Posts tagged with “wisdom”
Embracing Equality: How to Stop Putting People on Pedestals
âThe most common ego identifications have to do with possessions, the work you do, social status and recognition, knowledge and education, physical appearance, special abilities, relationships, personal and family history, belief systems, and often also political, nationalistic, racial, religious, and other collective identifications. None of these is you.â ~Eckhart Tolle
Growing up in a patriarchal and hierarchical society, I learned to see certain people as superior to me and therefore placed them on pedestals: teachers, authority figures, managers⌠This behavior transformed me into a quite reserved, almost submissive version of myself, in contrast to my outspoken feminist persona outside of …
How to Start Speaking Up: Find Your Voice and Be Heard
âYour voice is the most potent magic in existence.â ~Michael Bassey Johnson
In a noisy, crowded world, in a culture that promotes service to others and putting others’ needs before our own, how do we find the courage to share our own voice?
Iâll admit, Iâm still navigating this journey. There are times when a writer can write from a place of knowing. A place where they feel like they have something figured out and want to share it with the world. This is not one of those times.
This is a sharing of information from a place where I …
Finding Happiness When Your Big Dreams Didnât Come True
âEveryone who gives up a serious childhood dreamâof becoming an artist, a doctor, an engineer, an athleteâlives the rest of their life with a sense of loss, with nagging what-ifs.â ~Glenn Kurtz
Childhood dreams are a funny thing, arenât they?
Our adolescent years are filled with nearly unlimited imagination of what we can achieve growing up. Some people become doctors, presidents, and professional athletes, so why canât we? It just depends on hard work and occasional lucky breaks to get where you want.
Reality slowly starts to set in as you grow into your teenage and adult years. Maybe those …
The Powerful Realizations That Helped Me Heal from Chronic Illness
âNo one is more influential in your life than you are because no one talks to you more than you do.â ~Dr. Paul David Tripp
Living with chronic illness can seem like an insurmountable challenge. I felt completely broken and helpless. Amidst my tumultuous journey, I found that mindset is critical to restore vitality.
For years I dealt with debilitating fatigue, severe joint pain, vertigo, loss of balance, and sleepless nights. I pleaded for help over and over, usually in tears. Oftentimes, people blamed my physical symptoms on my mental health. âYou need to get more sleep.” “You are probably …
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