Published in About Me Stories·PinnedMember-onlyAbout Me — Bensu CangülerI am an overthinker, dreamer, and creative writer. I owe everything in my life to writing. — Hi, I’m Bensu and 28 years old. I’ve been working to be a writer since I was a kid. This was an instinctive thing. After meeting all kinds of pencils, I realized they were opening the doors to a new world for me. At 8, I started writing stories I…Introduction3 min read
Published in Change Your Mind Change Your Life·PinnedMember-onlyI’m a Highly Sensitive Person — 5 Self-Care Practice For HSP PersonalityA guide for sensitive people in our fast and furious modern world — I was 20 when I realized, seven years ago, that any external stimulus was driving me insane. It took me this long to realize this because I had convinced myself that living in a congested city would be difficult and unpleasant. However, when I looked around, I noticed that most…Self6 min read
Published in Mind Cafe·PinnedMember-only5 Science-Backed Behaviors Behind the Consistent Success of Optimistic PeopleDust off your perspective and live life through the eyes of an optimist. — Every time I talk to optimists, I realize they are looking at life from an aspect that I had never thought of before. Life is black or white for me. I don’t like to notice gray areas because grays are always ambiguous to me. But for optimistic people, gray areas…Life7 min read
Published in The Writing Cooperative·PinnedMember-only9 Websites That Improved My Writing Skills in 2020All the tools that made me gain my author self-confidence in 2020 — 2020 was the year I left my comfort zone as a writer. This year I started writing articles in English. Article writers in a language other than their native language understand me. Mastering another language’s words is like walking through a mine. …Writing8 min read
Published in The Brave Writer·PinnedMember-only3 Common Features of The Most Read Articles#1 Tell people about your mistakes — We all know that writing is not a talent. Writing is a verb, literally. You can put your thoughts, ideas, and expertise on paper. For authorship, a unique world emerges. Yes, anyone can write. However, not everyone can be a talented writer because fiction is a personal world. It is…Writing6 min read
Published in Mystic Minds·9 hours agoMember-onlyHere’s How Dark Empaths Can Be Very DangerousDark empathy can make you feel guilty by playing with your emotions — Empathy is approaching people’s situations and all kinds of events with understanding. Empathetic people develop a deep understanding of every situation in life and know how to look at it from a larger perspective. Besides empathy, empaths are people with high emotional awareness, strong intuition, and sensitivity. Being an empath…Self Improvement6 min read
Published in Mystic Minds·2 days agoMember-only3 Warning Behaviors That Show You Reject Your Shadow Self#3 You fanatically defend every thought — It takes courage to look at our flaws, and many times we live assuming that the “misbehaviors” we see in others are not ourselves. This is not something we do consciously. It is the other side of ourselves waiting to be solved or discovered in our subconscious. Humans have yin…Spirituality7 min read
Published in Mystic Minds·6 days agoMember-only3 Inner Workings Before Reuniting on the Twin Flame JourneyWhy do we think we love our twin flame more than ourselves? — One of the hardest things to overcome on a twin flame journey is when romantic and amorous feelings overwhelm us. In the twin flame journey, the union will never happen if the more feminine energy cannot get out of the love bubble and continue chasing the twin flame helplessly. Because…Spirituality5 min read
Published in Mystic Minds·Aug 8Member-only3 Intuitive Empath Secrets You Never KnewEverything doesn’t have to be obvious — How Do You Develop a Deeper Relationship With Empaths? As I mentioned in my article, empaths are sensitive people who can process feelings and emotions intensely. While always seeing what is below the surface and their deeper understanding can make life difficult for them, it also brings the intense experiences…Empathy5 min read
Published in Change Your Mind Change Your Life·Jul 21Member-onlyHow Accepting My Vulnerability as an Introvert Made Me a More Confident PersonVulnerability is like walking on glass. When you accept, you are free from all your fears — I remember a very striking memory from when I first started primary school. I was a friendly kid. I used to fill my pockets with lots of colorful beads from my grandma’s house, and I loved giving them to my new friends. It was the way for an 8-year-old to…Introvert8 min read