What are the five love languages and what do they mean? We're helping you decode them to understand the different ways people express love. The book that sparked the new way of thinking about love, The 5 Love Languages® by Dr. Gary Chapman, was written in 1995 and has become more popular recently. What exactly are they... Read more

We have all had toxic people dust us with their poison. Sometimes it’s more like a drenching. Difficult people are drawn to the reasonable ones and all of us have likely had (or have) at least one person in our lives who have us bending around ourselves like barbed wire in endless attempts to please them – only to... Read more

What is gaslighting? Gaslighting is a form of emotional abuse that’s seen in abusive relationships. It’s the act of manipulating a person by forcing them to question their thoughts, memories, and the events occurring around them. A victim of gaslighting can be pushed so far that they question their own sanity. The term “gaslighting” comes... Read more

We all have demons inside us. Every day, we fight against them – sometimes we lose, sometimes we win. These demons haunting us can be seen either in small glimpses or in full chaos. And because of our guilt and shame, we tend to ignore and bury them. We think that they should stay hidden... Read more

“Self-love requires you to be honest about your current choices and thought patterns and undertake new practices that reflect self-worth.” ~Caroline Kirk If one more person told me to “love myself” I was going to levitate into the air and pull one of those impossible martial arts moves from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. I was sick... Read more

What if losing weight, or even maintaining a healthy weight was less about what you eat, and more about when you eat? That’s the idea behind one of the world’s most recent health and fitness trends. You don’t have to look far to find someone who practices intermittent fasting. Fasting has been around for millennia... Read more

Many of us are aware of IQ (Intelligence Quotient). Designed to measure intellectual intelligence, it gives a score from a series of tests. Higher IQs indicate better cognitive abilities, or the ability to learn and understand. People with higher IQs are more likely to do well academically without exerting the same amount of mental effort... Read more

An empath is someone who is highly aware of the emotions of those around them, to the point of feeling those emotions themselves. Empaths see the world differently than other people; they’re keenly aware of others, their pain points, and what they need emotionally. But it’s not just emotions. According to Dr. Judith Orloff, author of The... Read more

Leaders give unprecedented airtime to the idea of personal growth-;development and the willingness to change or become is virtually an entrepreneurial prerequisite. But if you’re going to demand growth of yourself, then you need a reliable yet easy way to self-assess how you’re actually doing through all five of the key growth domains (education, spiritual, physical, emotional, social). Use the... Read more

How to Make Your Goals Achievable The trouble with not having a goal is that you can spend your life running up and down the field and never score.– Bill Copeland Do you ever feel like you're working hard but not getting anywhere? Maybe you see little improvement in your skills or achievements when you... Read more