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psychology today
Avoidance, Sobriety & Reality: The Psychology of Addiction

Psychology Today
Addiction & a Lack of Purpose

The Huffington Post
Addiction Recovery: Why We’re Addicted to Negative Behaviors​

Time
Being Ashamed of Drinking Prompts Relapse, Not Recovery

the huffington post
The Likely Cause of Addiction Has Been Discovered & It Is Not What You Think

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the guardian
'The opposite of addiction isn't sobriety – it's connection'​

psychology today
the opposite of addiction is connection

the huffington post
Why We ‘Self-Medicate’ Our Own Depression or Anxiety

Brené Brown
What Being Sober Has Meant to Me
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ADVERSITY

Brain Pickings
Friedrich Nietzsche on Why a Fulfilling Life Requires Embracing Rather than Running from Difficulty

Mindbodygreen
​5 Things Healing From Terminal Cancer Taught Me About Adversity

Option B
Facing Adversity Through Building Resilience: A Guide to Grounded Hope

HBR
Growth After Trauma

Time
How Trauma Can Change You—For the Better

fORBES
Positive Thinking Won't Change Your Life (Adversity Will)

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New York Times
Post-Traumatic Stress’s Surprisingly Positive Flip Side

CBS This Morning
Rabbi Steve Leder: "It's only pain that forces us to change"

​THOUGHT CATALOGUE
16 REASONS WHY HAVING YOUR LIFE TURNED UPSIDE DOWN MAKES YOU
STRONGER

The Huffington Post
The Surprising Benefit Of Going Through Hard Times

psychCentral
Vulnerable Yet Stronger—The Paradox of Strength

​Scientific American
You've Heard of Pts, but What about Post-Traumatic Growth?
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BACK-STORY

Inc
Complaining Is Terrible for You, According to Science

The Good Men Project
​LETTING GO OF THE STORIES THAT DEFINE US

Irish Independent
Pat Henry: Free your mind

TED
The two kinds of stories we tell about ourselves

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The New York Times
This Is Your Life (& How You Tell It)

BBC
The Way You Tell Your Life Story Shapes Your Personality

Medium
Woundology: Stop Using Your Past To Define Your Life

LinkedIn
Who would you be without your story?
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BAGGAGE

Experience Life
Burdens of the Past

Huffington Post
Living in Presence With Your Pain Body

The Atlantic
​​Mapping How Emotions Manifest in the Body

The Conversation
Making a mark - how emotion colours  memories

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the conversation
Why We feel more pain if We carry a sense of grievance

VICE
Why Your Brain Forces You to Relive Your Worst Memories

Live Science
Why Painful Memories Linger
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CHANGE OF IDENTITY

LINKEDIN
Four signs your life is about to radically change

Third Factor
How Can “Disintegration” Be Positive?

GIZMODO
How to Cope With an Existential Crisis

Thought Catalog
Letting Go Of The Person You Used To Be

Richard B. Joelson
Managing Difficult Life Transitions

Psychology Today
The Power of Wakeup Calls

Vertical Divider

Thrive Global
The Science Of Personality Change is Surprisingly Hopeful

Forbes
Scrooged! The Psychology of Ebenezer-Style Transformations

Up Development
3 Metamorphoses: Nietzsche’s Map of Human Growth

Psychology Today
The Wake Up Call: Can Suffering Set Us Free?

Quillette
Why Growth Most Often Occurs When We Fall Apart
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CRACKING UP

GLOBAL VISION
A CONVERSATION WITH DR. JOHN WEIR PERRY

Psychology Today
Breakdowns and ‘Shift-Ups’

Mad In America
Can Madness Save The World?

BrainBlogger
Full Recovery from Schizophrenia?

Tygers of Wrath
the far side of madness: psychosis as purposive

Vertical Divider

Aeon
The Hypersane Are Among Us, If Only We Are Prepared to Look

Uplift
The shamanic view of mental health

Waking Times
What a Shaman Sees in A Mental Hospital

Philosophy For Life
What to do in a spiritual emergency
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DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL

Kosmos
A Dark Night of the Soul and the Discovery of Meaning

Psychology Today
can depression be good for you?

Medium
The Dark Night of the Soul: Understanding Amidst the Absence of Meaning

​Healey Institute
The Dark Night of the Soul

Business Insider UK
Depression may be our brain's way of telling us to stop and solve a problem

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Beyond Meds
The descent experience: metaphor for serious illness

Kelly Brogan
Falling Up

Healthy Psych
Navigating the Dark Night of the Soul

The Huffington Post
Three Kinds Of People

Psychology Today
The Wake Up Call: Can Suffering Set Us Free?
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DAZED & CONFUSED

Real Simple
A Psychologist Shares the Best (and Worst) Ways to Deal With Uncertainty

Gretchen rubin
A Problem in Happiness: Drift.

Spirituality & Health
Don’t Know What To Do? 5 Ways to Navigate Liminal Space

Forbes
8 Reasons Why People Feel Lost in Their Lives

Oprah
4 Steps to Aha!: How to Figure Out Exactly What You Want

Thought Catalog
15 Powerful Ways To Change Your Life When You Feel Lost

Scott H. Young
Feeling Lost? Stop Worrying About Your “Life Purpose”

Vertical Divider

Big Think
How to find your own truth

Joan Borsenko
Running the Gauntlet of the Unknown

Purpose Fairy
10 Reasons Why People Feel Lost in Life

Medium
When We Don't  Know What We Want

Thought Catalog
What No One Tells You About Feeling Lost

Medium
Why Losing Your Way Can Sometimes Be The Best Thing to Happen To You

Wake Up Cloud
When You Feel Like You Have No Direction in Life

Wanderlust
You’re Not Lost, You’re Just In-Between
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FACING PAIN

Newsweek
A RADICAL NEW THERAPY COULD TREAT THE 'UNTREATABLE' VICTIMS OF TRAUMA

Wisdom Pills
​Crying: An Essential Gateway to Emotional Healing

​Science Daily
Crying has its perks

Insider
Crying once a week can reduce stress, according to a Japanese professor who calls himself a 'tears teacher'

Psychology Today
Emotional Acceptance: Why Feeling Bad is Good

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The Independent
How crying can make you healthier

Psych Central
How to Sit with Painful Emotions

Psychology Today
Healing Emotional Pain: How to Recover When Life Crushes You

Scientific American
​Negative Emotions Are Key to Well-Being

Psych Central
7 Good Reasons to Cry: The Healing Property of Tears

The Huffington Post
Unhappy? Why Facing Pain Is Vital For Happiness
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THE FALL

Earth.com
Hitting rock bottom can present fresh opportunities, study finds

Ryan Holiday
How To Recover When The World Breaks You

Huffington Post
How to Bounce Back When Life Falls Apart

Psychology Today
Life’s Endings and How We Make Sense out of Them

Observer
The Massive Bright Side to Everything Falling Apart

Vertical Divider

Jason Connell
Putting yourself back together: guidance for when life collapses

Life Hack
7 Things To Remember When You Feel Broken Inside

Thought Catalog
10 Things That Happen When Your Life Falls Apart

Oprah
What to Do When You're Broken

Medium
When It Seems Life Is Falling Apart, It May Actually Be Falling Into Place Better Than Expected
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FAMILY TIES

Healthline
Do the First 7 Years of Life Really Mean Everything?

Psychology Today
Essential Secrets of Psychotherapy: The Inner Child

Oprah
Forgiving Your Parents

The Guardian
How you attach to people may explain a lot about your inner life

Refinery29
How To Heal Your Inner Child — & Why You’d Want To

Exploring Your Mind
The Primal Wound – the Influence of our Childhood Traumas

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Psych Central
6 Steps to Help Heal Your Inner Child

Business Insider
30 scientific ways your childhood affects your success as an adult

NPR
Some Early Childhood Experiences Shape Adult Life, But Which Ones?

Psychology Today
Unresolved Anger Towards Our Parents

The Conversation
When a mom feels depressed, her baby’s cells might feel it too
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FLYING SOLO

Psychology Today
Accepting Loneliness

Notre Dame Magazine
Be a Crowd Unto Yourself: 10 Strategies for Shrinking Loneliness

Patheos
The cure for loneliness. (It’s not what you think)

Fast Company
How Solitude Can Change Your Brain In Profound Ways

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Lifehacker
How to Be Alone Without Getting Lonely

The Globe And Mail
The surprising value of loneliness, the most stigmatized feeling

Quartz
Take it from ancient hermits: The loneliness epidemic is curable

Psychology Today
When Isolated People Aren't Lonely & Connected People Are