Tag: Self

The human mind is like a filing cabinet, or the old school Dewey Decimal System found in the libraries of our childhoods. It organizes information by importance, priority, and associations. These preset associations that have been built over your lifetime are...

Most of us try to be good at time management, but frequently it seems too difficult to set up systems that work, so we give it up before we even give it a chance, or after not trying any new approach...

Some are just so… uncomfortable and painful feelings. They feel bad and can be overwhelming to the point that we can’t feel or focus on anything else. We get stuck in them. How do you manage overwhelming feelings? You can’t just...

You know that person, the one that always challenges your self-control? It might be a colleague you see occasionally at meetings, a friend of a friend, or a relative you only see at holidays. That person is why we need mindfulness-based...

Two phrases you never want to hear: “The IRS wants to do an audit,” and “You need to get your affairs in order.” One of these happened to me not long ago. Here’s a hint — I didn’t have to dig...

Have you ever heard the phrase, “Be careful with your words”? While this phrase is mostly said to discourage people from causing verbal harm to others, there’s another reason behind it. Our words hold power and can make people do incredible...

By Diondra Ross All accomplishments in life happen when we push past fear. You never know what you can really do until you do it. Fear has a way of making people run away from greatness, but it is immensely important...

By Madison Zygadlo The winter months are when seasonal affective disorder sets in. We all know that feeling by many names — the winter blues, seasonal depression, and so many others. This is the time of the year when the sun...

When I was 19, I dropped out of college to follow my boyfriend to Colorado, where he was going to attend college. I didn’t know that I was going to end up supporting him with my minimum-wage jobs. But, I didn’t...

By Courtney Bond My chest ached. My breathing was quick and heavy. “I can’t breathe,” I thought. I was breathing, but in my mind, I wasn’t. My throat felt so tight with anxiety. My eyes were heavy; I was fighting to...