I feel like I’m distant from my family in a way that most families aren’t supposed to be. I feel like I get judged by not being as responsive or communicative as a family member would be to another. I don’t really feel like I have ties to people outside of my immediate family because […]
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Why We Shouldn’t Ignore Our Feelings
During one day, we can be going through so many emotions. We have the need to succeed when it comes to work, or we have the fear of missing out when it comes to hanging out with our friends. We aren’t really nurtured to deal with these emotions, but suppress them. We’re actually professionals when […]
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Why You Should Ask for Help When You Need It
We have too much pride. We would rather pretend to look like we know what we are doing in order to not be perceived as incompetent rather than ask for help. Many people see asking for a help as a sign of weakness. Others simply don’t want others to know that they are struggling. You […]
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Why You Should Focus On Learning and Not Grades
Going to school is an anxiety inducing effort. The issue with school is that students are worried about the wrong things. I was one of those students who were too anxious to take a test. It had nothing to do with my knowledge of the subject, but my fear of a bad grade. If I […]
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Jessie Reyez Speaks Truth to Power in Elle Canada
Spanish Heritage Month continues with the beautiful Jessie Reyez. She is making waves in the Canadian music scene. Not just with her music, but she has her own initiative to make Canadian music less racist. She speaks about it in the cover story for Elle Canada. Photos are taken by Leeor Wild. Her tomboy style […]
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Why We Treat Strangers Better than We Treat Loved Ones
Have you every noticed that you as a loved one gets treated differently than someone who’s a complete stranger? Say your a parent, and your son or daughter has a new boyfriend. The child is very patient with the significant other, but is very rude to you. I don’t think that its because familiarity breeds […]
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Selena Gomez is in Full Control with Allure Magazine
It’s Spanish Heritage Month, so I’m going to do my best to highlight some of the men and women who are making impact within the Latinx community. First on the docket is the renaissance woman, Selena Gomez. Selena has truly grown up since her days on Disney Channel. In her interview in Allure, Selena touches […]
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Why You Should Have Your Own Opinion
Sometimes having your own opinion means being vulnerable. There might be a situation where the people around you don’t want you to have your own opinion because it may be contrary to their own. It may also feel like sharing in the opinions of others. It’s kind of how we were raised. We never really […]
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You’ll Be Free Once You Stop Competing with Others
I’ve never liked the idea of competition, but we live in a world that basically pits us against each other every day. When we compete we disconnect from each other in the name of believing that we are better than each other. The truth is we both have flaws, and we could better balance ourselves […]
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Love is Always Worth the Risk
I don’t think there is love without risk. When it comes to relationships we don’t know what risks to take because we’re initially afraid of failure. More than likely this person makes you vulnerable, so there’s also fear of being hurt. We love the person we are with and don’t want anything bad to happen. […]
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Being Afraid is Okay, but Having Anxiety is Another Thing
Living in fear has to be the worst feeling. Waking up with the same fear you had when you went to sleep. You’re constantly in fight or flight mode because anxiety has a stranglehold over you. It doesn’t help when we’re going through an election year, and we’re constantly getting fed with fear. It’s almost […]
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Is it Fair to Say that the Universe is Not Fair?
We’re going through some tough times right now. People we revere as difference makers seem to be dying, while others who are spewing nothing, but evil are thriving. You would hope that the greater being out there is doing the work in creating fairness. Maybe God is. Maybe instead of having to march up and […]