by PepTalksBlog | 2023-04-19 | Personal Growth, Foundational
Do you ever find it hard to say no? Hard to say “No” to other people’s requests? Hard to say “No” to other people’s behavior? Hard to say “No” to your own impulses? Even hard to say “No” to fun opportunities when they come at inopportune times? (”Come on bro, a couple...
by PepTalksBlog | 2023-03-13 | Personal Growth, Foundational, Relatonships
One of the most common causes of personal frustration and interpersonal problems is the failure to separate facts from stories. Think of a time when you felt angry at someone, felt bad about yourself or felt frustrated about the world Unless you had first taken the...
by PepTalksBlog | 2023-03-01 | Dating / Relationships, Foundational, Relatonships, Social
A perspective I’ve been playing a lot with lately is that many of the emotions we feel are actually not ours. Our emotions by nature are always changing. We may experience some of them as permanent states. But that’s either because we’re holding on to them or...
by PepTalksBlog | 2022-12-13 | Self-improvement, Foundational, Social
Sorries are weird. In many ways. To start with, not unlike “fucks”, “awesomes” or “literallies”, we tend to throw “sorries” around way too frequently and casually for what they actually mean. We say sorry when we’re about to say something hurtful, as if that...
by PepTalksBlog | 2022-12-07 | Personal Growth, Foundational, Relatonships
One of the things people most often praise me for is my ability to remain immovably zen, regardless of circumstances. Which is funny. Because it’s an ability I don’t possess. I do think I emotionally react to fewer situations than the average Joe. But still,...
by PepTalksBlog | 2022-11-05 | Personal Growth, Foundational
Fear is a bad advisor. Actually, that’s a statement I don’t fully agree with. There are plenty of situations in which fear is a great advisor. If you hear gunshots around the corner, it’s usually a good idea to listen to your fear and get away from them....