People pleasing is constantly meeting the needs of others at the expense of one’s own needs. The inclination to please can also be related to Dependent Personality Disorder (DPD); a type of anxious personality disorder characterised by an excessive need to be submissive and care for, clingy behaviour and intense fear of being separated. It is also an incapability to take care of oneself. There are identifiable traits of a people pleasure including: · Low self-worth · Lack of trust...

If you take anything away from this article, it should be that confidence is not the same as self-esteem. A person can have high confidence and low self-esteem, or high self-esteem and low confidence. How so? Confidence Confidence is skills-based. Confidence can be practiced and learnt. It is not about who you are, but about your practical abilities. Your confidence in yourself is about your trust and belief in your capabiltiies, skills and knowledge. Confidence derives from the Latin word...

Sex should be good, and what society deems 'good' is very misconstrued. Let's take a look at a few things of how we ought to reframe good sex. You have good sex if you feel good about yourself, good about your partner, good about what you're doing, and good after you've done what you've done Sex is not just genitals, it is relational; coercion and deceit have no role in good sex What is between your ears is as important as what is between your legs There are options, we can choose from a...