While it might seem like a contradiction one of the most powerful things a person can do is show weakness. Often we feel the need to fight to survive when the best strategy would be to show vulnerability. Let me be clear, I’m not talking about serious life or death situations where maintaining a veneer…

Over the last year I’ve felt a sort of anxiety I’ve never known. A lingering emotion that seems to have no specific cause and won’t subside for weeks, even months. I won’t pretend I completely understand what it’s like to have a true anxiety disorder but the experience I’ve had in the last year has…