Psychology Archives

Rollo Tomassi: The Truth About Women’s Sexual Prime

When do women reach their sexual prime? Are older women more sexually prolific? According to Rollo Tomassi, the author of The Rational Male, women perpetuate the lie that they reach their sexual prime when they’re older and more mature. This is because women’s sexual strategy is to find a man who would be best suited to protect and financially support them and their children, and they need ample time for that. Keep reading to learn the truth about women’s sexual prime, according to Tomassi.

Understanding the Effects of Low Self-Esteem

Do you suffer from low self-esteem? How does having low self-esteem affect your life outcomes? Just as healthy self-esteem benefits you, poor self-esteem harms you. Having low self-esteem causes you to behave in ways that further erode your self-esteem, diminish your happiness, and create problems in your relationships and work. Many people don’t even realize they have low self-esteem because it can be concealed by a false sense of confidence that may ultimately cause greater harm. Learn about the negative effects of low self-esteem.

How to Heal From Childhood Trauma & Take Ownership

Can you heal yourself from generational trauma? How can you root out inherited trauma once and for all? Moving beyond childhood trauma is liberating and empowering. To do so, you can practice four healing rituals that will bring serenity into your life: visualizing positive images, mending broken relationships, planting a tree, and volunteering. Here’s how to heal from childhood trauma, according to inherited trauma expert Mark Wolynn.

Success Guilt: Do You Downplay Your Success?

Do you often find yourself downplaying your success? Why do people feel guilty about becoming successful? Many people feel the need to downplay their successes to avoid making other people look bad or feel bad about themselves. Further, they may even subconsciously self-sabotage to protect those whom they believe will be hurt by their success. Keep reading to learn about the psychology of success guilt, according to Gay Hendricks.

Do Men Want to Get Married? Likely Not

Do men want to get married? Why do men reject the idea of a long-term relationship? According to Rollo Tomassi, the author of The Rational Male, men have a natural tendency to seek multiple partners throughout their life and thus have no urge to settle down. Women, however, are more likely to seek a committed relationship. Here’s why men don’t want to settle down, according to Tomassi.

3 Psychological Benefits of High Self-Esteem

Do you consider yourself a person of high self-esteem? What are the psychological benefits of high self-esteem? High self-esteem benefits every area of your life and makes you generally happier. People who think highly of themselves will chase more ambitious goals and are more likely to achieve them. Keep reading to learn how self-esteem correlates positively with several traits that improve happiness.

The Upper Limit Problem: Why You Feel Stuck in Life

Do you feel stuck? Do you feel as though something is missing in your life, even though you can’t put your finger on what exactly it is? Many people are plagued internally by a sense that there’s something missing in their life. If this sounds like you, you may be unconsciously limiting yourself by the “Upper Limit Problem”—an internal threshold for the maximum degree of success and happiness you’ll allow yourself to experience. According to Gay Hendricks, you get closer to this threshold as you progress further through levels of success. Here’s how Hendricks defines levels of life success and

Are You Living in Awareness or Denial?

Do you feel you are living from a place of awareness or denial? What does it mean to live in awareness? When you live in awareness, you look for information about the external and internal realities that affect your life, accept them, and act accordingly. For example, you take control of your finances by checking your bank account and adjusting your budget as needed. If you don’t look for information about these realities, you’re not living in awareness—you’re choosing ignorance and denying reality on some level. Keep reading to learn what living in awareness is and why it’s important.

The 4 Types of Toxic Family Dynamics

Do you fight with your family all the time? Are we all traumatized in childhood, just to different degrees? If you suffer from persistent anxiety, depression, or illness, you might be playing out trauma from your family’s past. According to trauma expert Mark Wolynn, there are four types of toxic family dynamics that can disrupt your ability to process and address childhood trauma. Let’s look at the four toxic family dynamics that form the backdrop of people’s suffering.

The Biggest Time Management Myth, Debunked

Do you feel in control of how you spend your time? Do you believe it’s possible to have full control over your time? Time management is an important skill to have, but it’s also important to temper your expectations about it. Contrary to self-help gurus and time management experts, you’re not really in control of your time. In his book Four Thousand Weeks, Oliver Burkeman debunks the biggest time management myth you’ve been led to believe—that you can have full control over how you spend your time provided you have the right tools. Let’s cover the two reasons why you