Academy of Self Help

What To Do With An Anxious Mind

I promise this is a mental health blog, stick with me for a minute. There’s an old wisdom in stock trading that says…

Aug 17 • 

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July 2025

If You’re Afraid Of Wasting Your Life Away

A few years ago, during a dark time in my life, I was standing in the shower when I suddenly felt my heart flutter.

Jul 16 • 

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June 2025

When You’re Sensitive, Intuitive, and Deeply Aware

When you’re sensitive, intuitive, and deeply aware, everything hurts more.

Jun 18 • 

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May 2025

Why Emotionally Immature Parents Never Apologize

Why they can’t apologize, how it affects your healing, and what to do when closure never comes. Based on the teachings of Dr. Lindsay C. Gibson.

May 24 • 

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March 2025

How Do You Explain A Wound Made Of Nothing?

Growing up with emotionally absent parents doesn’t come with a diagnosis.

Mar 31 • 

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When You Begin To Spiral

People always ask: what would you tell your younger self, and for a long time, I didn’t have an answer.

Mar 24 • 

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I Know You’re Searching For More

Not just for answers, not just for meaning—but for something that feels real.

Mar 10 • 

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Dr. Lindsay C. Gibson Told Me This And It Changed My Life.

I always feel like I’m imposing. I feel anxious asking for help. It’s hard for me to ask for what I need. If you are a child of emotionally immature…

Mar 5 • 

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January 2025

If You Always Felt Alone

For those of us raised by emotionally immature, absent, or toxic parents, childhood can seem like a long, lonely journey. But it doesn’t have to be this…

Jan 10 • 

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December 2024

What The Hell Am I Doing?

Let Yourself Be A Fraud.

Dec 23, 2024 • 

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November 2024

Healing The Undermothered

Many of us are secretly (or not so secretly) unsatisfied with what we got from our mothers, and resentful that —whether their fault or not—they failed…

Nov 12, 2024 • 

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Groundhog Day & Disastrous First Dates

What a panic attack and a classic 30-year-old movie taught me about breaking free from the loops inside my head.

Nov 4, 2024 • 

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