For someone who is generally a pretty happy person, going through periods of depression and anxiety was always really concerning for me. (I imagine it’s the same for anyone going through it.) I felt like I was doing something wrong, or like there was inherently something wrong with me; like I was broken. But I’ve …
Why My Relationship with Social Media is Changing
Over the last couple of months, I have made it a point to be on social media less and less. Last week I decided to take it one step further and make that break more permanent. I deleted the apps from my phone, and purposefully haven’t checked anything, just as an experiment. What I realized, …
How to Use Your Intuition to Make Decisions
Our intuition, can be used to make the biggest decisions of our lives, and even daily decisions like what to eat, what to wear, how to exercise, and so on. This internal guidance system can be a great tool, if we learn how to listen to it and trust it. Knowing how to use your …
What is Intuition and How Does it Benefit Us
Have you, or someone you know, ever said “I’m following my gut” when making a decision? Or have you ever heard the phrase “that still small voice”? Both of these are referring to what is known as our intuition. But what is intuition and how can we use it to make our lives better? How …
What is Free Writing and How Do You Do It
Have you ever heard of something called “free writing”? It’s a process that some people use to work through decisions, to gain clarity, or to clear out the mental clutter from time to time. The process itself isn’t hard to do, but it can be difficult for some to get started. If you can get …
Why Being Able to Laugh at Yourself is Important
Ask yourself these questions and really think about the answers: How would you react if you were walking around a store and when you got to the register the cashier pointed to your shirt and said, “You might want to button that back up”? Unbeknownst to you, you had been walking around the store with …
Time IS money, Use it Wisely
Time is money. Often, we see that phrase and think, “If I’m wasting time, then I’m losing money”. But I offer you an alternative thought: “Time IS money”. It’s the currency we exchange for the things that we deem most important. To take this one step further, money is simply an outward sign of our …
Why Setting Boundaries is Important
When we think of boundaries, we often think of a fence that keeps things out, or that keeps things in – animals, people, etc. An emotional boundary is the same thing. It keeps other people’s baggage, negativity, and unresolved issues from getting in to you, and it keeps your energy from going out to them. …
I’ll Be Happy When
What are your feelings of happiness based on? Is it something that is happening right now? Or are they based on something that you hope will happen in the future? ”I’ll be happy when I lose weight. I’ll be happy when I get a promotion. I’ll be happy when I get a significant other (or …
12 Ideas to Help You Stop Worrying
In one of his Instagram posts, Jason Dzamba (@jasondzamba) asked the question, “How would you describe 2020 in one word?” My word for this year was transition. For a lot of people, their word for the year would be something more like, stressful, hard, depressing, or trying. For the majority of people, there have been …