We’ve all been there—leaning into a magnified compact mirror, zeroing in on every pore and tiny flaw. But what happens when we step back to …

There’s an old saying: “Once you get fancy, fancy gets broken.” It’s a reminder that the more elaborate and polished we try to make something, the more …

Archetypes involving beauty often reflect deep, symbolic meanings related to transformation, identity, power, and inner truth. These archetypes appear in myths, stories, art, and psychology, …

In “Ode on a Grecian Urn”, John Keats leaves us with a thought-provoking conclusion: “Beauty is truth, truth beauty.” But what does that really mean? In a …

In the realm of philosophy, Leo Gura of Actualized dives deep into solipsism—the idea that every person we meet is actually ourselves, hiding behind different …

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Have you ever considered that the pressure to change may not come from the mirror but from those looking at you? Society has a way …