“Do not ignore your gift. Your gift is the thing you do the absolute BEST with the LEAST amount of effort.” – Steve Harvey Report card day was probably the most stressful day as a student. You probably had butterflies in your tummy as you anxiously awaited your results. Teachers and parents made you feel…
How to Deal with People Who Don’t Play Fair
“Play fair, be prepared for others to play dirty, and don’t let them drag you into the mud.” – Richard Branson Life is ultimately a game of power. Some people earn it, some are born into it, some marry into it, while others are okay with lying low. What’s more revealing about a person is…
How to Stop Worrying About Things That Don’t Really Matter
“You don’t have to care about everything around you. Some things are best to be left ignored.” Let’s face it – most of us are guilty of being worriers at some point, and it’s not something to be ashamed of. It’s just part of human nature. The same mental processes that have helped us advance…
How to Believe that You Are Good Enough
“Believing that you’re enough is what gives you the courage to be authentic.”- Brené Brown ‘Am I good enough?’ Four simple words, yet so full of emotion. In our competitive society, it isn’t surprising how often people doubt themselves. Throughout our lives, our abilities are sized up with different yardsticks: school grades, work appraisals, net…
5 Reasons Why Failing Does Not Make You a Failure
“Failure is not the opposite of success. It’s part of success.” “I feel like a failure!” We’ve all uttered those words at some point in our lives. The bigger and more unconventional your goals are, the higher the chances that you’ll feel like a failure. Safer choices are less risky because the paths that lead…
5 Things You Should Not Compromise On
“Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got” – Janis Joplin The success of any relationship is incumbent on the involved parties’ ability to compromise. When two or more entities that are as unique as snowflakes join forces, there is a blend of disparate energies. While there will be some overlap in perspectives, there will…
How to Be Giving Without Sacrificing Your Needs
“Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves, even when we risk disappointing others.” – Brené Brown Sharing is caring. Most of us heard this term repeatedly when we were kids. Your parents may have asked you to share your toys with a sibling or split your sandwich with a school…
5 Realities I’ve Learned to Accept and Grow From
“The truth will set you free but first it will piss you off” – Gloria Steinem Growing up can be tough, especially when you have to come to terms with some harsh realities. Earlier this year, while watching the BBC documentary Frozen Planet, I was stunned by the footage of killer whales working together to…
What it Takes to Turn to Pipe Dream into Reality
“If you can dream it, you can do it.” – Walt Disney Do you have a dream that inspires you? Are you passionate about manifesting it while at the same time, ignoring the doubtful voice within you that tells you it’s far-fetched and out of reach? There might even be people around you that ridicule…
6 Easy Ways to Stop Overthinking and Simplify
“Stop overthinking. You can’t control everything, just let it be.” There’s a lot to think about over the course of our lives. We have big life decisions to make, as well as day-to-day ones that really only affect us in the here and now. Some of us can handle these mental demands with the dexterity…
