Achieve self-mastery; become the person you want to be; create the life you desire.
When life gets tough and things seem insurmountable, there’s something inside all of us that helps us keep going. Like a superpower that keeps us strong in the face of adversity, and helps us get back up when life knocks us down. That superpower is our inner strength (or resilience). Challenges, failures, and hardships are inevitable. But it is our…
There are certain behaviors that make my social anxiety go through the roof. This includes alcohol, sugar, not working out… and not telling the truth. For the longest time, I didn’t think I could do anything about that anxiety. I thought it was just “the way I am”: nervous, sweaty, shaky, constantly nauseous… And, as a result, avoidant of people…
Feeling overwhelmed again? How do you get yourself out of a downward spiral and pull yourself back up? The problem when you finally regain “control” over your life (after recovering from depression, for example), is that it is no guarantee that you won’t have to do it all again. Or that you won’t feel overwhelmed again, later down the road.…
During periods of stress, the first thing I stop doing is taking care of myself and my basic needs. Even the most basic elements of self-care, like, you know, feeding myself, take second (more like fourth or fifth) place after all the other things I “have” to do. Do that long enough and you may start forgetting what you need…
When you are in the midst of a cycle of negativity, it often feels like you are going to stay there forever. The good news is, you don’t have to stay there, and you certainly don’t have to “wait it out” either. You actually have power over your thoughts and your current state of mind. Way more than you think.…