Your Therapists Corner

In America today, one of the biggest problems our youth today face is the lack of self esteem. During my time as an online advice counselor and as a friend to talk to for my peers, I've noticed that self esteem seems to be 1, misunderstood, and two, the root of most of the problems people come to me with. The following are some insights into the mystery of self esteem.

Self esteem can come from many different areas. Often times people think that self esteem comes from the peopl...

     In our world today, the word beauty has been so twisted and shaped into so many different forms and definitions that people find it hard to feel beautiful in any of the ways people have said you can feel beautiful in. The most popular definition of beauty comes from the media, and there lies the problem. The media is a business, an entity out to make money in any way possible. In a truly capitalist world, a business is there to make money, no matter the...

Five Traits in a Mate That Are Not Deal Breakers

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Have you decided that you will only marry a man of a certain height, profession or hairstyle? The author of a provocative new book reveals why yo...

Dear Anonymous,

     One of the mostimportant parts of marriage is trust. Trust allows both parties to live throughtheir marriage in peace and love. It allows things to happen that otherwise wouldn’t.It allows a bonding like no other. And it allows you to move forward in thebest of ways. Without trust, marriages become vulnerable to so many negativeaspects that it seems the marriage will just crumble.

     Wheth...

Let me introduce you to The Game.  

Basically, girls are the game, guys are the players. (Hence the reason guys get called players) 

Guys who are like this see women as a prize; something to win.

The objective: To get with you. Thats how they "win".  

Guys know that there is a universal set of saying and things that makes every girl happy and a guys skill in the game is based off his effectiveness with these sayings. In the shallow d...

Dear Anonymous,

In a time of such a confusing mix of stress, love, pain, and wonder, we often lose sight of the person that is always the most important in situations like this. We also lose sight of the long term effects, and what we can do to make them good. It’s time to adopt a different view on what’s going on around you, and find out how to relieve some of this stress.

First off, stop. Take a deep breath. Close your eyes. Cou...

Dear Anonymous,

The recovery process is a very long, hard, and bumpy process that is only possible through much personal effort, self realization, and quite a lot of time in the thinking chair. When it seems like love and affection is in the air, things dont also show themselves clearly. Time to clear the fuzz.

In a mix of crazy circumstances, to many miles, and not enough communication, things often crumble when you least expect it. I’ll tell you w...

Dear Anonymous,

I would like to start by saying that I know what you're going through. Not by personal experience, but through the experience of other people that I have talked to and I know how hard it is to recover from such a situation like you have been through. But, let me tell you, it is not impossible. Keep up hope and try and listen to what I have to say.

First, I would like to address the manipulation and emotional abuse the guy put you through. One of the m...

Due to a recent tiff over a comment I made on a wall post, I’ve decided to write a little something. This has been floating around in my brain ever since I've encountered it. Over the past few years of my life, I've noticed one quite troubling circumstance. I'm pretty sure that if we examine most of the major religions, we find that they teach us to love one unto another, to treat others as we wish to be treated, to judge not or be judged yourself in a likewise manner, and to comfort th...

            Have you ever met that one person who you seem to never be able to forget? Do you constantly go back to them no matter what they do to you, and they seem to have this iron grip on your love? Well here are some things that I recommend. Sometimes, a good solution to this problem seems to be impossible to find but it isn't. The only solution to this situatio...