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Aspirational qualities

People who are self-transcendent tend to have aspirational qualities because they are motivated by values, goals, and ideals that transcend their own self-interest.

By Barra, 2 days18 December 2025 ago

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What are Boundaries?

How to Apply a Growth-Mindset to a Relationship Conflict

A growth-mindset treats relationship conflict as something to “learn from” and “work on together”. This tends to keep things “real”.

By Barra, 5 days ago

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What is Self and Social Comparison?

Comparison is a built‑in tool for understanding yourself, but it becomes toxic when you treat “being above others” as the only way to matter. Uniqueness comes more from living your own values than from winning someone else’s scoreboard.

By Barra, 1 week ago

Does Making Make Meaning?

What is it to be Human?

Being human is messy, beautiful, painful, confusing, and deeply meaningful, and all at the same time. It means having a body that gets tired and breaks, a mind that thinks and worries, and a heart that feels joy, fear, love, shame, and everything in between

By Barra, 2 weeks8 December 2025 ago