The free will is the trend of Tikok and therapists who agree

I am a blunt person. So no disrespect for 2025, but it does not correspond to my expectations at all. This year, Rocky, as the majority of the country decided, started choosing a convicted criminal than our president. The administration then censored the resources of reproductive rights. And in recent times our national parks are determined. To mention unnecessarily that my hope is low. But a new Tikok trend has restored some light and lightness into my world and reminded me that I still have control over the little things in life.

A quick scroll in the Clock app and you will find that users publish clips of themselves who remember that they have “free will” and decide to do something that enjoys them. A few of my favorites: This girl slides Matcha through a crazy straw for children, “victorious” Star Daniella Monet, which asks for a whole cucumber, and this icon, which bought a massage table so that her husband could give her spa treatments during her luteal and menstruation phases. (I will train this last use of free will as soon as possible.

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Natalie Jones, Psyd, is a licensed psychotherapist and advisory board for the Condition Center from PS.

Why is the free will trend? It could only be your standard trend cycle, but my guess is that everyone is looking for small opportunities to feel more about your life at the moment. Since our days are increasingly flooded with the negative (e.g. news, politics, natural disasters), it is an easy way to use the positive.

It is a memory that there are no rules in each of our individual life.

“I think it is empowering and enables people to feel safer to make decisions for themselves,” says Natalie Jones, Psyd, licensed psychotherapist and consultant for PS 'Condition Center. “It enables a person to believe that they have control of creating life they want and that they do nothing or have to expose themselves that they don't want.”

Dr. Jones tries to emphasize this ideology in her therapy style Rogerian Therapy. “Essentially, the premise for this therapy style is that customers know the decisions they want to make in life. However, they hesitate to meet them because they feel like they need approval or reassurance,” she explains. “While I support my customers, I also assure you that you can make decisions without consent. I think this therapy style helps to relieve oppression with which customers are confronted.”

In other words, the free will is approved by therapists. It is certain that it is free and can open your eyes and the world to the chances and small joys that we are desperately long for. It is a memory that there are no rules in each of our individual life. Joy and grief can coexist. And life is hard enough without you being hard for yourself.

So if you look with the world next time, focus on small joys that you can control. Paint your room that you have provided with a bookmark on Pinterest. Eat the cinnamon snail for breakfast. Buy the challenge pad for which you “have no place”.

Lean in the free will – and hopefully the rest of your world will also limit itself a little less.

Alexis Jones is the Senior Health and Fitness Editor at PS. Her specialist areas include the health and fitness of women, mental health, racial and ethnic differences in healthcare and chronic illnesses. Before she came to PS, she was a senior editor at Health Magazine. You can find your other Bylines in women's health, prevention, Marie Claire and more.