1. Emotional Validation and Acceptance Adult children of narcissists (ACONs) often experience emotional invalidation because their parents’ lives centered around their own emotions, leaving little room for…
The objective when dealing with a narcissist is to quarantine the damage that the narcissistic mind virus can cause by keeping it away from your authentic self….
Time Blindness and Chronic Lateness People who are constantly late are often not being lazy or disrespectful; rather, their brains process time differently in a phenomenon known…
Being Treated Like a Metaphorical Punching Bag A primary sign of being the family scapegoat is being blamed for numerous mistakes, including those that are completely out…
If you were the family scapegoat, you were never the problem, but you were treated like you were because someone had to carry the weight no one…
Mood follows action. Improving mental health relies on consistently doing “solids”—good deeds—for your future self each day. In any moment, ask what tomorrow’s self would want you…
Henry David Thoreau famously wrote that the mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. A common myth persists that the average person in the United States…
Financial commentators, central banks, and government charts frequently report that corporate profits are holding, billionaire wealth is expanding, and the economy is growing. However, ordinary people experience…
Most people believe office politics is merely gossiping and backstabbing, assuming the best solution is to keep their heads down and work hard. However, office politics is…
Most people think income works one way: you show up, do the work, get paid, and when you stop working, the money stops coming. However, digital assets…