When you want to be decisive, overthinking can stop you in your tracks. Overthinking can come in many forms. Overthinking can lead to behavioral problems.
One of the ways it can show up is analysis paralysis…
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Overwhelm is an invitation to turn lovingly towards yourself, to care for your body, to tend to your emotional needs, and to change unhealthy habitual thoughts and self-talk.
A common reaction to overwhelm is to brace against it, turn away from it, and distract our selves in an effort to cope and feel better. But, problems are rarely solved by pretending they aren’t there…
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Information is abundant, and most of it is free, but facts have an elusive nature, and generally there is a price attached to them. Somebody asked me not long ago why I didn’t just go about the country teaching this philosophy free of charge, not charging anything for it, if I didn’t need to make any money…
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Many people fear being assertive.
They might be scared it will drive people away or they will be viewed as rude or mean to others. Often, they are confusing assertiveness with aggression. While both imply the person is tough, there are a number of differences. Being aggressive means someone is a winner, and therefore someone is a loser…
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Become your best friend and be self-aware I can’t think of any other person worth getting to know better than myself; and hopefully you feel the same way about you as well. You see, you must be the first person who takes interest in you. If you don’t know who you are, how can you …
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“Imposter syndrome” or feeling like a fraud is a common experience.
It’s a form of insecurity and a natural part of being human. The tendency when we feel like a fraud is to avoid doing the very thing that makes us feel like an imposter. In the short run, avoidance helps us feel calmer and safer…
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Imagine you are walking through your grocery store, I live in the same small town that I grew up in, so going to the grocery store is often like a class and family reunion in one. This is a very real scenario in my life. You see a woman that you graduated with and she looks the other way without saying hi…….
One possible way this scenario plays out…
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A key component of being resilient (bouncing back) is maintaining mental flexibility and balance in your life as you deal with stressful situations.
I find that people are especially reactive to change in a way that does not promote well-being, due to a lack of mental flexibility…
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Loneliness is a painful feeling that often results from experiencing dissatisfaction in your social world– perhaps because of a lost relationship, a change in a relationship, or difficulty connecting with others in a meaningful way.
Loneliness acts as a signal telling you that you are not experiencing the amount of desired companionship or emotional support that you want and/or need…
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Our desire to build good habits is about making improvements, and can touch on any area of our lives.
No matter what area of our life we’re trying to improve, there are some universal challenges in adopting a new habit and in keeping with it.
A new habit, whether it’s stopping something you’re doing now or starting something you’re not doing yet, begins with two conflicting goals…
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