Are you prone to exhibiting self-sabotaging behaviour? How do you even know if you are, assuming it's become a rather subconscious habit of yours, unintentionally developed over time? It's like you're armed on a battlefield, only to find that the enemy is yourself. By self-sabotage, you're practically shooting yourself in the leg and stunting your… Continue reading The Bane of Self-Sabotage.
Tag: Mental health
Drained, Emotionally exhausted; Love tank running on Empty
How do you refuel when your tank is empty? I reckon you would go to the source. I believe love is a being and a doing, not a state of feeling How do you give when you have nothing left to give of yourself? You’re extending yourself to full capacity and working in overdrive… Your… Continue reading Drained, Emotionally exhausted; Love tank running on Empty
Change: The Process
Change comes when it hurts so much that you have to change, when you learn so much that you want to change, and when you receive so much that you welcome change. Usually, we don't change until the pain of staying the same becomes unbearable. Personal Change For change to occur, a catalyst must be… Continue reading Change: The Process
Good Grief
This is an open letter to my friend that passed a while back. Dear Adavize, While it seemed like I moved on with life after your demise, I never for one day forgot about you. You're much too precious a person to ever forget. Though sadly now, all I have are memories to cling to,… Continue reading Good Grief
Waiting with Grace: Self-Control in The Wait
They say patience is a virtue. They also say patience is not necessarily the ability to wait, but rather the manner in which you wait. Patience is not just the ability to wait, but how we act while waiting. - Joyce Meyer A key component to successful waiting is having the virtue of self-control. I… Continue reading Waiting with Grace: Self-Control in The Wait
3 Steps to Combating Information Overload
As you do probably already know, I'm an advocate for mental health. Several weeks back, I suffered from consistent migraine headaches. I wondered at the root cause. And I didn't get a break till I discovered it to be: INFORMATION OVERLOAD. Never has any generation been as exposed to a plethora of information as much… Continue reading 3 Steps to Combating Information Overload
5 Tips on How to Handle Hypocrites and Toxic people
Not seeing the need for much of a preamble, I'd go straight, head-on to the tips. They're as follows: Setting personal and professional boundaries: know how and where to draw the line. Avoiding over-familiarity when necessary, keeping from over-sharing personal information... Being firm, and assertive about your principles: The world literally doesn't accommodate being fragile,… Continue reading 5 Tips on How to Handle Hypocrites and Toxic people
Drained, Emotionally exhausted; Love tank running on Empty
How do you refuel when your tank is empty? I reckon you would go to the source. I believe love is a being and a doing, not a state of feeling How do you give when you have nothing left to give of yourself? You're extending yourself to full capacity and working in overdrive... Your… Continue reading Drained, Emotionally exhausted; Love tank running on Empty
Be Audacious! Dare to Make a Move
"To not act out of fear,To not hesitate due to fear,To not make fear-based decisions." Questions:Action - What would you do if you were unafraid?, If fear wasn't a factor for you.Pursuit - What would you go for if bravery was your superpower?Personality - If you didn't have to hide?, Who would you be?In being… Continue reading Be Audacious! Dare to Make a Move
A Healthy Way to Move on
To look at it with Thanksgiving and gratitude. That's the healthy way to grieve and move on. To avoid a damaging psyche. To not dwell on the negatives, as it leaves you stuck in and stuck on the past. To focus on the positives instead. But that doesn't mean fantasying, about what could be and… Continue reading A Healthy Way to Move on