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Unchecked bitterness can become ugly. It sucks out our joy and peace, leaving us feeling unfulfilled about our lives. It causes us to look with bias, seeing all the things that have gone wrong for us and overlook all the things that we were once excited by. This bias extends to others, only we see […]
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All of us have things going on – there’s almost never a time when we are at complete bliss with every area in our lives. The ways that we process what we are going through differs with each person. While some prefer introspection and self-analysis, others require verbally processing what’s on our mind. Though helpful […]
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You’ve just gotten into a new phase of life. The possibilities are exciting! When the dust settles, these possibilities slowly begin to evoke fear. This makes you want to run away, go to the worst-case scenarios or return to what once was. Thankfully, this is completely normal and you are definitely not alone. Beginning anything […]
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No one is born with insecurities. They are built over time, usually through a jarring incident or two, or multiple instances of doubt put on us. They tend to be the result of opinions shared by our peers, our family, authority figures, messages we receive from media etc. Fighting them isn’t as easy as these […]
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Accountability can have mixed connotations. For some, it’s viewed positively as it comes relatively easier to them; for others, it can be seen as something tedious and exhausting to keep up on a regular basis. Regardless of where we stand with our views, it still holds important for us to function to our best. Here […]
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Emotions can be tricky to understand. When we have poor understanding, it results in needing to ‘control’ or ‘tame’ them. Ironically, we end up controlling emotions best when we allow their expression. Our emotions are not against us, though most of us treat it that way. Panicking before we get onstage to deliver a speech […]
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Anger is a natural emotional response to a number of situations, however it has developed quite a bad rap. It is one of the emotions that cause us to act out or even hurt another person in the process. Those that struggle to regulate their anger can often believe it is so instinctive a response […]
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We all mess up. It’s true regardless of how much time we spend trying to perfect ourselves. The need to be without blemish can make it tough to know what to do when we make a mistake. In a culture like ours, the behaviours that were modelled to us usually teach us to sweep matters […]
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Procrastination is quite paradoxical. We do it when we want a break and not focus on something that requires our attention but when we procrastinate, it can be incredibly frustrating. We are neither completely at peace since we keep reminding ourselves of what we have to do, nor are we actively spending time working on […]