Step 1: Welcome the worry thoughts concerning criticism and invite them to have a seat. I imagine that you’re thinking. “What??? I’m trying to stop worrying about other people’s opinions, and now you’re telling me to invite them in?” I know this sounds...
<span style=”font-weight: 400;”>There are people who you come across online with whom you immediately feel comfortable and trust. They somehow naturally embody that “Know, Like and Trust” factor that you hear about everywhere as soon when you begin...
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....
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...
Our everyday lives are full of distractions, temptations, and stressors that can lead us astray from our goals and what we hope to achieve. Distractions can be as small as the smartphone buzzing and beeping face up on our desk to as emotionally charged as the pain and...
“True belonging doesn’t require you to change who you are; it requires you to be who you are.” -Brene Brown Rejection hurts in the same way that physical pain hurts. It’s a proven fact. Research studies using fMRI technology to look at the brain have actually...