Brianna Wiest
Brianna is the author of 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think, The Mountain Is You, Ceremony, and When You’re Ready, This Is How You Heal.
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Your Subconscious Is Controlling Your Life
You have your thinking mind and your subconscious mind. The best way I’ve heard the latter described is that it’s like a tape player, a computer, a processor, replaying whatever you program it to. It’s not the subconscious mind that’s evil or negative. It’s what you’ve formatted it to do that can wreak havoc–even if…
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17 Things That Happen When You Have An Anxious Mind But A Laid Back Personality
There’s really no such thing as having an “anxious mind.” There is only having your anxiety fueled by your thoughts (which is something that everyone experiences now and again). But the people who tend to feel it most intensely are those whose rapid thinking is in constant contrast to their super chill, laid back personalities.…
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The Reason People “Ghost,” And 7 Other Uncomfortable Truths About Almost-Relationships Most People Don’t Realize
People can love you, and still not want to be with you.
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7 Reasons We Need To Stop Leaving Relationships Early Because We’re Not Sure Someone Is “The One”
The concept of ‘the one’ is not rooted in love, it is rooted in a desire, much like most of everything else we do, to be saved from ourselves. The idea that there is a perfect love that will induce the happiest life is a deflection and defense mechanism and it will keep us from…
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18 Ways To Detox Your Mind (Without Having To Go Completely Off The Grid)
Though we have miles to go in terms of growing up learning what it means to take care of our bodies, we’re even farther behind on how to take care of our minds. Our brains construct our experiences, and there are so many factors that alter and shift our perspectives that our completely in our…
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If You’re Afraid Of Love Because You’re Afraid Of Loss: This Is For You
A few years ago, I realized I needed to lose some weight. As soon as I was conscious of it, I was also suddenly hyper-aware of my overeating. I chalked it up to finally taking note of my daily habits, but then something strange emerged. I would try to write: I intend to lose weight,…
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16 Scientific Reasons Why People Who Are Socially Anxious Are Usually Highly Intelligent
Many people know there’s a neurological correlation between being highly creative and mentally ill, but few seem to realize that the same is true between being socially anxious and highly intelligent. Everybody experiences a degree of social apprehension, and a high IQ is not the sole root of social anxiety as a classifiable clinical disorder,…
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12 Reasons Why Logical People Lead Better Lives (In A Generation Where “Passion” Is At A Premium)
Take $150K in loans to study something you “love” for 5+ years, but not be able to move out/travel/get married/have kids/work a job you actually like because you’re drowning in debt for the next 30. That’s what passion does.
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Breaking Your ‘Upper Limit’: 12 Ways People Hold Themselves Back From Real Happiness
Happiness is not a rush of positive emotion elicited by random events that affirm the way you think something should go. Not sustainable happiness, anyway.
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8 Things That Surprised Me About Love, Once I Actually Found It
Finally finding the love I had for so long been seeking wasn’t a hormone-fueled implosion. It was a gentle awakening, a simple realization.
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10 Things Emotionally Healthy People Know How To Do
They know when it’s time to break up with a friend.
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How To Measure A Good Life
Nobody reflects on their lives and concludes with “yes, this is exactly how I thought it would go.”
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18 Things That Happen When You Feel Older Than You Are
The cliché is true: it’s not about the years you’ve had in life, but the life you’ve had in your years.
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12 Reasons Meaningful Relationships Are Becoming More And More Rare
We’re looking for relationships as though they’re something you order.
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Brainsex: 8 Reasons To Date Someone Who Is Attracted To Intelligence
Neither of you have the capacity to entertain petty dramas, so you don’t lose your connection to preventable, daily frustrations.
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17 Things That Happen When You’re Very Overdriven Yet Also Extremely Lazy At The Same Time
There exists a very particular breed of human in the world, one that merges the qualities of near apathetic lethargy and a manic desire to achieve. I don’t know how they exist, I don’t know what had to go askew to create such deep conundrums out of people, but I do know that they possess…
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14 Things Your Friends With Anxiety Want You To Know
1. Things that seem completely “normal” to you can be very stressful for us. Everybody feels anxious about the lingering uncertainties in their lives, over tensions with friends or decisions that need be made, but we often feel anxious about the things that don’t logically warrant concern. That’s what makes it a problem. That’s the…