I can still remember the anticipation and excitement of wanting to get my driver’s license. I vividly recall sitting on my couch daydreaming about the freedom and “coolness” of being able to hop in my own car, pick up my friends, and go for a drive. And I found myself saying— “I’ll be happy once […]
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21 Ideas to Maintain Your Social, Emotional, and Mental Well-being This Winter Season Staying positive during hard times can be challenging. The cold and darkness can be draining with the winter season heavily upon us. Many of us face seasonal affective disorder (SAD) or depression, and our self-care can easily get put on the back
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My reflections after reading Mariah Carey’s memoir “Your life is perfect,” my friend recently said to me. It made me shudder with a mix of anger and confusion. While I am a self-help writer and most often talk about motivation and positivity, my life is far from perfection. It made me stop and wonder, have
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This week I turned 36! I feel both old and young at the same time. I am forever a teacher at heart, and I could not keep these lessons I have learned to myself. I believe we should all take pride and ownership of the knowledge we find beneficial and pass it on to others.
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When you hear the word success, what are the things that come to mind? Perhaps you associate success with money, the job title you have, the degree you have earned, or how far you have been able to climb the corporate ladder. You may also think of someone famous or with a certain social status.
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“Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for.” -Zig Ziglar If you are looking to increase your happiness level these days, you are not alone. Trying times can be difficult to navigate and negative
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If there is one thing I know, its negative thoughts breed negative thoughts. Even knowing this, there are times I fall down the dark rabbit hole on a bad day and allow one negative thought to trickle into the next. Before I even realize what it is I am doing, my whole mind has become
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We are weeks away from the New Year and you may already be thinking about that inevitable question, “what is my New Year’s resolution?” To be completely honest, I think it’s time to ditch that question and the idea altogether. By mid-February, the glamour of the ball drop, champagne, and glitz will be weeks behind
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I sat at the coffee shop a while back and watched as a group of high school girls entered one after another. All seven of them huddled around a table meant for four next to me. I slowly paused what I was working on and found myself watching them out of the corner of my
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2020 has been filled to the brim with pandemic stressors, isolation, depression, financial burden, and post-election political divisions. Perhaps this is one of the most critical times to pause and place empathy and compassion at the forefront of our minds. With the holidays right around the corner, what better time to be reminded that simple
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