Understanding Safe Spaces
Understanding Safe Spaces Finding Comfort and Support in Challenging Times You walk into your favourite café, the one where the barista knows your order by heart and the cosy corner by the window feels like your personal sanctuary. After a week of stress and nonstop...
Understanding Fortune Telling
Understanding Fortune Telling How Negative Predictions Create Unnecessary Stress You’ve just been invited to a party. Your friend chimes “I hope you can make it!” with a smile, but your mind is flooded with the horrors of awkward silences, being ignored, and standing...
Understanding Reciprocity
Understanding Reciprocity The Give and Take That Strengthens Relationships Ever heard the phrase, “You scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours”? That’s reciprocity in a nutshell! It’s the social norm of exchanging things with others—whether it’s favours, gifts, or acts of...
Understanding Expectancy Effect
Understanding Expectancy Effect How Your Beliefs Shape Reality Ever feel like things happen exactly how you thought they would? Maybe you’ve gone into a job interview thinking, “This is going to go terribly” and—surprise, surprise—it does. Or you’re convinced that...
