When we butt up against a core issue, we can start to feel fuzzier than ever. This is the confusion that precedes clarity, a place where our cognitive dissonance and shifting sense of who we are is being rearranged (and it’s normal).

Manipulation through obligation isn’t the same thing as reciprocal giving in a co-created relationship. It’s a dangerous game to play. Here are 6 truths about manipulation through obligation (and their antidote).

Declaring sovereignty over your life is deciding not to keep waffling in indecision. It’s great to contemplate options, but at a certain point, you’ll have to decide: Am I in, or am I out?

This is fully alive: remembering that our time on earth is finite, can help us realize where we’re wasting time on lives that we don’t really love living. May we see these faces and decide to live fully alive.