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Attachment Styles & Their Role in Adult Relationships
Have you noticed patterns in your behavior when interacting with people? Have you ever wondered why you feel secure/insecure in your relationships? According to attachment theory, it’s because different people have different attachment styles. Attachment styles develop early in life and help predict future behaviors. Early attachment patterns are formed in childhood through the caregiver/infant…
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Life and death in the Victorian Era
Imagine this: You wake up in your little servants’ corner in 19th century England (because let’s face it, you definitely wouldn’t be royalty) and prepare to do your daily duties to serve your aristocrat masters. Also, you have no right to complain because it’s either this or working at the factory for a wage of…
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The life of ants is quite interesting
An animal you will see daily, and everywhere you go is an ant. They might look like little useless insects, but if you learn a few things about them, you may like them. Ants are insects of the family Formicidae. They are omnivores, so they eat almost everything, plants, and meat. They live in large…
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H2O – Balm for the soul
Just being around water can be a balm for the soul. Constance, my hometown, is located at the coast of a lake, and whenever I felt stressed, I used to sit next to the water. While watching soft waves rolling onto the shore, listening to the rhythmic gurgling of water, and observing the reflecting sun…
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Mirror, Mirror on the wall…
How many times a day do you look in the mirror? How often do you check you reflection in shiny surfaces or windows? Fact is most people are constantly aware of how they look, checking if their hair looks identical to when they left home, if their outfit sits right or how posture and physique…
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San Cristobal de las Casas, the Mexican town that drank more coke than water
San Cristobal de las Casas is a picturesque mountain town in the state of Chiapas, Mexico. Heavily influenced by Spanish colonization and the Mayan culture, the town is home to one of the largest indigenous populations in Mexico. But San Cristobal de las Casas also holds a ghastly world record regarding soda consumption, especially coke.…
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Why same amount of money is less valuable today than yesterday
You have probably seen that prices are rising; the same amount of money you spent on groceries is not enough anymore. But why is that? Because of inflation. Europe has been at its highest level of inflation in decades, and there are many reasons for that. Economists generally think that the higher rates of inflation…
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Inside the mind of a psychopath
Could you possibly be one? According to a 2017 study led by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, psychopaths have reduced connections in the areas of the brain that control fear, anxiety, empathy, and sentimentality. Psychopathy is typically diagnosed using a 20-item checklist called the Hare Psychopathy Checklist. In our everyday lives, we often use the words…
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Colombia’s reincarnation
The Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, whose story was chronicled in the wildly popular Netflix series “Narcos,” made Colombia synonymous with the cartel, cocaine, and violence. From an almost failed state with countless problems of drug trafficking, violence, and guerrilla warfare, Colombia seems to be opening a new era of change. How did Colombia achieve…
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Toxic Positivity aka Positive Vibes Only
“Toxic positivity is promoting the ideal or goal that, no matter the circumstances, one should always and only maintain a positive, happy or optimistic mindset.” Why are you sad? Your thoughts, problems, sickness, everything is in your head- if you changed your thinking, you could be happy. #PositiveVibesOnly Hiding negative feelings and trying to ignore…
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A Million Reasons to Stop Smoking (or to never start)
Introduction While it’s common knowledge that smoking harms you and your loved ones, only numbers and facts can show in detail the impact smoking has on our surroundings. To highlight the importance of the topic: every second adult smokes in Macedonia – to be exact, 48.4% smoke regularly. Tobacco is an essential factor in poverty…
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