https://ideapod.com Expanding Minds, One Idea at a Time Wed, 26 Jul 2023 18:22:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 https://ideapod.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-Ideapod-favicon-32x32.png https://ideapod.com 32 32 https://ideapod.com/people-who-are-secretly-insecure-often-use-these-words-or-phrases/ https://ideapod.com/people-who-are-secretly-insecure-often-use-these-words-or-phrases/#respond Thu, 27 Jul 2023 07:00:48 +0000 https://ideapod.com/?p=176517 We all feel insecure sometimes. Things don’t always go our way, and even the most self-confident among us can sometimes have doubts about where we stand. But many people keep their insecurities hidden very well. 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