May 16, 2021 | Befriending sadness and grief, Expanding self-awareness, Joy & Contentment, Self-improvement & psychedelics
Have you ever woken up early in the morning with a looming sense of dread? Felt suffocated by life and anxiety that made you feel like the whole world was shaking? Even the things in your life that normally bring you joy couldn’t lift you out of that heaviness and...
Mar 28, 2021 | Expanding self-awareness, Love & Relationships, Overcoming self-doubt and fear, Self-improvement & psychedelics
This is territory that’s challenging for many of us, myself included: being able to ask for help and knowing when to ask. I’m amazed by people who are able to; most of us know someone who can freely ask for help and, therefore, gets a lot of external support. What’s...
Mar 21, 2021 | Contemplations, Expanding self-awareness, Love & Relationships
The biggest mistakes I’ve made in the last 25 years of self growth have mostly been around how I treated, reacted and responded to the people in my life. One night, I had just crawled into my bed, snuggled into my cozy grey sheets and pink duvet. I was about to turn...
Feb 21, 2021 | Contemplations, Expanding self-awareness, Imagining a better world, Joy & Contentment, Overcoming self-doubt and fear
Our desire to be liked can be linked with not living for ourselves. It is a symptom of choosing to live based on the judgements of others instead of living our own authentic lives. I have learned that those who learn to make choices for themselves, and find the...
Feb 7, 2021 | Befriending sadness and grief, Expanding self-awareness, Joy & Contentment
The word ‘resilience’ feels poetic to me. There’s art form to resilience, a brilliance that shines when someone has had a life full of experiences that rub away their naivety and youth and leaves them a refined human. This isn’t someone who is better than others,...