Today, external validation often dictates our choices and decisions, and the journey to trusting oneself can feel like a radical act of self-love and empowerment. But how does one cultivate this ...

Emotions are central to most, if not all, mental health concerns, and this is particularly true in the case of disordered eating and eating disorders. Disordered eating behaviours often serve to ...

I go to the park every day. Yesterday, I overheard a mom talking to her five-year-old who’d scraped his knee. “I know that ...

What’s the big idea? The secret to influencing others isn’t about persuasion—it’s about validation. In Validation: How the Skill Set That Revolutionized Psychology Will Transform Your Relationships, ...

When the person who wronged you doesn’t seem to face any consequences, holding a grudge can feel like the only way to restore some sort of justice. Sure, they may be completely oblivious to the ...

Minimizing or invalidating feelings happens far more often than we realize, to the point where it has become normalized and ...