Why People Offend Us: Spoiler, They Don't
The key point about being offended: it’s exclusively a function of your inner world and has nothing to do with the person offending you....
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Briana Theroux
- Mar 21, 2021
- 5 min
Ten Truisms I Learned In Thirty Six Years
THREE SIX TODAY! I thought I’d share some epiphanies/learning curves/musings. These truisms have allowed me to live with radical...
Briana Theroux
- Feb 1, 2021
- 2 min
How To Know When A Breakup Is Inevitable
The Gottman Institute has conducted research looking at what relationship variables are predictive of a future breakup. We want to talk...
Briana Theroux
- Jan 28, 2021
- 1 min
It Is Your Responsibility To Communicate Boundaries
We all have boundaries, but sometimes we forget to communicate them. When that happens, we can feel overwhelmed when those boundaries are...
Briana Theroux
- Jan 27, 2021
- 2 min
Curse Of Knowledge
Let’s talk about cognitive biases: CURSE OF KNOWLEDGE The curse of knowledge is a cognitive bias that describes the tendency to...
Briana Theroux
- Jan 18, 2021
- 2 min
Belief Bias
Let’s talk about cognitive biases: BELIEF BIAS The belief bias describes the tendency to evaluate the strength of an argument by virtue...
Briana Theroux
- Jan 17, 2021
- 2 min
How To Stop Being So Offended
Are you easily offended? Many humans will go through their life with a relentless feeling of offense by what someone else 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰...
Briana Theroux
- Jan 17, 2021
- 2 min
Why Are People So Easily Offended?
People losing their shit over jokes about the lunacy of this week need to 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴. Taking everything literal,...
Briana Theroux
- Jan 17, 2021
- 2 min
How Do We Tolerate Others When They Are Being Impossible?
Accepting and respecting someone’s ideas without agreeing with them is tolerance. Do you know what happens when you dehumanize someone in...
Briana Theroux
- Jan 17, 2021
- 3 min
Faulty Beliefs Can Ruin Your Life: Here's How To Fix Them
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗳𝘀 𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘧𝘴 are 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 about how life is, should be, or could be codified...
Briana Theroux
- Jan 17, 2021
- 2 min
Life Is A Subjective Experience That Can Not Be Denied Or Negotiated
What most of us refer to as objective data is subjective. That matrix shit y’all. Stay with me... Life is a subjective experience and...
Briana Theroux
- Jan 12, 2021
- 2 min
Anchoring Bias
Let’s talk about cognitive biases: ANCHORING Anchoring is the tendency to rely too heavily on one piece of information when making...
Briana Theroux
- Jan 11, 2021
- 2 min
Five Topics That Need To Be Discussed While Vetting Potential Partners
Relationships take work, there’s no getting around that. A good way to decide if a relationship is worth it, or to vet someone before...
Briana Theroux
- Jan 7, 2021
- 3 min
The Societal Parasite: Cancel Culture
Let’s talk about cancel culture! Cancel culture is using antisocial and abusive behaviors to silence people who disagree with some...
Briana Theroux
- Jan 4, 2021
- 3 min
Increasing Sex Drive For Women
We recently got a question on Facebook about how to increase sexual desire and libido in women. Sex is nothing to be shameful about...
Briana Theroux
- Jan 1, 2021
- 2 min
Should We Destroy Our Ego?
The ego identity is a tricky concept for many to grasp. Should we kill it? Is the ego truly our enemy? Well, not unless we want to lose...
Briana Theroux
- Dec 17, 2020
- 2 min
Toxic Femininity
Many of you are probably familiar with the term “toxic masculinity”, which refers to the stereotypical outwardly misogynistic male. This...
Briana Theroux
- Nov 9, 2020
- 1 min
How Do You Get Your Friends To Eat Healthier?
How do you help friends who have done every fad diet in existence, yo-yoed, and glaze over when you try to explain anything to them about...
Briana Theroux
- Sep 28, 2020
- 2 min
How To Give Advice
I have a question for everyone… How do you respond to people that confide in you or ask for life advice? Tell them exactly what you would...
Briana Theroux
- Sep 16, 2020
- 2 min
Emotional Flooding & How It Wrecks Your Ability To Communicate
You know those times that you feel like throwing your computer out the window because of the nonsense you read on the internet? What...
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