How to Be a Better Person

The answer is a resounding yes. There are always ways to improve yourself. This answer leads to more questions, however. KOLOstock / Getty Images How can you improve yourself to be a better person? What is the easiest approach? And what are the most important aspects of self to work on? Jose Luis Pelaez Inc / Getty Images Let Go of Anger KOLOstock / Getty Images We all experience anger in our lives....

April 26, 2025 · 3 min · 586 words · Melissa Guerra

How to Be a Better Storyteller When You Are Socially Anxious

If you havesocial anxiety, you might not have much experience telling stories. Also, think about the timing of when you tell a story. For example, you shouldn’t be telling stories with adult content when there are children present. Compassionate Eye Foundation / Mark Langridge / Getty Images Do you start out describing what you had for lunch that day? Don’t be surprised if people quickly tune you out if you don’t hook them right away....

April 26, 2025 · 2 min · 360 words · Tracy Hernandez

How to Be a Good Friend to Someone With BPD

From the perspective of a friend, these relationships can seem intense, confusing, and conflicted. How do you make sense of it while still trying to be a good friend? It’s important to acknowledge that being friends with someone with BPD will probably never be simple or easy. Joe Houghton / Getty Images BPD has no cure, but it can get better with the proper treatment and support. Verywell / Theresa Chiechi...

April 26, 2025 · 3 min · 461 words · Paul Ramirez

How to Be a More Generous Person-Being Institute

What stops us from being generous people? How do we become a more generous person?

April 26, 2025 · 1 min · 15 words · Alexis Allen

How to Be An Ally During Disability Pride Month

That will help you better understand the community without requestingemotional laborfrom disabled people. “Support your disabled friend by including them in everything,” she suggests. A relaxed attitude is ideal for everyone. Edwin Tan / Getty Images Of her respondents, only 6% said they found it helpful. She suggests following creators “with varying disabilities that share their first-hand experiences of living with their disability.” Additionally, Bear notes that hiring disabled people is important as well....

April 26, 2025 · 2 min · 274 words · Chelsea Ewing

How to Be an Ally to and Within the LGBTQIA+ Community

Unfortunately, the opposite occurred. In recent years,anti-LGBTQIA+ billshave snowballed. As such, the climate of the LGBTQIA+ community is one with a renewed sense of fight. Ahead, learn how your behavior can positively impact others. That’s not necessarily the case. Asking someone more marginalized than you to explain their identity is a request foremotional laborfrom them. to whether or not I’m “even gay.” Cole says that “We are human, just like any other person....

April 26, 2025 · 2 min · 349 words · Tyler Morrison

How to Be Direct Without Being Perceived as Rude

“I really didn’t mean it that way!” You never intended to come off that way, so what went wrong? Interpreting a direct statement as rude can lead to conflict and miscommunication. Verywell Mind / Getty Images By learning more about direct communication styles, we can extend grace to those who are misperceived as rude. We can avoid miscommunication related to tone and perception that do not match intent. We can make those three conversations more consistent by better understanding how directness can be misperceived as rudeness....

April 26, 2025 · 2 min · 349 words · Marc Torres

How to Be Happy Again

Finding New Ways to Be Happy Klaus Vedfelt / Getty Images What does it mean to behappy? There are so many ideas and perspectives when it comes to being happy. By definition happy means characterized by or indicative of pleasure, contentment, or joy. Klaus Vedfelt / Getty Images Truthfully, Your ‘happy’ is whatever it means to you. Strategies that can help you learn how to be happy include: Have you been generallyfeeling downabout things lately?...

April 26, 2025 · 3 min · 559 words · Mario Wilcox

How to Be Happy: 21 Science-Based Ways to Be Happier-Being Institute

Grab OurFree eBookto Learn How toGrow Your Wellness Business Exponentially! How to Be Happy 1. Be Happy by Building Your Gratitude Skills Video: Want to be happy? Be Happy by Being Yourself 3. Be Happy by Getting Your Needs Met 4. Be Happy by Knowing Your Worth 5. Be Happy by Investing in Your Happiness 6. Be Happy by Investing in Your Relationships 7. Be Happy by Shifting Your Attention...

April 26, 2025 · 1 min · 177 words · Valerie Mcgee

How to Be Kind Without Compromising Your Boundaries

Does our commitment to self-care create an unkind society? When do boundaries blur into a lack of kindness or a recipe for isolation? Is there a time when we should give others allowances and who are those allowances allowed for? Getty Images / Verywell Mind We will explore these questions and more below. We are not responsible for educating others on our hardship and we do not owe anyone anything....

April 26, 2025 · 2 min · 360 words · Angela Cooper

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April 26, 2025 · 1 min · 7 words · Jacqueline Burns

How to Be Less Emotionally Reactive in Your Relationship

How we react when we feel strong emotions is often learned and repeated from what we observe growing up. Sometimes, these reactions can becomemaladaptive responsesthat may hinder or harm our most important relationships. Emotionally reactive people often feel they have no control over their actions. LaylaBird/ Getty Images When unchecked, volatile emotional reactivity can negatively impact our relationships. You will be able to reduce those knee jerk reactions that causes stress and harm to yourself and others....

April 26, 2025 · 3 min · 468 words · Amy Cameron

How to Be Less Indecisive

d3sign / Getty Images Do you have trouble makingdecisions? Do you overanalyze your options for hours? Do you tend to second-guess the decisions youve made? d3sign / Getty Images These are some of the characteristics of indecisiveness. However, its important to remember that being indecisive doesnt have to define you as a person. Indecisiveness is fairly common and there are steps you’ve got the option to take to overcome it....

April 26, 2025 · 2 min · 330 words · Kelly Mullen