Is anyone really happy? What does genuine happiness even look like? It gets hard to tell in a world full of standards and ideals, full of people constantly trying to one-up one another or get the next best thing. One of the most seemingly simple yet surprisingly challenging realizations that I’ve made recently is thatContinue reading “It’s Okay to Let Ourselves Be Happy”
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Changing Negative Self-Talk
I wanted to write about this topic because it’s something I’ve been really struggling with lately. Honestly, it’s something I struggle with a lot. So much of the time, I find myself feeling negative or getting down on myself simply because of the way I am talking to myself. My inner voice is telling meContinue reading “Changing Negative Self-Talk”
Not Every Day is Going to be a Good Day…
Maybe you’ve gotten to the point where you’re on the path to where you want to be. Maybe you’ve found a good job doing what you love, or you’re in the right relationship, or you’re taking the steps toward your goals. You’re headed toward that plan or that future that you want. You’re doing it.Continue reading “Not Every Day is Going to be a Good Day…”
The Power of Opening Your Heart
I don’t know about you, but for me, opening up has always been something of a challenge and something that takes some time. A lot of the time, I tend to be pretty closed off and keep a lot of things to myself. Sometimes it seems easier that way in this harsh world. Closing offContinue reading “The Power of Opening Your Heart”
Practicing Mindfulness in Daily Life
Sometimes we get so wrapped in our routines and lives that we forget to really be present and find joy in the simple moments. We’re always busy doing something, constantly on the move. In this day-and-age unfortunately it’s hard to escape that. Despite having busy lives, we’re still always able to find our presence amidstContinue reading “Practicing Mindfulness in Daily Life”
No Excuses
I’m tired of hearing it. I’m tired of people saying “Oh I wish I could do that, I wish I could do this”. I’m tired of people complaining about their jobs, about their relationships, about every single aspect of their lives. If you’re really unhappy with something, then make a change. Change something. It’s asContinue reading “No Excuses”
4 Simple Yet Powerful Ways of Overcoming Fear
One of the biggest mental challenges for so many of us is facing our fears. Whatever it is that scare us the most, most all our fears stem from two categories — the fear of uncertainty and the fear of inadequacy. We’re afraid of the unknown and we’re afraid of failure. Ultimately we realize thatContinue reading “4 Simple Yet Powerful Ways of Overcoming Fear”
Finding Strength in the Darkness
Life isn’t just the pictures we see on Facebook, and the happy faces we put on in our daily lives. All we see are the smiling faces and all of the fun things everyone’s doing and the cool places we’re going. That’s all we want to show the world. We only want to show eachContinue reading “Finding Strength in the Darkness”
5 Ways that Meditation Changed My Mindset
Learning to practice meditation has changed my life in immeasurable ways. Even when I am not meditating, I have learned to hold a different mindset: a mindset of awareness and openness in everything. I am always mindful (or reminding myself to be mindful). I am aware of my existence and the existence of every otherContinue reading “5 Ways that Meditation Changed My Mindset”
Making Mindful 