4 exercises that can help. Think of something you intended to do but ended up doing something else. Maybe you intended to speak calmly to your partner. Instead, you ended up throwing verbal punches. Maybe you intended to build a serious relationship with someone. Instead, you ended up going to late-night parties every night. Conjure …
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Why You Need to Believe in Yourself to Actualize a Successful Life
Lesson on the power of your belief in yourself from an experiment in the 1990s. In an experiment conducted from the 1990s, a group of Asian-American women were asked to take a math test. Two popular stereotypes came into play. The first was the expectation that Asians are good at math. The second was the …
Surviving Your Emotions in COVID-19 Times
You are not unproductive for pulling over, resting, and waiting. You cannot keep driving down the highway if something blocks your vision. Right now, being productive means refraining our dramatically changed goals. These days, I slumber in my soft blanket for hours -without doing anything. Every time I try to think of an article idea, …
Go All In On Gratitude
Because there is always, always something to be thankful for. No matter how good or terrible we have it right now, we must wake up each day thankful for our lives, because someone, somewhere is desperately fighting for theirs. Do you know what loss feels like? I have smelled it. I have sniffed at it. …
Soothe Your Crippling Emotions In Dark Times
“You can’t heal what you can’t feel. ” – Dr. Edith Eva Eger Feelings are fierce and wild. They don’t take well to anyone trying to domesticate them. They are impetuous. And their sole job is to make themselves heard. Are you marching through the crisis of the coronavirus pandemic stoically, your heart neatly sealed, …