When we react immediately to something with, "I don't like this," it's a flashing neon sign of a potential opportunity to grow because such a reaction often is borne of an aversion to being stretched in new ways, literally and figuratively. My personal trainer recently was teaching me a new exercise that I found awkward and challenging, and I told him, "I don't like this,"… read more
It's a fundamental human need to be seen and heard, but in order to satisfy this need, we must be willing to be seen and heard, to be witnessed by others. This dilemma can present a dichotomy for some of us because it requires placing ourselves in the spotlight. Maybe we were taught not to call attention to ourselves for safety or other reasons. Perhaps… read more
I used to half-jokingly blame my impatience on the fact that I was an unplanned child, alleging that my parents had bestowed upon my older siblings [planned] all the patience at their disposal, leaving none for me, an unexpected child. It turns out that my impatience of old wasn't actually impatience. It was the misconception that I could force a desired outcome to manifest by… read more
