I’ve never liked the phrase “too blessed to be stressed”. I get the point. Most of us (who live in middle class suburban neighborhoods in a first world country) are so much more blessed than we realize and we spend a lot of time complaining about things that really...
When someone asks you how you are, how often is the answer “busy”? In our culture, we often wear busyness as a badge of honor. We talk about how “busy” we are as though it’s just a fact rather than a highly subjective concept we just made up. Have you ever noticed...
I’ve heard pastors criticize self-help (usually stating that we don’t need to help ourselves, we need God’s help). I understand where they’re coming from, and there certainly is a lot of useless, woo-woo self-help advice out there. That being said, I’ve also found...
“I hate it here so I will go to secret gardens in my mind… no mid-sized city hopes and small town fears. I’m there most of the year ‘cause I hate it here.” – Taylor Swift, “I Hate it Here” On Brooke Castillo’s podcast, The Life Coach School, she...
In my last blog post, I talked about how useless much of the internet advice on mental health is. We’re told to “stop worrying” or “stop caring what other people think” but we have no idea HOW to actually do that. We can’t just decide to stop a negative thought...
Do you want to be happier, healthier, or less anxious? If you turn to the internet for tips and tricks, you’ll find plenty of vague, incredibly obvious advice, such as… Stop caring what other people think. Be compassionate with yourself. Stop worrying. You’ll find...
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