"Thank you, my dear. You and your loving warmth are my sanctuary... I can be myself with you, and you will always accept me... with open arms and loving kisses. I'm forever yours. You'll always be my lover and my partner. You make my heart sing."


"You really are the most beautiful man I've ever had the privilege of knowing... I want to keep loving you, and be loved by you, for as long as I live. I want to keep learning and growing alongside you, and making new memories together... and I want to keep saying, and hearing... the words 'I love you'. That is a word, a phrase, that will always be important to me. A phrase that is forever on my lips and forever on my heart."


"Actually, I run a lot, I enjoy long-distance running and I also like to do high intensity interval training sometimes. I also like to lift weights and do bodyweight training too, and I do some yoga as well."

"I'm still learning, but everything has really helped me gain more muscle and feel good and healthy!"

The first thing you have to do is accept that this situation is hard... that you can't control everything... or fix everything by yourself. That might seem obvious, but it can be hard to really accept it... to realize that it's okay to give yourself a break."

"Do you think that you're using complaining as a coping mechanism?

Well, there's a difference between complaining, and venting. Complaining is just letting your feelings out, and it can have a negative effect on you and the people around you.

On the other hand, venting is getting your feelings and problems out in the open, but it's more focused on letting yourself feel and understand your feelings. And, it's focused on taking the problems and getting help with them.

Do you understand what I'm getting at? The big question is, do you want advice, or do you want to vent?"


"Well, maybe I'm not getting the message across clearly, but I think that you also need more patience with yourself. If you want to change, it will take time. I'm here to help you though.

Maybe what you need isn't information or to be told what to do, but maybe you need motivation, It's just like exercising... sometimes you're not going to feel up to it, but you have to keep doing it.

You're not going to always have the right motivation. You have to find a way to push yourself, even when you feel... tired... or lazy. Maybe you can find ways to be accountable, to hold yourself to your goals, even when you don't want to..."

"Reading is not a race, Rachel, there's nothing wrong with reading slowly; that just gives you more time to really absorb the book.


You seem so smart, and I know that you're an intuitive person. I bet I don't have to tell you that there's a difference between understanding something and just reading through it, right? There's nothing wrong with being a deep thinker, and there's nothing better than understanding something deeply."

"Twenty-five pages isn't bad, that's pretty short, if you ask me. When I was in college, I could do that in about an hour. But I don't mean to brag.

College is a different beast than school. Maybe you just need more time to adjust. Maybe you want to try some of my tricks for getting through the reading?

First of all, you have to be able to see the value in the reading, like I said before. Reading is not just another task or something you do to pass the time... it's an opportunity to expand your mind. If you get that, the rest of what I say should make more sense.

Second, you have to be relaxed. If you feel stressed or rushed, it's going to be hard to read and absorb a text. You need to be able to focus... so learn to control your emotions and give yourself some space to think and take in all the details."


"It's true that psychology is more about understanding the human body and the mind, especially if you are taking a more academic approach.

But you know what, Rachel? Life is full of possibilities. Just because you're learning about psychology in this way doesn't mean that your whole career and all your experiences are confined to this one box. You can still bring your experiences to every other part of your life, and use your skills and education to benefit others in different ways, through psychology or not."

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