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Sex, Power, and the Dating Marketplace (Part 1): How We Lost the Art of Relationship-Building
Kimmy Wu Kimmy Wu

Sex, Power, and the Dating Marketplace (Part 1): How We Lost the Art of Relationship-Building

Modern dating has become an exhausting, high-stakes game. Swipe-based apps, algorithms, curated profiles, and endless relationship “rules” from self-help gurus have turned what used to be an organic process of connection into a transactional exchange—where people treat love like a marketplace, measuring value based on looks, status, and rigid “pros and cons” lists.

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Why “Never Settle” Might Be Keeping You Single
Kimmy Wu Kimmy Wu

Why “Never Settle” Might Be Keeping You Single

“Never settle” is a commonly used phrase that’s meant to empower people. However, this article explores the narcissistic side of this mentality, as well as the harmful and unrealistic expectations it creates in modern dating.

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Break Free from Sexual Shame in a World of Taboo
Kimmy Wu Kimmy Wu

Break Free from Sexual Shame in a World of Taboo

We live in a world where sex is simultaneously overexposed and deeply taboo, leaving many struggling with feelings of inadequacy, guilt, and even fear around their sexuality. This blog explores the origins of sexual shame and offers a path towards healing and reclaiming sexual well-being.

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Startup Therapy? Why Co-Founders Belong in the Therapist's Office
Kimmy Wu Kimmy Wu

Startup Therapy? Why Co-Founders Belong in the Therapist's Office

Starting a business with someone is a big commitment. You're bound together in a high-stakes and intensely intimate relationship—with shared dreams, financial entanglements, and the inevitable clash of personalities. Like romantic partnerships, co-founder relationships can benefit immensely from therapeutic interventions.

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In Unity, May We Find Hope
Kimmy Wu Kimmy Wu

In Unity, May We Find Hope

As I recently began to create this website and blog, I had many thoughts on the different ideas and topics I would write about. However, nothing else felt more reflective of my professional identity nor appropriate to me than to publish an entry on my reflection on the current state of our country as my first blog post…

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Untamed: Liberation from Self-Subjugation
Kimmy Wu Kimmy Wu

Untamed: Liberation from Self-Subjugation

In my quest to make meaning of humanity's bleak but relentless existence, explained as the emergence of a random interplay of chemicals and gases by modern science, if you will, I somehow found myself meditating in the middle of the White Desert. To think that if I had changed any of the smallest to biggest decisions I'd ever made, I might have missed the serenity experienced at this moment, so beautifully captured by my friend, Calvin.

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