{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"choosingme.co.ke","provider_url":"https:\/\/choosingme.co.ke","author_name":"pri nasieku","author_url":"https:\/\/choosingme.co.ke\/index.php\/author\/prinasieku\/","title":"How We Lie to Ourselves - choosingme.co.ke","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"EPwkqcIN5Q\"><a href=\"https:\/\/choosingme.co.ke\/index.php\/how-we-lie-to-ourselves\/\">How We Lie to Ourselves<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/choosingme.co.ke\/index.php\/how-we-lie-to-ourselves\/embed\/#?secret=EPwkqcIN5Q\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;How We Lie to Ourselves&#8221; &#8212; choosingme.co.ke\" data-secret=\"EPwkqcIN5Q\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/choosingme.co.ke\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/choosingme.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Picsart_25-03-10_16-39-08-533.jpg","thumbnail_width":1524,"thumbnail_height":2046,"description":"The easiest person to lie to is yourself. It\u2019s weird how easy it is. You don\u2019t even have to try hard. No big performance. No convincing tone. Just\u2026 look away from the truth for a second, and boom\u2014lie accepted. I tell myself I\u2019m okay when I\u2019m falling apart. I say it doesn\u2019t matter when it &hellip;"}