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You're Talking Yourself to Death
Negative self-talk impacts our mental health, that’s an established fact, but many of us don’t realize the impact that negative self-talk has on our physical health. As humans, we love to talk about the things we dislike most about ourselves, but this takes a darker turn when we start to dismiss serious health concerns because of the way we feel about ourselves. Dismissing things like breathlessness, or feeling tired all the time, because we’ve told ourselves that we’re just overweight, or we’re just getting older, and that’s just how it’s going to be from here on out. In my own life, I’ve witnessed these narratives lead to blood transfusions due to low hemoglobin levels, and I’ve heard similar stories of women dismissing incredibly serious symptoms as their normal. As women, we’re almost conditioned this way, to talk ourselves out of things that may actually be serious. To tell ourselves that it’s not important, and to keep on going, but this sort of dismissal can be detrimental and even deadly.
By Emma Szczepanek6 years ago in Motivation
Growth, Development And Maturity
As humans, one of our biggest flaws lies within our impatience. If we desire something, we don't just want it, we want it now. Proof of this can be seen all around us, every single day, and perhaps we, ourselves, are part of that proof. Such an example is humankind's desire for wealth and financial freedom, as rather than apply ourselves to years of hard work, sacrifice, perseverance, and commitment, we instead seek out short cuts. Rather than investing our money in our goals and our future, we instead invest in lottery tickets, in the hope we can achieve that wealth and financial freedom without the need to barely lift a finger. Another example lies within humankind's ambition to achieve success, and rather than proving one's worth through hard work and the demonstration of their skills and talent, many people rise to higher positions purely from who they know, not what they know, bypassing the need to work hard. Of course, it's only natural to want success, wealth, and the accomplishment of our goals, in our life right now, but to achieve such rewards without having worked hard, having exercised patience, having proved our resilience and determination, and having demonstrated our true skill, talent, and creativity, would be like making and eating a pizza without any toppings. This pizza may be food, and we could ingest it as it is, yet we would be eating nothing more than the pizza base, the dough, that is bland and near tasteless. If we took the time though, we could add pizza sauce, cheese, ham, capsicum, onion, tomato, pineapple, or whatever pleases our taste buds, and we could turn that unsatisfying pizza base into something truly delicious. Achieving our goals, success, and wealth, is no different. If we apply ourselves, exercise patience, reveal true resilience, and genuinely prove our worth, we can turn that success, wealth, and accomplishment, into reward with real satisfaction.
By David Stidston6 years ago in Motivation
Gratitude WILL Change your Life.
Studies show that if we think of 5 things we are grateful for everyday, that our general mood and attitude about life will change more than we ever thought possible. And this year, I think we all may need this positivity back into our lives. In today’s world we often find ourselves obsessing over the things we don’t have; we compare our bodies to unrealistic standards we see on Instagram, we fantasize about living unrealistic lives that we see on social media, and we fail to notice that what we have in front of us is good enough. So to start to be grateful for things, we need to stop wanting more and be happy with what we do have. Instead of comparing our bodies and lives to instagram influencers, compare ourselves to the almost 600,000 people that will go without a place to sleep tonight in the United States. Just about the same number of people will be hungry before they go to bed tonight. Some people would do anything to have your life.
By Reece Johnson6 years ago in Motivation
The Taste of Life
I am about to throw a friend of mine a baby shower. In doing so, I have set up a Whatsapp group with her favourite people and there is no WhatsApp group complete without a cover photo. So, I scrolled through a year’s worth of shots to find a decent one of her, preferably without anyone else in the background. To my surprise, the most recent one I could find was New Year’s Eve 2019. We had all dressed up as characters from a murder mystery and my beautiful friend was in a maid’s outfit, holding a glass of martini in one hand and her skirt in the other – posing like the classy bird she is. Yes, I chose that picture as the cover photo for her baby shower.
By Keshia MF6 years ago in Motivation
What is your biggest stopper to love yourself?
I have this terrible tendency of overthinking. Also, thinking that I am not good enough. My self-esteem has been demolished by my own thoughts, partially contributed to what others think of me. People always say, “who cares what people think?” I just know subconsciously it bothers all of us. Yeah, our exterior says otherwise, “fuck you!” Yet, in the back of your mind, it hurts, it’s offensive, it makes you question yourself.
By Nia on Air6 years ago in Motivation
How To Increase Your Creativity
According to Cognitive Psychologist, Robert J. Sternberg’s creativity can be broadly defined as “the process of creating something that is both original and useful.” It refers to finding new ways to solve problems and approach certain situations.
By Collins Amanze6 years ago in Motivation
Boots
In Texas, boots are as fundamental as cold beer and BBQ, Bluebonnets in Spring and Friday Night Football. The best thing about it, you do not have to be a rootin tootin, tobacco spittin, small town livin, Texan, to be able to wear them, freely as you choose. I have been in meetings with board members and business owners, all wearing boots. Typically, the fancier the boots, the less opportunity they are to be subject to outdoor conditions. I have worked on both sides of this line and I was just as prideful with the old, dusty boots, as I was with shiny new boots that never made it out of an office building.
By Shawn Tietze 6 years ago in Motivation
Thankful
Back in January, the first thing that came to my mind was a huge conspiracy that the world would face regarding the Coronavirus. Sometimes, with the constant communication of “fake news”, one cannot make heads or tails of what is real and what is not. The “Chinese Virus” as Donald Trump calls it became the most prevalent anxiety plaguing my mind at the time. In February, my wife and I went to San Francisco to attend a Coronation Ball. I thought to myself, how odd, no one is wearing a mask even though they say that it would be required in the airport at some point. But truth be told, it did not malinger in my mind for too long as we had work to do. We had to attend events, perform, show our faces to represent Hawaii. We were too busy to see the real news. Just like that huge wave that washed some tables and chairs into the ocean in Brazil when what appeared to be a tidal wave that came in, we just ignored the signs and went on our merry way. We ate at Denny’s, we went to Target, and we even went to Walgreens. Nothing seemed too out of the ordinary.
By K. N. Nunies6 years ago in Motivation
5 Tips to Get Through Burnout
In psychology, burnout is described as mental, emotional, or physical exhaustion due to constant or excessive stress. Burnout can come from your job, school, or even relationships. It’s tough to overcome burnout alone, so I’ve compiled a list of tips and tricks to help you get through it:
By Kara Cole6 years ago in Motivation
No Worries
Stop! Take a moment to breathe, in, and out. Reanalyze what's bothering you. What's actually bothering you? This sweet life can be full of uncertainties, failures, regrets, pain, and yet, they don't get better when we merely worry about them, without taking positive actions to address the situation and the reasons we are in such a situation in the very first place.
By Carl Grant-Acquah6 years ago in Motivation
