Category: Guest Posts
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How Doctor Who Helped Me Conquer Social Anxiety
In this guest post Misa Buckley of Stars and Sprinkles shares her story of how Doctor Who helped her to conquer social anxiety. The Empty Child I grew up on a steady diet of Doctor Who and Star Trek; a child so fascinated by the stars I could name the minor constellations and recite the… Read more
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What Naruto Taught Me About Self-Acceptance
In this next post in our series, A Geek’s Guide to Life, I pass you on to your new guide, Jeremiah Ukponrefe of Novel Cave, to show you the lessons he learned about self-acceptance from Naruto. Naruto is the story of a boy with a 9-tailed demon fox sealed inside him and chronicles his journey… Read more
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Advice for Overcoming Perfectionism
I asked Twitter “What advice do you have for someone struggling with perfectionism? What have you learned from your own journey?” and 14 people responded with such lovely encouragement and wise advice for overcoming perfectionism. Check out their responses below. “Perfectionism, to me, is the mask of fear. Fear that others won’t accept our work,… Read more
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3 Life Lessons from Shazam!
Hi! I’m Dan, I’m here to walk you through some of the life lessons that we can pick up from watching Shazam! We’re going to discuss rejection, power is used best when it is shared, and allowing yourself to be loved by others. My day starts at 7.30am because I couldn’t wait for what I… Read more
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Introduction to the Enneagram
The Enneagram of Personality (what most people just call the Enneagram) is a psycho-spiritual personal development tool. It is a map of your inner landscape, or even something like the owners manual for your personality. The Enneagram marks out nine basic styles of the human personality, an expression that influenced Dante’s The Divine Comedy and… Read more
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Gary Smalley Personality Assessment
I recall sitting in my first graduate class, in a small computer room on the campus of Boston College, and participating in a discussion on the importance of connection and acceptance all while feeling detached, different, and alone. I had just moved to Boston to pursue a Masters degree in Sociology and, although excited for… Read more