Being rejected is probably one of the worst feelings in the world. When you are rejected by someone, it brings a lot of things up in your mind, and it's nothing good. There's a pain and suffering that comes with not being wanted or not being recognized, and then the questions start to appear. You find yourself asking if you're good enough for anybody. If anyone likes you. You start thinking, what can I do to change myself so people will like me and people will accept me? Sometimes you may go as far as to get plastic surgery done on yourself, or you might empty out your bank account to win favors with certain people. The worst is when it's your own family that makes you feel that way. If there's someone who has been like me growing up, the only way that I got people to notice me was I acted really obnoxious. And then it just became a part of who I am. We all want to be seen and we all want to be accepted. We all want love in our lives. It is a need, because goi...
Stop Performing Your Synonym-Heavy, Soul-Aligned Wellness Fantasy: Why Authenticity Is the Only Real Trend Let’s be completely honest for a second: this last month has been a real kick in the teeth. Between managing everyday burnout, listening to people drone on about "aligning with your highest vibrational frequencies," and trying not to throw my phone against the drywall every time I see another perfectly filtered turmeric latte, I’m exhausted. Welcome to our August series, which corporate or whatever clever branding machine decided to call "Align with Your Soul and Your Wallet" : though honestly, let’s just call it what it is: a cynical look at how we’ve managed to slap a luxury price tag on feeling like garbage and calling it enlightenment. Who comes up with these things? Is there a way out, or are we all just trapped in an endless loop of buying $128 bamboo leggings so we can achieve inner peace while our bank accounts scream in agony? It’s such a shitty pl...
