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Emotional Manipulator Emotional manipulators are extremely destructive, very skilful and highly perceptive. Their awareness of your emotions is off the charts. The most powerful mechanism they have for control is...

Welcome to my first My Take! Spring is almost here! which means lots of camping! I LOVE camping, thankfully I have some experience with camping, but that still doesn't mean I dont make mistakes. 1. Being unprepared for...

We use certain predictable behavioral patterns to respond to certain stimuli . Over time, we respond to more and more stimuli using these same patterns. This phenomenon is called habit . Habit strength is determined...

I'm sure when you read the title, you thought that beautiful people being bullied is something that doesn't happen or is something not to complain about because after all, the victim is beautiful so their life must be...

1. The number of likes don’t define me Back then, I’d be full out obsessed with how many likes my new post had garnered. If I had gotten a few, disappointment it was. Sometimes I’d feel like I just looked plain ugly in...

This looks good doesn't it? or even this? The sugar on this Country Fried Chicken - Hungry Man doesn't seem so bad but it is everything else that is in it! Some situations are inevitable that you may need to have...

The attatchment theory (by John Bowlby) is a theory that heavily depends on your childhood and child's relationships with their caretakers such as parents, grandparents and gaurdians. The amount of attention and love you...

Women's day is about celebrating the gender...but also acknowledging women have done a lot of unacknowledged things for humankind - even when they were banned to do so. If you aren't a woman...or are just becoming...

In this myTake I’m going to tell you my advice, hope it might help 1. Stop criticizing yourself! We are our worst critics and we tend to compare ourselves with people who seem to have it all. Most of us try to fit into...

I have always loved the Backstreet boys. Since I was a young girl I’ve gone nuts over them and just recently, I was reminded of them when my husband shared a boyband parody with me by Peter Hollens....

Let’s take apart this fallacy of the modern superwoman, shall we. First, may I familiarize you with a book called The Triple Bind by Stephen Hinshaw. This book single-handedly deconstructs what is expected of the modern...

Some sociologists argue that we have a deep intuitive sense that virtue should be rewarded and vice punished. There are two explanations for this. The first contends that our idea of justice as merit/desert is...

k so not giving a shit is perhaps one of the most important things a person can do and yeah confidence is hard to get but everybody can do it. Anyway let's go Put Yourself First: Ok it's cute and all when some people put...

Women aren't that complicated as many people say and think. Here are the most common things that women say and do that signal they are not that into you. Let me count the ways: 1. "I am single but not available." She...

I've been cheated on and I've also been the cheater. I won't give you the whole sob story behind why I cheated but it was a nasty relationship, he wasn't a good guy and cheating was the only way I could cope. Before...

For the sake of an example I will be providing in this article: Women Politicians Should Be Viewed Through the Same Lens As Men Politicians...that's a fact. It's simple. They're ALL politicians. If a woman does something...

Recently I have started taking belly dance classes (and I love it <3 ). And I decided to write a take to discuss the form, benefits and history of belly dance. Unlike other dance forms that focus mostly on the arms and...

On March 8 the world celebrates the many blessings and impacts of women in society - past, present and future. But what of Lesbian girls? Are we to be celebrated and heralded as well, or shall we remain as the scapegoats...

I didn't know how hard going through a breakup was until I was faced with my most recent breakup. I felt so alone. I was freaking out inside and I felt like no one understood what I was going through. My friends and...

Confidence (or more accurately arrogance): Narcissists tend to consider themselves "beyond reproach". This means that they aren't as weighed down by guilt or social graces as the rest of us. They tend to do stuff that...