By Adam J. Pearson As a Canadian citizen, I find myself immersed in the media and culture of Canada and the United States. While both countries certainly have their own cultural idiosyncracies, their contemporary cultural products have common trends that impact our lives in striking ways. I would be the first to admit that North American culture…
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Silencing the Praise: Why Seeking Approval Fails to Fill Our Inner Void
By Adam J. Pearson The Game of Approval Seeking For many years, I found myself playing a game that was not only futile, but excruciatingly painful and destructive. Usually without even fully being conscious of what I was doing, I would try to seek approval from other people. It was as if there was this…
Words from the Wind 