self help
Self help, because you are your greatest asset.
Self Discovery
Having experienced some rather intense mind, body, and spirit events personally in my life recently, I thought why not write about them and share my personal growth with people. If what has happened to me at my age, with my life history, can encourage even one person to look differently at life itself, then I will have achieved something.
Lucy LavertyPublished 6 years ago in MotivationA Peek Inside
I am on this mission to help those that don’t suffer from depression to get a glimpse inside as well as to remind those that do suffer from depression that they aren’t alone. My husband and quite a few of my friends and family have no context to my moods or behavior as they have never suffered from depression.
Harlie WoodPublished 6 years ago in MotivationAt the Top of the Stairs
At the Top of the Stairs It’s midnight. I should be in bed, but I’m not. I never am now. Thoughts are always consuming my mind during the night. No one is home. I sit at the top of the stairs surrounded by empty bedrooms—five, to be exact. One of them is mine, although I don’t spend much time in it. Darkness is all that is present. No lights are on. No one is laughing or arguing. Everything is silent. A house that once held seven people now only holds me for the night. My dad is out of town and no one else lives here. I sit at the top of the stairs. Memories flood my mind: my older sister moving out and going all the way to Athens, my oldest brother moving to Roswell, my little sister living with my mom in a different house, my other brother becoming a freshman in college and now leaving me just like the rest, my parents divorcing, my empty house, my bad grades, my poor decisions, my failures. I cry. I miss my family. I don’t like being alone. I hate failing.
Brandi JoPublished 6 years ago in MotivationLearning to Love You
Something I personally struggle with A LOT, this loving yourself thing has never been a strong point of mine growing up. Instead it was easier to blame myself for everything that went wrong, tell myself it is all I deserved or maybe it was some kind of punishment. I convinced myself that happiness and good luck just weren't meant to be part of my life and I was just going to have to accept that. I mean, why would someone like me be able to have those things? Why would anyone love someone like me? Accept someone like me? Love me for who I was? More importantly, I couldn't change it, could I?
Toni-Marie GallagherPublished 6 years ago in MotivationBe the You, You Want
We all have those moments where we feel like our lives' are off-course. We all have moments of social anxiety and feeling defeated. Sometimes these feelings come and go. Other times, they stick around; like pesky little flies buzzing around our thoughts; making it difficult for us to go to social gatherings (or even the grocery store), cause us to feel sluggish and fatigued, and keep us in an overall cloud of disappointment and 'funk'.
Sierra IPublished 6 years ago in MotivationFortune Cookie
“The more you know, the less you need to say.” The intellectual experience is definitely one of the most awesome experiences of life thus far. The more we learn, the more we see with the metaphorical third eye, the intellect. I have come to a place currently where I can see things, the minute details and the multiple possibilities. It is an overwhelming experience. With the abnormally numerous acute and clear thoughts that occur in the mind every day, more channels of thought open up to the mind, more perspectives. The getting lost in thought has never been a more intense experience than what I am experiencing these days. At the end of one of these ‘intense thought sessions,’ I am left feeling as if I have just sprinted a marathon. It’s exhilarating. At the risk of sounding even more dramatic, it’s as if I can feel the contours of my psyche changing with these in-depth thoughts which have a powerful connection with the belief system that lives in the mind. It’s chaotic. In the midst of all this chaos, I have managed to hold on to only a few things in life which are genuinely, universally important.
Diviesh BPublished 6 years ago in MotivationMotive-ational
I have a motive here. It is simply to make you feel your absolute best when you are finished reading this. I hope that by my words your entire perspective on yourself and the life that is going on around you has changed drastically for the better. You see, I know all too well what it's like to just feel like you're not going to make it. I know what it feels like to put all your effort into the day, working, taking care of the kids, grocery shopping, and fitting in time for the husband or wife after making supper. Finally you crash into bed exhausted only to have the stresses of what tomorrow will bring haunt your dreams at night.
Christina Marie MartinPublished 6 years ago in MotivationWhen You Feel Stuck in Life
Feeling stuck or lost in life is something we all go through. We become too comfortable in the jobs that slowly drain us. We become reliant on consistent pay checks, despite the tugging on our hearts for something more. Maybe we become lost in drugs and alcohol, or in other people. We go off course. We tell everyone that we're okay, that we have a plan, and they believe us. But it's like we're in the middle of the ocean in this dilapidated old boat, drifting aimlessly in circles and hoping that somehow we can find our way forward again.
Alyssa StonePublished 6 years ago in Motivation4 Signs That Your Mind Is Killing Your Success
Let’s get straight to the point. We all have things that stand in the way of our success. You may act mega confident, it may seem like everything is going just the way you want, and you may tell everyone you're busy for all the right reasons, however every single one of us could achieve more, and having coached thousands I know that there is often something in the way of success and it tends to be rooted in our own minds.
Mandie HolgatePublished 6 years ago in Motivation10 Most Inspirational TED Talks For Personal Growth
There are definitely times in our lives where we just want to roll up in a fetal position in the corner of our bed and stay like that for a few days. Admit it, adulting is hard and there are so many ways we can fuck up and ruin it for ourselves. But everyone makes mistakes, and while we learn from them, this helps us become a better us. Especially when it comes to personal growth, we come across so many challenges, tough decisions, and negative people that are looking to put you down in any way. And unfortunately, that's part of what life is—people attempting to bring you down.
George NekilanPublished 6 years ago in MotivationCourage!
COURAGE!!! Some people have it and most of us don't. What is courage? According to Wikipedia, "Courage (also called bravery or valour) is the choice and willingness to confront agony, pain, danger, uncertainty, or intimidation. Physical courage is bravery in the face of physical pain, hardship, death or threat of death, while moral courage is the ability to act rightly in the face of popular opposition, shame, scandal, discouragement, or personal loss. The classical virtue of fortitude (andreia, fortitudo) is also translated 'courage', but includes the aspects of perseverance and patience." That is the denotation and some connotation of the word COURAGE.
Maurice BernierPublished 6 years ago in MotivationDear Teenage Self
Dear Teenage Self, You are almost eighteen now. It is a great time to reflect how much you have changed as a person, as a teen.
Jeni LeePublished 6 years ago in Motivation