Fear is a perfectly normal and healthy emotion that is essential to your survival. It protects from danger and can even be helpful in certain situations if “used” wisely. Unfortunately, fear and anxiety, in overwhelming, sustained doses, can be absolutely paralyzing. These two emotions can hijack your thoughts, stress your soul and make you want…
We need mental toughness today now more than ever, not just to survive but to flourish. Self-monitoring is a kind of self-awareness that develops mental toughness and resilience. What is mental toughness? According to Mental Toughness Inc., “Mental toughness is the ability to resist, manage and overcome doubts, worries, concerns and circumstances that prevent you from…
Imagine being fully in charge of your life and reaching a level of personal freedom where you only have yourself to answer to. Imagine dreaming, setting, and achieving goals. Being independent and practicing personal autonomy is a dream that few people seem to achieve. But, personal autonomy is more than just focusing on you and…
Some people know what they want and are determined to make it happen no matter what. They’re ambitious; driven. And will work nights and weekends – even holidays – to achieve their goals, while others are okay with dreaming and drifting, accepting whatever life hands them, and hoping for the best along the way. Why…
The only way to make progress in life is to make decisions. But that’s harder than it sounds unless you’re making little decisions. When making big decisions, sometimes you think you have everything figured out and know what to do. Easy. But there are times when knowing what to do can be a real struggle…
Eleanor Roosevelt said, “Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.” Everyone makes mistakes. But only a fool keeps repeating the same ones. It’s not that we make mistakes that matters but what we do about them. Mistakes can either break us or build us; block our…
We hear the words “gratitude” and “thanksgiving” so much that I wonder if they’ve become little more than self-help platitudes and warm-sounding seasonal cliches. Have we lost a meaningful appreciation for the true spirit of thankfulness and gratitude? And what do they really mean anyway, aren’t they the same thing? Emotion And Attitude Gratitude comes…
Everybody has “stuff” to deal with. For some, it might be money worries, relationship problems, parenting challenges, etc. You name it; everyone is going through something. Life isn’t easy. Imagine how life would be if we were more patient, gracious, understanding, and kind, and much less critical and judgmental because we’re in this together; everybody…
Have your levels of worry, stress, and sadness been rising? If so, you’re not alone. Negative feelings have been rising since 2011, and, according to Julie Ray, managing editor for world news at Gallup, 2021 the data reveals people are now experiencing more negative experiences and less joy. According to an NBC news poll earlier this year, 87% of people said…
Life isn’t always easy. Okay… it’s hardly ever easy. It’s easy to avoid dealing with painful and uncomfortable thoughts and feelings. We procrastinate by overanalyzing, rethinking, over-thinking, second-guessing, or falling into passive-aggressive behaviors. These are a few common coping mechanisms we use to avoid facing problems that we know we’ll have to face sooner or…
