https://ideapod.com Expanding Minds, One Idea at a Time Tue, 25 Jul 2023 10:41:07 +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/if-youre-willing-to-do-these-things-your-life-is-bound-to-improve/ https://ideapod.com/if-youre-willing-to-do-these-things-your-life-is-bound-to-improve/#respond Mon, 24 Jul 2023 14:00:03 +0000 https://ideapod.com/?p=176181 Do you feel like you’re stuck in a rut?  Life could be feeling somewhat stagnant this summer. You go to work, come home, spend time with family and friends, run errands, have Netflix nights, only to rinse and repeat.  Nothing feels exciting anymore, and you seem to have lost your passion for life. 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It could be that you felt like you were a bit of an outsider at school—or even in your own family.  Maybe you feel you should have been born during a different time.  Feeling like an outsider isn’t a bad thing at all. In […]]]> https://ideapod.com/signs-your-personality-goes-against-the-grain/feed/ 0 https://ideapod.com/why-are-hollywood-workers-striking-and-how-will-it-impact-the-industry/ https://ideapod.com/why-are-hollywood-workers-striking-and-how-will-it-impact-the-industry/#respond Thu, 20 Jul 2023 14:00:21 +0000 https://ideapod.com/?p=175596 The writer’s strike that has been happening in Hollywood since May 2 has officially become the writer and actor strike, and it’s become one of the biggest Hollywood strikes in history. It’s the first joint strike between the actors and writers in more than six decades. It’s also the first joint walkout since 1980.  But what […]]]> https://ideapod.com/why-are-hollywood-workers-striking-and-how-will-it-impact-the-industry/feed/ 0 https://ideapod.com/signs-your-partner-is-an-emotionally-draining-person/ https://ideapod.com/signs-your-partner-is-an-emotionally-draining-person/#respond Mon, 17 Jul 2023 14:00:31 +0000 https://ideapod.com/?p=175402 No relationship is perfect. But I believe a romantic partner should add to our lives—not be the be-all and end-all.  They also shouldn’t take away from our lives either. Of course there will be disagreements, but being with a significant other shouldn’t make us feel like our emotional and physical energy is constantly being zapped. 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Maybe it’s because we’re questioning labels and expanding our vernacular on how we psychologically define ourselves.  An HSP—a highly sensitive person—is a term that might be having a moment in current cultural climate, but it’s actually been around since the […]]]> https://ideapod.com/unmistakeable-signs-youre-an-hsp/feed/ 0 https://ideapod.com/what-is-propelling-the-protests-in-france/ https://ideapod.com/what-is-propelling-the-protests-in-france/#respond Wed, 12 Jul 2023 14:00:49 +0000 https://ideapod.com/?p=174789 Major protests in France are going into their third week now with no end in sight.  The country had just been getting past the widespread demonstrations that were going strong at the beginning of the year over the pension reform bill. In the latest protests, thousands of people have been arrested.  But what ignited the […]]]> https://ideapod.com/what-is-propelling-the-protests-in-france/feed/ 0