Do you crave closeness and desire to feel seen and accepted, but feel disconnected from your true self and dissatisfied with the quality of your connection to others? Learn about the three instrumental aspects of human interaction that lead to authentic and meaningful relationships in this blog.

Whether you call yourself a people-pleaser or you’re unaware of why you seem to find yourself inexplicably saying “yes” to things you don’t want to do, it’s very likely you often end up feeling overwhelmed, exhausted and resentful. A life driven by a fear of rejection and a need for external validation leads to little satisfaction and not much joy. You’re investing your time and energy into what you believe others expect from you, dismissing your own needs, values and beliefs in the process. What is your role in co-creating these situations and relationships where there doesn’t seem to be space for the true you? Learn more about why you may be getting in your own way of meaningful relationships and how to start stepping out of this pattern.

When our emotions stick around for a prolonged period of time or keep coming back, it is helpful to have a healthy outlet for expressing them. These ten emotion-releasing activities will support your connection to yourself and others, improve your health and help you live more authentically.

Are you feeling disconnected from yourself or questioning who you really are? Do you feel like something’s missing? You might have been living the way you thought you were supposed to and lost yourself along the way? Learn about how listening to our body helps us reconnect with our authentic self.

Authenticity allows for deeper and more genuine connections. It enables us to live a more joyful, meaningful and fulfilling life. How and why did you learn to mask who you really are? What have you lost along the way? Find out what gets in the way of you being yourself and how to start changing that.

Most of us didn’t get much help around healthy ways to process emotions and as a result developed coping strategies and habits that may start causing trouble later on in life. Learn about what emotions are, why they are important and how to process them in healthy ways in this article.

We all have parts of ourselves that we dislike and yet they are what makes us whole. When we keep a part of ourselves hidden from the world, we may never quite feel loved and accepted.

While it may feel scary at first, becoming aware of your responsibility over the choices you make in life is empowering and leads to more authenticity, freedom and deeper connections with others. Find out why in this article.

Your relationship with yourself impacts your well-being and the choices you make in life. Finding self-acceptance and self-compassion leads to setting goals that reflect your true values and beliefs, rather than someone else’s ideal.