The Reality of Health Anxiety
The day begins with you waking up and noticing a new bruise that you didn’t have before. It’s strange, but you ultimately decide to brush…
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The Curse of Virality
In the age of quick fixes and instant gratification, building something that lasts is daunting. Has the internet killed personality? Sure, you have your chance…
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Pretty Attached
Your beauty routine says more about you than you might think. Beyond your go-to lip combo or favorite blush placement, the way you approach beauty…
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Can We Relate To Punch The Monkey?
It’s Punch and his plushie against the world. If you didn’t know, Punch is a Japanese macaque who was abandoned and rejected by his mother…
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The Psychology of the Mirror Selfie
There is a moment before going out when everything feels possible. Your makeup is fresh, your outfit feels like a win and the night has not tried you…
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Trailer Music?
There are times when a movie trailer is great. The scenes chosen work, the suspense builds and the title screen works wonders. Those trailers, like…
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Yummy, Karma
This writer recently watched the horror film “Weapons.” The story is centered around a community that loses a whole classroom of students but one. As…
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The Spotlight Effect
There’s a psychological phenomenon that explains why when you trip on the divet in the sidewalk, you feel like everyone is staring, pointing and laughing….
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Sad Songs: Cathartic or Cursed?
Whether it’s Phoebe Bridgers or Etta James, we all have our go to songs or artists that know how to hit us where it hurts….
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The Placebo Effect
The brain is more powerful than we know. Our subconscious consists of inert knowledge of no known origin, yet also blind and impulsive desires. Once…
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Airport Kind of Love
It’s that time of year again when airports start to fill to the brim and you’re rushing to your gate after a last-minute change. It’s…
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Invasion of the Body Snatcher
No, VALLEY isn’t talking about the 1978 horror film. The movie genre, however, is precisely what this article dives into: body horror. Specifically, films where…
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Class is in Session: First Impressions
First impressions that people have of you are important to how your relationship with them plays out. While not every first impression is perfect, trying…
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The Firstborn Fray
Have you ever dealt with the suffocating sense of duty that comes with being the firstborn in your family? Maybe you’ve been delegated the task…
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The Change Theory
Alexa, play The Longest Wave by Red Hot Chili Peppers. On a day to day basis, we ride the wave of life full of many…
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Why I’m So Obsessed With Me
Who am I? It’s a question as old as time, but methods for introspection are evolving past pure psychology.
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Scrapbooking Your Life Through Perfumes
As your hand gently slides across the lids of your favorite bottles on your mirrored perfume tray, you contemplate the scent that you will adorn…
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The Post-grad “Scaries”: How To Manage Your Career Anxiety
I remember my first day of sophomore year very clearly. I walked into my introductory Public Relations class, found an empty spot and scanned the…
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How Certain Songs Stick with Us for Life
Have you ever found yourself singing along to a song and realized you haven’t heard it in years? There’s a good chance that you probably…
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Let’s Talk About the Red Nail Theory
The power is in the hand, or at least in the nails that is. When pampering themselves, people like to get a manicure to make…
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