Living in a Beauty-Obsessed Culture

“Every month, ten thousand people Google: ‘Am I ugly?’” –Meghan Ramsey, The Global Director of the Dove Self-Esteem Project I watched Meghan Ramsey’s TED talk where she makes some disheartening statements about being a teenager in today’s selfie-driven world. Sadly,...

Learning to Cope

Sometimes when we experience pain we begin to shield ourselves from the world.  Our instinct is to build an imaginary brick wall so that no one can hurt us again – or so we hope.  From past experiences, we learn to recognize the antagonists in our lives.  We associate...