Mar 14, 2021 | Expanding self-awareness, Healing, Overcoming self-doubt and fear, Self-improvement & psychedelics
This is a difficult topic for most because apologies have many facets – there’s apologizing to others, having someone else apologize to us and forgiving ourselves. A few weeks ago, when I tackled the topic of difficult conversations, it would have been easy to put... 
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 14, 2021 | Expanding self-awareness, Imagining a better world, Joy & Contentment
Last week I wrote about resilience, which could be one of the key factors in creating a happy life. With resilience, we learn how to lift ourselves up and see opportunities instead of seeing only failure, pain or struggle. I feel like there’s a desperation for... 
Jan 10, 2021 | Befriending sadness and grief, Expanding self-awareness, Healing, Imagining a better world, The wisdom of anger
Over the years, I’ve witnessed friends and family members get more settled in their beliefs and become less willing to see new perspectives and different points of view. I’ve watched as they choose to feed or hold on to anger rather than to forgive and let... 
Jan 3, 2021 | Befriending sadness and grief, Contemplations, Expanding self-awareness, Healing, Meaningful business, Self-improvement & psychedelics
We tend to associate our own or others’ baggage as a bad thing. We often use it to describe other people, characteristically to describe why we don’t want to be close to them. Maybe this is because we associate a person with ‘baggage’ as someone who is unstable....