly Simple Romantic Gestures That Show You’re Putting Effort Into The Relationship
Light non-sexual touching. Light hand on the thigh while riding in the car. Brushing your hand over the small of their back when passing behind. Drawing your fingers over their…
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Read This On The Days When Facing The World Is Hard
I’m also here to tell you that despite how broken you feel and despite how hard it is to be in the world today, you are not going to feel…
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6 Uncomfortable Signs You’re Actually Living A Happy And Fulfilled Life
Outgrowing certain people and activities can be one of the most bittersweet signs of personal growth.
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If You Broke Up With Her, Would We Be Friends Again?
I can’t figure out why you would stop talking to me out of nowhere.
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When You Love Someone, You Figure Out The Future Together
When you love someone, you make mistakes together. You take steps backward together. You recover together. You fumble through the world together.
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I Care Too Much About Others And Too Little About Myself
Sometimes I let my roots grow long. Sometimes I let my nails get chipped. Sometimes I run on coffee instead of sleep. Sometimes I forget to put effort into myself…
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It’s Hard To Forgive Someone Toxic When Their Baggage Is Still Weighing You Down
Everyone keeps telling me to forgive you. They tell me it will help in the healing process. They tell me it will lift a weight off my shoulders. They tell…
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Stop Staying In The Wrong Relationships Because You Feel Like It’s As Good As You’re Going To Get
Just because you’re with someone who treats you well doesn’t mean you’re with the right person. Just because nothing is technically wrong doesn’t mean everything is going well.
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A Love Letter To Those Who Can’t Hold Onto Hope Any Longer
I can’t say I know the whole story of how you got here or what caused you to fall.
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If You’re Not Convinced That Everything Happens For A Reason
Truth be told, I consider myself to be a firm believer in this statement—an advocate, even.
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Here Are The Top Three Potential Matches For You, Based On Your Myers-Briggs Personality Type
Read this to know who to date if you want someone to balance you out, if you want someone to challenge you, or if you want someone who makes you…
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If This Were My Book The Ending Would Be So Different
I woke up today in a world where you’re no longer even a text away.
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Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid
Have you ever felt like you needed to get something off your chest, have that last word, or say your peace?
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You Don’t Need The Fab Five To ‘Queer Eye’ Yourself
There’s something so therapeutic about watching someone grow past their insecurities through the love and empathy of five total strangers who swoop into their lives to tell them that yes,…
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I Hope You Find Someone Who Loves You At Your Very Worst
I hope they tell you that they are not afraid to hear about the mistakes you have made, the actions you’re not proud of, and the decisions that still haunt…
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I Love My Body, But I Still Struggle With Wanting To Be Perfect
Despite being the first one to say that I’m perfect the way I am, I also regularly have thoughts about wishing I was thinner.
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To The Exes Who Have Made Us Who We Are Today
Just because we’re not together anymore doesn’t mean there are hard feelings between us.
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One Day, I Will Meet Someone New
Love has left scars that never seem to heal. Pain that never seems to go away. But I know that it won’t last forever. Because someday, I will meet someone…
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Here Are 8 True Crime Documentaries You Need To Watch
Witnesses can give false statements, the convicted might be wrongfully accused, and the convicted can sometimes even be coerced into giving false testimonies. That’s the tea.
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If You’re Looking For Love To Make You Whole Again, Read This
If you’re looking for a love to make you whole again, don’t look out there.
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I Promise That You Are Growing, Even In The Dark
To be human is to understand that happiness isn’t a constant. But to be human is to understand that neither is sorrow, or grief, or heartache. To be human is…
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Your Forever Person Should Have Their Own Life — But It Should Overlap Yours
Your forever person shouldn’t hide you away inside their apartment. They shouldn’t restrict date nights to watching Netflix and grabbing fast food to eat back at their place.
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20 30-Year-Olds Reveal Their Biggest Regrets About Their 20s
“Losing friends. Also gaining a lot of weight I’m now having a hard time getting rid of. Eat healthy, kids.”
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This Is Everything Love Should Be
Love should make you a better version of the human that you are—and it should continue to do that always.
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I Only Want You Because I Can’t Have You
Wanting what you can’t have will always be a guilty pleasure.
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Our Fear Of Vulnerability Is Ruining Modern Dating
If we aren’t authentic and vulnerable, we have absolutely no right to complain about how challenging it is to find someone who is authentic and genuine.
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Thank You For Playing Pretend
You wanted someone to care about you. You needed someone to care about you. You are a coward.
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These Are The Steps To Take In Order To Be Happy On Your Own
You may love being single so much that it’ll take a stand-up someone for you to want to relinquish it.
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This Is What The Full Moon In Libra Will Bring To Each Zodiac Sign
With the Full Moon in Libra we can learn to balance, to renew our relationships with others, to forgive to love and to start.
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But What If You Were The One?
We jumped into the ocean and let the tides carry us in opposite directions, and neither of us dared to fight them. But I should have swam. I should have…
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Aries Season Is Here And This Is What You Need To Do
You can’t put your emotions on the back burner. Look inside yourself and let yourself feel something.
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50 Delicious (Healthy) Foods To Snack On Instead Of Devouring A Full Bag Of Doritos
Frozen grapes. They’re like little slushie bites.
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50 Unhappy Couples Share How Their Partner Completely Changed After Marriage
If you have any intimacy issues when dating, don’t make the mistake of expecting it to get better with time. It will only get worse.
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Forgive Yourself For All The Times You Loved The Wrong People
Forgive yourself for allowing people to stay in your life longer than they needed to.
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30 Mysterious Celebrity Deaths That More People Should Be Talking About
Natalie Wood. I think Christopher Walken and her husband at the time, Robert Wagner, who were with her on the night she died, have some explaining to do. Nobody can…
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Maybe It’s Not Me
You could just be another person. I could just be someone you didn’t feel like loving.
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15 Cheaters Reveal Why They Didn’t Just End Their Relationship First
“I wanted both things, and I was a selfish, immature shit. I’ve never regretted anything more than hurting my partner like that.”
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The Longer You Stay In The Wrong Relationship, The Harder It Will Be To Make The Right One Work
You don’t want to grow to think of a toxic relationship as a normal relationship.
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Forgive Yourself For Struggling With An Unclear Mind
When your heart is beating uncomfortably, remind yourself darkness doesn’t hold you – Light is holding you, always.
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What Modern Dating Feels Like For Women Too Scared To Commit
Being afraid of making a commitment to your person has nothing to do with your feelings for them — but some people can’t understand that.
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When You Find Your Forever Person, You Strive To Become The Best Version Of Yourself
When you find your forever person, you want to work on your flaws, break your bad habits, learn to take better care of your mind and body.
