Don't beat yourself up
Depression, Mindset

Don’t beat yourself up after mistakes. Do this instead

When you are trying to reach a goal, quit a bad habit, or change any unwanted behavior, setbacks and relapses are part of the process. But being too hard on yourself, overly self-critical, or beating yourself up makes things worse. It’s a common misperception that feeling bad about relapsing is a way of holding yourself accountable and will help you…

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Change-mindset
Goals, Mindset

This is why your life will never change

There are two very common mindsets that will leave you powerless in the face of life’s challenges and depression and stop you from ever creating change in your life. I’m talking about the victim mindset and the martyr mindset. I say ‘creating change’ because a lot of people, I am (still from time to time) one of them, allow external…

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Gratitude
Depression, Mindset

Think you have nothing to be grateful for? Read this

Do you have trouble finding things to be grateful for when life is hard? Sometimes things can be so hard for us, or we get so caught up in our “problems”, that we don’t see how blessed we are, or we “forget” all the amazing opportunities we have to feel gratitude every day. Sometimes, especially in western countries, we focus…

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