Posts tagged with “wisdom”
How Mindfulness Is Saving My Relationship
āMindfulness is about love and loving life. When you cultivate this love, it gives you clarity and compassion for life, and your actions happen in accordance with that.ā ~Jon Kabat-Zinn
I started meditating and practicing mindfulness more seriously several years ago incorporating it in to my daily routine, initially to help with my anxiety. My practice certainly helped me by leaps and bounds in overcoming my anxiety, but an unexpected side effect has been the impact itās having on my marriage.
Weāve not been married long, and as many couples before us have experienced, getting accustomed to this new …
Why Remembering Youāre Going to Die Is the Best Motivator
āDonāt be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life. You donāt have to live forever; you just have to live.ā ~Natalie Babitt
Once a month, I visit the local cemetery and walk around. Iām not there to visit anyone in particular. Iām there to remind myself of my own mortality.
And it always wakes me up.
I soak in the energy: I read the simple legacies on the tombstones, from young children to those who made it to 100 years old. Iām not morose. Iām not negative. Iāve simply found the greatest motivational tool in the world, and …
How I Healed from an Eating Disorder and Stopped Hating Myself and My Body
āQuiet the voice telling you to do more and be more, and trust that in this moment, who you are, where you are at, and what you are doing is enough. You will get to where you need to be in your own time. Until then, breathe. Breathe and be patient with yourself and your process. You are doing the best you can to cope and survive amid your struggles, and thatās all you can ask of yourself. Itās enough. You are enough.ā ~Daniell Koepke
I remember looking at the nutrition information on the bag of jujubes I had just …
Happily Single: Why Marriage Wasn’t a Good Fit for Me
āIām not sad about any of my life. Itās so unconventional. It doesnāt look anything like I thought it would.ā ~Edie Falco
I knew what was coming. My co-worker Rose was midway through her second chocolate martini and feeling loose enough at our after-work get-together to stop talking about her marriage and instead, start talking about my non-marriage.
āI donāt get it. Why havenāt you ever been married?ā she asked, in a disbelieving tone.
I sighed. āYou know, this is the third time youāve asked me that. Remember? We had that whole conversation about it at the office Christmas …
How I Escaped the Negative Thought Loop That Kept Me Down and Stuck
āYou will never be free until you free yourself from the prison of your own false thoughts.ā ~Philip Arnold
Do you ever doubt yourself?Ā As if no matter how hard you try, itās never enough.
Do you always tell yourself that you could do more? Or that somebody else is doing more, so why arenāt you on their level?
Iām not good enough.
Do you keep your thoughts to yourself because you feel as though your opinion doesnāt matter?
Iām not smart enough.
Or how about when youāre casually scrolling through social media? You see beautiful people taking such …
Your Story Shapes Your Lifeāand You Can Change It At Any Time
“Every moment of your life is a second chance.ā ~Rick Price
We are constantly telling ourselves stories about who we are and what we are capable of achieving.
These stories are sometimes the nostalgia of once-upon-a-time that whispers longingly to us. The stories can be the remnants of hardened pain that want us to trace over the lines of old scars. They can also be the tales we invent about imagined futuresāwhat we think will happen.
All of the narratives that we repeat to ourselvesāboth of the fiction and nonfiction varietiesāare what we internalize and use to create self-identity.
Wait …
Though I run this site, it is not mine. It's ours. It's not about me. It's about us. Your stories and your wisdom are just as meaningful as mine. 