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Is gratitude becoming the new 'toxic positivity'?
We've probably all heard this term: "toxic positivity". It's this utopian idea, rooted in positive psychology, that life should be "good vibes only" and "drama-free" by only thinking "good thoughts" whilst simultaneously by-passing any remotely negative feelings.
By Unfold with Kate6 years ago in Motivation
Treat Each of Your Important Activities in Life as a Project to be Managed
When you decide to do something, you need to put in a certain amount of planning to set the stage for successful completion. Some projects may be relatively small, such as determining what to get at the grocery store, to large, such as planning a wedding.
By Terry Mansfield6 years ago in Motivation
Loving myself!
As a young woman, I had too learn how too love myself. I am 27 years old, at a young age I was LOST and didn’t know exactly where I was going in life. After going through so much, I ended up having my first child at the age of 26. I am a single mother, and my child is the love the of my life. Having him taught me so much, it taught me that I couldn’t keep giving up in life, he taught me that I have too strive for GREATNESS in life. Even when things in my life are falling apart, I have too keep going for him. There are times where I look back on my life and tears begin to fall because I never thought in my life that I would be where I am today. As young a woman, we have too learn to put ourself first and actually love us for who we are, because, if we don’t love ourself how can we allow someone else too love us. Actually they can’t, because we don’t know how too love. From my experiences in life, it taught me too value the small things in life and believe in myself and the unpredictable things in life! I use to wonder will I ever learn how too love? Will I ever find myself ?? All the answers I never got. I had too step out my comfort zone and actually do some soul searching.
By Lecretia Wilbon6 years ago in Motivation
The worst asthma attack I’ve ever had.
I’ve been wanting to write this out and share my story for a while. I finally did. Here’s the very true and very real story: It was February 15th. 2018. The day after Valentine’s Day (which fell on a Thursday.) I was a little depressed during that whole week. But that is beyond the point of this story.
By Jordan M6 years ago in Motivation
Small Space Garden
There is something so beautiful about a garden. Whether it is a garden of flowers intentional for beauty or a garden that is beautiful that will eventually produce food. Have you ever looked outside at the beauty of nature and just had your breath taken away? How beautiful the leaves on trees look swaying in the wind, how the sunlight just seems to dance off the leaves of plants while butterflies and bees bounce on top the branches pollinating them. In the morning , as the sun comes up, I love to just look out and see the dew shining like diamonds on the plants as the sunlight begins to touch it, I love to see how alive everything looks, ready for the day ahead, the flowers open up and the plants begin reaching for the sun as the night turns to day. When I began my journey to grow my own food, it was very much powered by the drive to eat food that tasted the way it should. If you have ever grown your own food you will know what I am talking about. The store bought fruits and vegetables not only provide less nutrients and unknown chemicals or pesticides but they also provide much less flavor. In the beginning of this journey, I also wanted beauty in my small urban yard. I needed to be able to trust that what I was eating was not hindered in anyway with growth hormones or harmful pesticides. I knew I could achieve all those things by growing it myself. What I did not expect was to gain healing. I am sure many of you have heard of gardening being a way to mend anxiety and depression, as did I, but did any of you believe it? I sure didn't. When you battle anxiety and depression on a day to day balance it is hard to believe anything that is going to require so much of your time and energy could do anything but cause more anxiety and in turn more depression. Waking up is a task all on its own, making yourself go to work, or to the store or even to visit a friend or family member is so grueling, so how could adding more responsibility not do more harm then good? While I have no idea how it did it, I can stand to testify that it certainly did more good than harm. And yes, it is not a miracle answer and it may not help everyone, and I definitely had and still have days where I am bogged down by the depression and anxiety and unable to get out to the garden. However, for the most part, having this garden has provided me something to look forward to, something to bring a smile to my face when it seems impossible, something to focus on when my anxiety is doing its very best to make me focus on all that is wrong around me. A quiet place to go, free of judgment and free of pain.
By Michelle Paiva6 years ago in Motivation
The year that feels like a decade
I listed events (Kobe Bryant’s passing, invasion of the locus, & water discovered on the moon) that have happened so far this year, 2020. As we all know, this list is strange, long, and affects everybody, everywhere. I watched local and national news, read up on current events & watched news broadcasts from around the world on YouTube about the events of 2020. Personally, I can not put a list together to demonstrate this year’s overall POWER & UMPHFFF in kicking most of our butt’s. Because I feel overwhelmed by this past year, I decided to find 3 blessings. Surely, I can find 3 positive contributions to the year, right? Of course, I can!
By Amanda Jones6 years ago in Motivation
The Power of Unplugging
To start this off, let me give you a little backstory on how I discovered the power of unplugging for a day ... The first date I can recall actively leaving all of my technological devices off for an entire 24-hour period is January 21st, 2016. This was my 22nd birthday, and the 1-year anniversary of my cousin’s death.
By Katie Dawn6 years ago in Motivation
Continuing the Journey to Positive Change
Welcome back. Congratulations! You are making a conscientious choice to change yourself. We sometimes forget that we are not required to continue on in the status quo; so many people never even attempt change because they don’t believe that it is possible. You on the other hand have stepped out of the paradigm and have realized that you are not stuck. You are awakening and know that if anything is going to happen it is your responsibility to create it.
By Leah Cox6 years ago in Motivation
Self Improvement
self Inprovement, seems like a simple concept! And what I’ve been learning the more I look into it is that...No, it’s not. It’s all over the place and everyone has some sort of struggle with it at one point or another and it can be a nightmare. It’s like... falling from a tree. There’s so many different branches you can get smacked by...and I want to talk about it.
By Beverly Johnson 6 years ago in Motivation
10 Quotes About Overcoming Our Fears In Order To Achieve Success
It's no secret, that two of the biggest reasons why were are denied success in life are because of either doubt or fear. When we look at those two reasons though, we should be able to clearly see that both of these are our own responsibility. Neither are because of other people, or circumstances, or situations, or any other thing we try and palm off the responsibility and blame on, it's all ourselves. With our goals, success, happiness, and future, on the line, so many of us decline to proceed with opportunities and turn away from taking risks, all because of fear. We are fearful of failing, we are fearful of other people judging us for our decisions and actions, we are fearful of not being capable of achieving what we desire, we are fearful we don't have the required knowledge and experience to succeed, we are fearful of stepping out of our comfort zone, we are fearful of making mistakes, we are fearful of embarrassing ourselves, we are fearful of change, and one of the greatest fears within people is the fear of losing financially. The issue is that success, happiness, prosperity, and goal achievement, can only be achieved if we are willing to take risks, and overcome our fears. Nothing can be achieved if we remain stuck in our comfort zone, sitting there in hope that success will eventuate by itself. We too often base our decisions on emotion, rather than logic, and as a result, we quite often turn our backs on the very opportunity that was there for the taking, that would have led us to success. No opportunities or actions of risk come without the need to follow through with hard work, patience, and action, we still need to apply ourselves. The truth be told, that many risks we do take will end up being unsuccessful, but that's where it becomes about making changes, continually trialing different actions, persevering, and even taking more risks, until we achieve the desired result. It's never failure unless we accept it as that. Every unsuccessful action is nothing more than a learning opportunity, so there sure is nothing to be afraid of. Here are 10 quotes to help us draw on our courage, focus our mindset on what we want to achieve, and overcome our fears, so we can go on to achieve success.
By David Stidston6 years ago in Motivation
