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When Your Body Is Telling You To Turn The Stress Level Down
I am starting to get overstressed. I can tell because this past week I slept poorly on several nights and woke up in the morning with butterflies in my stomach and tenseness in my shoulders. During the day, I’ve noticed a constant feeling of tightness in my chest....
Identity-Based Habits: An Easier Way to Reach Your Goals
Imagine a goal you want to achieve. Have you got it in your mind? Now flesh it out in really concrete terms, and imagine that you’ve achieved it. Answer this question: How do you know that you achieved it? For me, the goal that I recently achieved was to lose...
It’s Hard to Say “Yes” When You Don’t Feel Empowered to Say “No”
Someone recently texted me and asked me to do a favor for them. It was a relatively small favor as far as favors go, but I noticed that I had a strong urge not to respond at all. I felt like playing possum and pretending that I hadn’t seen the message and ignoring it....
(Video) Stop Beating Yourself Up and Apologize!
The other day, I was on a sales call with a potential client. I made a mistake that I felt really stupid about. It wasn’t a big mistake. What happened is that I showed up late for the call, and I ended up beating myself up and feeling flustered as a result. More...
Staying Strong Mentally in the Midst of Life-Threatening Illnesses and Uncertainty: An Interview with My Friend, Morgan Mcginnis
Sometimes I wonder how other people get through difficult times and still maintain a positive mindset. I wonder because I am an anxious person, and when I’m really stressed my mind often turns first to worst case scenarios in the hopes that by exhaustively running...
Being a Solopreneur Can Be Lonely: Here’s What Helps Me Through It.
Sometimes I think that loneliness is a bad word in our society. To say that we feel lonely seems like an admission to being defective or different than all of our friends and neighbors who are posting beautiful photos on Facebook and Instagram. (So not true!) I want...
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