self help
Self help, because you are your greatest asset.
Courage
Brene Brown is one of my favourite humans in the entire world. I mean that. She came into my life via a Netflix special she did called “A Call To Courage.” It was a brilliant talk within which she touched on several different topics, including her trademark dissection of shame, bravery, courage and vulnerability. If you’ve ever listened to her TED Talks, podcast or seen her on Super Soul Sundays on the OWN Network, you’ll know that Brene is extremely funny, incredibly smart, a total academic and a great teacher. There was a line she said in the special (well there were several, really) but this was one that really stood out to me. She was talking about what she had learned after 20 years of research on courage, vulnerability and bravery and she said “if you’re brave with your life, (if) you choose to live in the arena, you’re going to get your assed kicked. You are going to fall, you are going to fail; you are going to know heartbreak. It’s a choice.” She then went on to describe her definition of vulnerability which she says is not about winning or losing. “It’s having the courage to show up when you can’t control the outcome.”
By Whitney Smart5 years ago in Motivation
Let's Take a Hike
You have so much to be thankful for. Take a minute before your start and breathe in the cool mountain air, hold it, now breathe out. Again. Allow yourself to feel the air filling your lungs, take in the notes of pine or sage. The way that it feels clean, and cold. The way that cold air actually has a scent. Roll your neck down, eyes closed, feeling the burn as you lengthen tight muscles. Three deep breaths. Now allow your head to gently stretch down towards your right shoulder, now your left. Feel the way that it loosens the band that runs down the side of your neck, through the shoulder and down towards your shoulder blade. Now stretch your arms straight up and over your head linking your hands, cold fingertips touching, feeling the muscles burn a little bit through the triceps. Now lower your hands and clasp them behind you back, rolling your shoulders back and feeling this open and stretch the chest. Lastly, steady yourself on a tree or fence or the hood of your car and bring your foot up behind you and grasp your right ankle in you right hand, allowing your quads to stretch. Gently holding for five seconds as you listen to the quiet rustle of forest animals, the tweeting of birds all around as they go about their business repeating their simple call. Lower your right foot, steady yourself and repeat with the left. Allowing this simple stretch to prepare your body and mind to be cleared of worries and doubts, stress and sorrow.
By Amber Nelson5 years ago in Motivation
A simple trick that helped me through the toughest time of my life
Not too long ago, I found myself going through what can only be described as an awful ‘rough patch’. It took a toll on my mental health to the point where I had started to research ways to end my own life. I had given up and accepted that maybe a way out doesn’t sound too bad.
By Santy5 years ago in Motivation
Rationality, the best way to avoid bad decisions, stress, depression and anxiety
The Importance of Making Rational Decisions. The Importance of making rational decisions and actions is just too great when we look at the consequences of what bad decisions can bring, and most importantly when we are able to measure the consequences of making rational decisions versus making wrong decisions.
By Chris Franklin5 years ago in Motivation
Dear Future Me
Today you’re 23 years old and in the future you may be 30 years old, you may be 40 years old, you may be 60 years old or you may even be close to 90 years old. You get the idea. However, no matter what age you become to be as you surpass each year, remember who you are, never give up and never let your hopes down. Always keep moving forward each and every single day until the last. Remember things will get better! Here’s some ideas to keep you moving forward through the hard time’s: write in a journal just like you are today, on August 15, 2020. Try listening to different types of music,find you’re safe place. I would suggest watching a movie and no matter what age you become do your own make up, it’s relaxing! Basically, future me, there is so much out there in the world that you can do to get your mind off stuff no matter what it may be. I’m very excited to see what positivity will bring into your life as year’s pass by. Keep dreaming BIG! Keep going for things that make you happy because ultimately at the end of the day if you’re not happy NO ONE is gonna be happy for you.
By Brittany Leanne5 years ago in Motivation
Re-Reading My Old Diaries
My mother was an avid keeper of journals. Sometimes I would see them strewn about the house; an old notebook or a little, cute red diary. Sometimes I would take up journal writing as well, but never with the same enthusiasm as my mother. I had nothing against keeping diaries, and at times I even wished I would do it more. But I never felt satisfied after writing in my diary. It was a chore to me, a chore that I did repeatedly in hopes of bettering myself and my life in some way.
By Evie Meyer5 years ago in Motivation
A Predicament at Pearl’s Place
People are easy, more predictable the more chaotic they act. Take that guy over there for instance. This one leaning on the streetlamp post and smoking his cigarette. From the way he is dressed, to the place he is standing he wants you to think he is waiting for the bus. That bus does not come till 4:30PM, it is currently 3:47 and no one waits at a bus stop leaning on a lamppost. This guy is bored while he waits for a “client” to show up. He is dressed like a hipster met a LA version of a Harajuku street artist while he sips his Starbucks drink and acts preoccupied with his equally overpriced phone. He is dealing drugs. Heck, think about it a few seconds more and you can even tell what kind it is he is selling. Think longer about it, you will know what kind of client he is waiting on, how late they are, and how quickly this dealer will vacate the area after the deal is done. But it is not important. This person is just like thousands of others doing what they know to get by. This kid is just an example I am using to discuss how easy it is to analyze people.
By Carol Davis5 years ago in Motivation
Guide to Making a Decision
A decision is like choosing between butter or cream cheese on your bagel It may seem like there are only two option an either/or situation but there is more to it than that oversimplified version. You could choose not to put either on or both or choose jelly instead or even opt out the bagel for something more healthier. The possibilities are endless.
By Sabrina5 years ago in Motivation
When you begin to see YOU!
At this point in my life, I am realizing that there is always a calm before the storm that surges as a warning. As women, we tend to look for reasons to stay in a relationship in the hope that things will get better and we will finally get to experience the sweetness of love and patience we so desire. Only, it doesn’t happen. At least it didn’t happen to me.
By Zara Bolaky5 years ago in Motivation
