If our brains weren’t getting in the way, our natural state would be peaceful. So how do we tap into that natural state? Hint hint: Look at nature. When I was spinning out of control…
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When I was at my lowest point with my social anxiety, lying in a dark room with all the curtains closed, befuddled as to what was happening to me, I knew I had to do something. I first had to…
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As a little girl, I believed that being perfect was the key to being loved. It’s probably not surprising, then, that I spent a lot of my childhood being hard on myself. In elementary school, my behavior and academic performance were impeccable, and my first grade teacher loved me. The same was true, for the
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Do you ever wonder why some people cave and give up while others hunker down and fight when faced with a hardship? Where does this unstoppable will come from?
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Yes, I consider myself an anxiety survivor because there was a point in my life where I felt too terrified to be in the world, and yet, here I am, grounded and functioning again. But that doesn’t mean…
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It seems like any time you read self-help books about anger, the message is always about releasing it. Facing it. Working through it. And while I completely agree with this approach for those
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