self help
Self help, because you are your greatest asset.
Love Thyself and Prosper
Many a time do we hear "love yourself" or "you are worthy of love" or similar suggestions to help us achieve a sense of stability and joy in our lives. But what does that really mean? Do we actually know how to do that? What does loving oneself actually look like? I've often spoken to people who are absolutely sure they love themselves to the fullest. They indulge in good food, buy nice clothes, have holidays, spend money on their looks etc. But looking from the outside it is more than obvious they are often trying to mask how they really feel on the inside.
By Clear-Eyed Rebel6 years ago in Motivation
The Do’s and Don’ts of Writing a Self-Help Book
Self-help literature is becoming more and more popular nowadays. In almost every bookshelf (both actual and online), the self-help section is always packed with plenty of options for the readers. Self-help books, in general, are books that are written for the purpose of instructing and helping people in solving personal problems and achieving certain goals. They talk about a wide range of topics, and they are sometimes referred to as the literature for self-improvement.
By Georgia Wilson6 years ago in Motivation
You Can Stop Your People Pleasing Habit With One Physics-Based Mindset Shift
It’s incredible how much we can hold ourselves back just by considering how others might perceive us. Sometimes I still find myself imagining what I look like “from the outside.” Growing up, I had formed a habit of hosting a mean, judgmental audience in my mind.
By Eve Berkovich6 years ago in Motivation
To be Black, a Woman and Insecure
You’re not as pretty as you think.” “Your ass is way too small.” “You could never look like those other girls.” “I can’t believe you thought he’d actually like you” These are just some of the thoughts that go through my head on a daily basis, as I am constantly attacked by this bitch named insecurity. Have you ever stopped and asked yourself “why the hell am i so damn insecure?” Well, I ask myself that question a lot. However, I’ve learned insecurity, no matter how much money you have or how beautiful you are is someone that will always be on your shoulders and whispering in your ear.
By Chey6 years ago in Motivation
INSECURITIES
Don’t get me wrong, I am not an insecure person. However, sometimes I do have some normal level of insecurities that most people tend to have. A big nose, not tall or short enough, too skinny or fat. But then, I am never worried about these things. I do not stay up losing sleep over them or get anxious about it. I was and has always been happy with myself, I see myself in good light, I feel beautiful, pretty and sexy.
By kenny adaba6 years ago in Motivation
Taking Responsibility for your Joy
Happiness is an unachievable goal in many people’s brains. Regardless of what’s done, it remains just out of reach. More often than not, this is solely because you must take charge of your own happiness rather than letting some other factor control it. Rather than allowing your state of mind to be governed by an external factor, why not make the variables internal? Positive attributes like independence, self-acceptance, agency, fulfillment, self-care, and potential emerge from the desire to govern one’s own joy.
By Mikkie Mills6 years ago in Motivation
Just Before Peering Into the Void
He had only just started writing the title for his novel when he realized that not only did he not have a title to write, but he barely had a novel to write. The desire was there, along with a clump of tangentially related concepts but nothing concrete. Yet he pressed on anyways, knowing that stopping then would prevent the progress that he so desired.
By Chris Kitzmiller6 years ago in Motivation
The Miseducation of Self-awareness
Is anyone like me, where you’re always in a headspace of self-awareness or are you normal? I can take several moments of the day in a daze dissecting my character, my behaviours, and every associating situation and environment I find myself in. I’m literally always being challenged by my reality, which causes me to never completely be living in the present. My mantra has always been to
By essamey6 years ago in Motivation
In Love With You
Work, work, work, school, kids, more work, house, more work. At the beginning of the day and the end of each day. A good cup of coffee keeps you going. As you see, I am a coffee lover to me. It is essential to have it around. It is like having a love of your life with you 24/7, but with the difference, you do not get tired of your coffee company. I started drinking coffee, and I would say when I was twenty-two years old. I was starting working as a receptionist. I did not have kids; my relationship with my husband at the time was terrible. So, I got used to drinking coffee, and it was a company, a way to kill anxiety, forget my problems for a while. Now I only knew American coffee, but with time I started trying different types of coffee. The more I work, the more I got into American with cream and sugar, Cortaditos (small cup of coffee with froth milk), macchiato, and so many more. It was so good that I could not stop, and I was getting carried away. But of course, like anything in this life, your body gets to a point where it says stop. And I did, I was getting sick because of the coffee with heartburn, losing appetite, losing weight, I did not need eating. Since I was drinking coffee all the time and always busy at work, it was the perfect combination. In 2015, after divorce, marry again, having kids. I started college online, and I will do classes at night when everyone is at sleep, I thought. Since I know how weak I am when it comes to coffee, I switch it to green tea. I was lying to myself; I miss coffee too much; green tea did nothing to me. So, I went and bought my espresso machine, oh boy, I was happy! I can study all night now and go to work in the morning and come home. Who is going to stop me now? And again, there it was heartburn, no eating, losing weight. I did not realize that the stress of everything I was doing got to me even worse than before. I was using coffee to cover up the pressure, the loneliness, the fear of failing, the anxiety, insecurities. So, after a year of drinking excessive amounts of coffee, I slow down. I drink coffee because of the taste, share with a good company, during breakfast, or after dinner. But I limit myself to a maximum of three cups a day, if any. I am three months away to graduate, and my kids are old enough to take care of themselves, work it is getting exciting but enjoyable.
By Norma Crenna6 years ago in Motivation
The Life-Changing Magic Of Sleeping On The Floor
So this is an update on my minimalist life. I have been sleeping on my floor for about a week now and it is the most blissful sleep I have ever gotten. The reason I started doing this was that I was talking to Chris and I said, “My bed hurts me when I sleep, maybe I should sleep on the floor?”(Don’t know what I said but it’s close to that.)
By Clarice Quinn Taylor6 years ago in Motivation
