If you ever scroll through social media reels or read a self-help book these days, odds are you’ve come across the word validation. Whether or not we can define the word off-the-cuff, most of us have felt its power at one point in our lives: the comfort and relief that comes from someone recognizing our internal experience and confirming that our thoughts or feelings are understandable and real. As relational beings, we knowingly or unknowingly crave this recognition from bir

Last time, we talked about those everyday moments when we’re faced with a decision—like how to respond to a hurtful comment someone made,...

All day long, we are doing things. Some of the things we do move us closer to the kind of life we want, like when we act in ways that...