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How to Accept Anxious Feelings So You Can Let Them Pass

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ā€œDonā€™t try and save yourself. The self that is trying to be saved is not you.ā€ ~Mooji

Three months ago I had a strange experience.

It wasnā€™t strange in that it had never happened before. It was strange in that it was unexpected. Unexpected in the way a hiccup comes up out of nowhere to interrupt a meal. No, actually, it was more unexpected in the way a sudden illness overtakes a period of health.

Just for a bit of context, over the last six months, Iā€™ve generally been the calmest Iā€™ve felt in yearsā€”maybe even my whole life. But …

Always Add Value to the Lives of Those Around You

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You Are Strong Enough to Handle Your Challenges

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Where Your Power Is

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Control Only What You Can

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Be Good to Yourself: 10 Powerful Ways to Practice Self-Love

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ā€œSelf-love, self-respect, self-worth: Thereā€™s a reason they all start with ā€˜self.ā€™ You canā€™t find them in anyone else.ā€ ~Unknown

It was one of those nights.

I was in a busy New York bar, having fun and enjoying myself. That was, until someone asked me: ā€œSo, what do you do?ā€

Within a few seconds my fun, happy, playful side vanished and in entered a girl full of doubts and insecurity.

The truth was… I had no freaking idea about what I was doing! I had just left my corporate job and now I was on a journey to …

The One Realization That Helped Me Forgive Myself and My Father

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ā€œDo the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.ā€
~Maya Angelou

Sunlight shone through the living room window. A lazy Sunday afternoon. I lounged on the couch reading a book with my dog cuddled at my feet. My love had just set out to purchase a new set of acoustic guitar strings. Soon he would return, and music would fill our home, adding to my sense of blissful peace.

The telephone rang. I could see from the caller ID it was my father. ā€œGood,ā€ I thought. ā€œItā€™s been a few weeks. I wonder …

Life Is For Deep Kisses, Strange Adventures…

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Your People Love Your Weirdness

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5 Practices That Helped Me Reclaim My Spark for Life

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ā€œSometimes what youā€™re most afraid of doing is the very thing that will set you free.ā€ ~Robert Tew

In 2014, I was drowning in unhappiness. I had moved to Palestine five years earlier, later met my husband, and decided to remain in one of the most conflicted countries in the world.

There I was, living in a different country far from the comforts of home that I had always known. My marriage was rife with conflict and pain, and I had nobody to turn to.

I had no family nearby, and with the high turnover of internationals in the country, …

You’re Not Stuck

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Choice Is the Most Powerful Tool We Have

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5 Ways to Calm Your Mind When You’re Exhausted (Without Meditation)

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“Calm your mind. Life becomes much easier when you keep your mind at peace.” ~Unknown

Let me start with a confession.

If Iā€™m honest with you, even just writing these words actually makes me feel kind of uncomfortable.

But Iā€™m going to say it because itā€™s true, and some of you reading this are going to realize that on some level you probably share the same feeling.

I hate meditation.

Now, let me do the obligatory defend-the-shocking-thing-I-just-said.

I mean, to be more specific, some days I hate meditation.

Most of the time, I love it. I really love it. …

I’m Starting Over

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You Can’t Control How Other People Receive Your Energy

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Letting Go of the Victim Label: The Past Will Not Define Me

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TRIGGER WARNING: This post deals with an account of domestic violence and sexual abuse, and may be triggering to some people.

ā€œThings turn out bestĀ for the people who make theĀ bestĀ of the wayĀ things turn out.ā€ ~Unknown

It wasnā€™t long ago that I lived my life as a professional victim.

It wasnā€™t intentional, but somewhere along the way I had internalized the fact that my victimhood gave me an excuse to remain stuck. As long as I was a victim, I had a reason to wallow in sadness and self-pity, a reason to not move forward, and sympathy …

One Reason People Resist Change

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Too Much Stress

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Why Iā€™ve Upgraded to a Drama-Free Relationship

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ā€œLove is not what you say. Love is what you do.ā€ ~Unknown

I used to think that true love should be passionate and intense. When someone broke up with me or treated me poorly, Iā€™d imagine that he really didnā€™t mean it. Surely he was really a good person and truly loved me, but was just ā€œgoing through somethingā€ or ā€œneeded space.ā€ Eventually heā€™d be back with tears, apologies, and flowers.

Iā€™d like to say I outgrew this tendency by the age of, well, maybe forty, but the fact is I didnā€™t.

Instead, I carried a torch for a recently …

Why Trying to Feel Good Can Make You Feel Bad

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ā€œThe secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.ā€Ā ~Paulo Coelho

We’re bombarded by images of people living apparently perfect lives. They suffer no bereavements or breakups or losses or failures. They look perfect, make perfect choices, and act perfect.

Everyone seems to love them as they sail from success to success, with zero misfortunes, mistakes, or regrets.

So, it’s easy to believe that we, too, need to be perfect.

I had a simple definition of success when I was younger. It was whatever made others admire, or at least accept me.…