self help
Self help, because you are your greatest asset.
Notebooks and a cup of tea
Let’s be real, notebooks have been taken for granted for years. I won’t say they are more convenient, easier to carry around and faster than a smartphone, but if you’re anything like me, they will make you a thousand times more productive than your phone — or laptop for that matter.
By Lara Hayes5 years ago in Motivation
Wild Child
My mother told me that when I was just a little girl I was more like a ball of fire. I’ve always been on the run- busy as can be and with a need to be moving at least 10 miles per hour even while trying to sit still. A very picturesque poster child of a Sagittarius- a true wild child.
By Isabelle Amato5 years ago in Motivation
2 Months and 4 Days
I accompanied my dad to a fourth of July house party. As we were in route to the location, there was the biggest, brightest, and most colorful rainbow that I had ever seen. The rainbow literally saturated the sky from one side to the other. The very first thing I said was, "Daddy, look!" My dad said, "Hhmmmm that one is really bright."
By Shirley Gammage5 years ago in Motivation
Ways To Get Back Up After A Major Failure
Dissect the Situation and Understand What Went Wrong In most circumstances, failure doesn’t simply seem out of the blues. Failure is a direct result of one thing you probably did or did not do—both you didn’t put together sufficient, you neglected some essential components, you took too massive a threat, or perhaps you trusted somebody you shouldn’t have.
By JAYESH KUKREJA5 years ago in Motivation
Turning on the Lights
Sitting in the dark, figuratively speaking, feels like anxiety, fear, stress, and sorrow, to name a few. It can manifest in either chaos or stoicism. Regardless of how you manifest sitting in the dark, it is always disempowering. It can often lead to more stress, anger, and overwhelm if not complete apathy, self-pity, and resignation.
By Melancholic Mama5 years ago in Motivation
How The Gym Helped Me
There are many different hobbies and activities that help people relieve stress and that help them find happiness or peace in their life. What helped me find that inner peace and relieve stress was the gym. I never had a healthy diet nor did I ever include the idea of a simple exercise in my daily life. I always felt tired, I always felt bad about myself, my image, and I despised the way that I looked. I never liked taking pictures of myself, nor with anyone else, that being friends, family, or anyone else at all. My self esteem was so low that all I would put my focus on was work and school, nothing else, not even myself. I didn’t know how to love myself, how to put myself first and give myself the time and love that I needed to make myself feel better about myself. One day, I came across this girls Instagram page. She was all about fitness and helping women feel good about themselves no matter what size. I had followed her for so long until I finally decided to take a chance and ask her to be my fitness coach. That’s when, thanks to her, I realized that my love and passion for the gym is what I needed to help me learn how to love myself.
By Andrea Minjarez5 years ago in Motivation
I Had a Bone Infection in my Face and Didn't Know it.
I had been practicing as a Massage Therapist for 5 years and business was booming. I decided to build a practice on my own so that I had as much freedom as I wanted. It was a lot of work but it was paying off. I was teaching anatomy at a local Massage College, teaching infant massage classes to new moms and dads to promote bonding with their babies, and helping pregnant women as a Doula (birth coach). I was incredibly busy. But busy doesn’t mean happy. I was sick. All. The. Time. Throat, eye, mouth, lung, bladder infections. Scrapes took forever to heal. Pain…. all over the place. I always had something. But every time I went to the doctor or a specialist I was deemed healthier than average. I just assumed that I was weak. Besides feeling like crap all the time I didn’t have a particular reason to be unhappy. I had a wonderful family, great boyfriend, we recently bought an apartment, I had gotten a new car a couple of years before and had just gotten back from a trip to Holland to visit extended family. It felt like I had all of this great stuff but I didn’t really want any of it. I would tell someone about things I was up to and they’d they would say “Wow! That’s so great”. All I would think was “Is it? I guess so…”
By Liana Hilland5 years ago in Motivation
Change is Challenging
Life is ever-changing and sometimes one does not feel that they live up to their own expectations. It is best to realize that life is only what you make of it and to always do your best in any endeavor. The world is in constant change. One must choose to adapt or fall into a rut. The choices are your own. However, how does one begin to change their self?
By Tonya Mowan5 years ago in Motivation
Motivation for the Holidays
Its 2020 folks. The blows have all been under the belts. This year has been nothing but rounds of “Hold my beer” moments, with each situation growing worse as the time passes. With such a tumultuous year for world events, I am sure everyone has lost someone or knows somebody who has lost someone.
By Kayla Simpson5 years ago in Motivation
When your hobby is no longer relaxing
It’s probably mid-January and you just don’t feel it anymore. There are project bags in a few areas; more than you’d like to see and you’d cringe at the number if you actually counted them. You have a to-do list that you’ve written, re-organized, divided up and re-written two or three times now. Some of those projects are almost complete! But you know it will be awhile before anything gets crossed off. Where did all that motivation go?
By Rachel L. Reges5 years ago in Motivation
7 Reasons Why You Should Be You
Take a moment, look into the mirror and be completely honest here. Are you really being true to yourself or do you allow outside influencers to tell you who they think you are or who you need to be? Do you truly know yourself from the inside and out? If not, then it's time you set the stage, lay out some boundaries for yourself and stick with them always. There's no reason whatsoever to become what others want you to be. You need to live and breathe only for yourself and no one else. You also need to establish your own path and not become distracted by the outside world. The real you is the best you.
By Kathy Lester5 years ago in Motivation
