The short answer is: it depends, and that nuance could matter enormously.
If you are in a situation where it would be dangerous for your partner, family member, or anyone else to discover that you are seeking help, or even that you consider yourself a victim of abuse, then talking to IDAS may not be the safe first step you think it is. Here’s why.
We’ve all seen them — inspirational quotes on pretty backgrounds scattered across our Instagram feeds, promising that with the right mindset, we can overcome anything. They offer a small serotonin hit while doom-scrolling, but here’s the problem: they treat adversity as a single mountain to climb. One big obstacle. One great triumph.
If only our problems were that simple.
It takes a country music legend appearing as a hologram aboard a 25th century starship to remind us of something timeless.
In The Orville, Dolly Parton, appearing as a simulated version of herself, shares a piece of wisdom drawn from her own life:
“If you do the right thing in the here and now, the future has a way of taking care of itself.”
It’s the kind of line that could only land the way it does because it comes from someone who has actually lived it. And the fact that it resonates just as powerfully in a sci-fi setting, centuries from now, says everything about how universal the idea really is.
So let’s sit with it for a moment. Because in the midst of our daily struggles, the anxiety, the uncertainty, the constant hum of what if, it might be exactly what we need to hear.
Rising from the ashes of Musical.ly the short video social network TikTok is an unstoppable machine with over 1 billion users in 150 countries. In terms of user engagement TikTok is incredible, Jennifer Lopez has 45 million followers on Twitter and a video posted there got “just” 2 million views, the same video on TikTok to her mere 5 million followers garnered 71 million views! The magical AI powered algorithms of TikTok combined with the incredibly addictive nature of the app itself makes TikTok a force to be reckoned with that is popular with everyone regardless of age, gender, or orientation – there is a corner of TikTok for everyone. But the question all parents are asking themselves, is TikTok safe?
I have long been a person who was unhappy with the status quo of high street banks, they lacked vision and innovation. Furthermore they are slow and cumbersome thanks to deep rooted tradition and procedure from a bygone era of banking that grew from ledger books, cheques, and carbon paper. The advent of modern “fintech” so called challenger banks was a welcome breath of fresh air, however I am learning that with that breath of fresh air comes some downsides, particularly when it comes to my experience with Starling Bank.
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