Beware of explosive emotional behavior. Emotional immaturity in others can create a stress overload for you. — Often I hear people say, “I’m not coping.” Usually they’re actually coping fine with their own life, more than fine. What’s happening is they’re coping for other people too. They might have been doing this kind of thing since childhood to the point where they just can’t see that it’s…

If you’re reading this you’re probably from North America and you probably don’t know much about snooker. If you’re a woman from North America you probably think snooker is a new form of crack cocaine or something but bear with me. The mixed doubles event that’s just taken place in…

Understanding Intonation and How To Use It. — Weaponizing intonation goes hand in hand with abusive and narcissistic behavior. It often crops up in toxic families or relationships because it tends to take some time to have an effect. Many people experience it in their place of work. As with most toxic behaviors it’s not about a single…

“She’ll eat when she wants to!” A.K.A eating disorders are a bit of a bastard. — Imagine that you’re in the mood for some music. You play your favorite track by your favorite artist. You’re enjoying yourself. Why wouldn’t you be? Then imagine someone puts the volume of that music up to the max. …

Sadly, a lot of business experts are just expert con artists. — There’s quite a bit of advice sloshing around from entrepreneurial business experts. There’s a lot of it on this site. Words like “startup” and “wealth” get thrown around a lot. “Aspirational”, “influncers” and so on. There’s also quite a few specific individuals that I’m aware of who are known across…

The first rule of Thin Club is that not everyone wants the invitation. — So, I lost some weight. Quite a bit actually. You would think that’s pretty uninteresting to everyone else on the planet. Sadly it seems to be the case that for some people who walk among us, other people’s weight and size really is a thing. What particularly stands out to…

We all feel bad sometimes. You don’t have room for someone else’s bad thoughts. — Anxiety is horrible. Depression is horrible. Anxiety and depression often work hand in hand. When you get affected by these problems you can end up suffering terribly from something no one else understands or can even see. All of that sucks and sadly there’s nothing I can say here that…

Online bullying keeps getting worse, and I’ve just had it with these people. — Some people defend bullying by saying…well if people can’t handle a few words then that proves they’re weaker. Some people defend bullying by saying…well it was only a joke. Some people defend bullying by saying…well I’m helping that person. Tough love! The truth hurts! In 2008 Nadia Kajouji, an 18…

Learning to speak your mind’s language. We’re all alive because of fear. — Recently I sat in on a talk with a professional sports psychologist. I say sat in because I was the only person not there for work reasons, I just happened to be someone’s guest. I learned some truly fascinating stuff. If you’re stressed out, unhappy or even suffering from anxiety…