Posts tagged with “wisdom”
Why Long-Term Love Feels Boring and Why Itâs Actually Not
âItâs not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to what those events mean.â ~Tony Robbins
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
The sound of my fiancĂ©âs alarm went off at 5:00 in the morning. I had fallen asleep around 2am after scrolling for hours on Instagram and Pinterest.
Frustrated, I rolled into my pillow as he leaned over to give me a kiss on the forehead.
I grimaced.
Why does he always have to kiss me every morning when Iâm tired.
Resentment is an odd feeling.
âHere we go again,â I thought to myself, âanother boring Monday …
How Marijuana Was Great for My Anxiety and Why I Stopped Using It
âWhen solving problems, dig at the root instead of just hacking at the leaves.” ~Anthony J. D’Angelo
This is an account of my experience using marijuana as a device to help my anxiety, why Iâm glad I had it, and why I no longer need it.
This story isnât an advocation for or against smoking pot. Itâs a story to shed some insight into how and why it helped certain ailments and my journey to lasting change without it.
How Smoking Pot Helped My Anxiety
For most of my life I was a closet anxiety sufferer.
Thatâs mostly because …
Healing PTSD One Breath and One Day at a Time
“Recovering from PTSD is being fragile and strong at the same time. It’s a beautiful medley of constantly being broken down and pieced together. I am a painting almost done to completion, beautiful but not quite complete.” ~Kate J. Tate
I never considered myself as a trauma survivor.
I didnât think I had something as severe as PTSD. I reserved that diagnosis to those who suffered from things far worse than me.
It felt dramatic and attention-seeking to label myself as a âtrauma survivor.â
First of all, what is trauma? The term tends to be loosely thrown around, and …
How to Set Difficult Boundaries in a Compassionate Way
âWe can say what we need to say. We can gently, but assertively, speak our mind. We do not need to be judgmental, tactless, blaming, or cruel when we speak our thoughts.â ~Melody Beattie
When I first learned about the concept of boundaries, I imagined how freeing it would feel to finally be able to say an empowered ânoâ at every turn. I imagined myself turning down drinks from leering strangers at bars, denying eager clipboard-carriersâ requests for money, and rejecting requests to do more than my fair share of work projects.
ââNoâ is a complete sentenceâ would be …
How Resentment Affects Your Health and How to Forgive
âIf one by one we counted people out for the least sin, it wouldnât take us long to get so we had no one left to live with. For to be social is to be forgiving.” ~Robert FrostÂ
There are two things that may come to mind when you think about forgiveness.
The many spiritual healers and gurus that talk about its importance, including but not limited to Buddha quotes.
And the person you think you will never forgive.
Forgiveness has a largely religious or spiritual connotation.
In Buddhist teachings, grudges are likened to holding onto hot coal, …
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