self help
Self help, because you are your greatest asset.
12 Feet Down
The triumph I felt crawling out of the pool early one morning last summer should probably be reserved for Navy Seals and Olympic champions. Nevertheless, I wrapped a soft, oversized beach towel around my body, inhaled the calming scent of chlorine and exhaled pure, unadulterated triumph.
By Kelsey Hull8 years ago in Motivation
Take Back Your Power
How many times has someone made you upset, angry, broken your heart, disappointed you, or made you feel unloved or unworthy? You might say it happens all the time, but I'm going to tell you something radically different, something which you might find difficult to accept. The truth is that no one's ever done that to you... ever.
By Nandan Das8 years ago in Motivation
How to Cope with Loss?
Leaving. The little voice that has been inside your brain since you've known yourself. Some taking it seriously, some pushing it down; for fear or for reasons beyond themselves (and me). Obviously, everyone wants to spend spring break in Bora Bora, a week in Belize. But you notice this voice becoming louder and louder when, one day during work, you consider starting a new life in a small city in Colorado. However, when it starts approaching unbearable, the fear overcomes. Then, how to let go?
By Laura Port8 years ago in Motivation
This Is Why Rejection Is a Good Thing
Have you ever thought you were in love only to be told by the one you admire that he or she wants to break up with you? Have you ever applied for a job and been told the organization or company chose someone else? Have you ever applied to a school or program and been declined entry?
By Rabbi Daniel8 years ago in Motivation
5 Healthy Habits: Your Mind & Soul
There comes a time in our lives when it feels like the weight of the world lies right on our shoulders. I am no stranger to the stress and anxiety that a busy, yet goal-oriented lifestyle, can bring. Additionally, with added responsibility, whether it be personal, educational or business, comes a lot of added tension and pressure.
By Melody Morales8 years ago in Motivation
Feeling 'Under'-ish
I can come up with hundreds of explanations as to why I'm feeling a bit "underish" lately, or often, or maybe even daily. My highs & lows are incessant. Maybe it's because I'm an artist who dramatically makes choices in life, I'm not so sure. It's certainly not because I was diagnosed by some doctors three years ago, with Multiple Sclerosis, or Multiple Superbness as I like to call it. I didn't create that, or did I live a lifetime lifestyle that caused my autoimmune system to shift from offense to defense? It couldn't be that! I don't think of myself a person with any disabilities or problems at all. I'm completely based on possibility, which is related to ability. I eat as "clean" as possible without growing my own food, I walk instead of riding, & practice yoga every day when I can. I meditate to connect to my true self when I'm calmly quiet, & practice being grateful for the smallest of moments as often as I remember to think THANK YOU... only the most awesome of things I do with myself.
By Robbi Hall8 years ago in Motivation
Do These Things When You're Feelin' Down
Whether you're not feelin’ yourself, the day, your significant other (no judgement), your job, or maybe you’re just irked by literally anything and everything, there are so many things you could do to feel good in your own company. It's fine to say fuck it and seclude yourself once in a while! Especially if your surroundings are causing you to become negative and rob you of a good day. Through experience and the advice of others, I’ve gathered some of the absolute best activities you could do to feel a little bit better. And no, going to the gym is not on here.
By Niki Bambi8 years ago in Motivation
There Is Only One You
“ Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” - Oscar Wilde There is a total of 7.6 billion people on this Earth, and every single one of them is unique: different colored hair, different colored eyes, different skin tones. Even identical twins have differing personalities. What gets me is how, no matter how many people have their own amazing qualities, they all seem to want to be someone different. These recent generations are almost being forced to be someone they aren't, just because others aren't comfortable, because of this fact I have noticed that not a lot of people are truly happy. Somebody wants to be just like that random person they see at work or school, and that random person wants to be someone else. It's an endless annoying cycle. I even find myself guilty of this. My hair is a frazzled mess, I am super awkward, and the only reason I am a writer is because my speaking skills could be a bit better. Yet I have amazing story ideas, I can dream up something and crochet something that looks exactly like my dream, I can play piano pretty well, even if I can't read sheet music, and I am a friend that people can count on. I want to be someone not as awkward as me, but others see my gifts and want to be like that. We are human, we are never going to be perfect, but we are us.
By Beckster Kraft8 years ago in Motivation
Now, Later, or Never
Going back and forth with my head is so tiring. I'm the type of thinker that no matter what, I always go to the extreme with any given thought, and then I get so fixated on some particular aspect of that thought until I'm finally in a very, deep, emotional well. Whew.
By Temperance Moore8 years ago in Motivation
When I Mess Things Up
Have you ever just sat pissed off trying to blame someone else for your fuck up? Even when you attempt to be honest with yourself you still find your anger trying to direct the blame elsewhere. When I mess things up, I typically accept my part and move on, but this screw up has me all twisted trying to save my emotional sanity. I want to blame someone else and to talk about how they put me in the position that I am in now, but I cannot. All I can do is accept the responsibility and move on. Deal with my screw up and try to do better.
By I AM. Master of Arts8 years ago in Motivation
How I Am Improving Myself
Up until February of this year, I resided out west with my mother, step-father and four younger siblings. I was 19, had quit my job as a babysitter, and was mooching off my mother for four months as my impending moving day inched ever closer. I was getting paid $10 a day for 12-24 hour shifts with three children, frequently living at their house (for free). I often was not paid on time, my bosses (the children’s parents) were abusive towards each other, and I got the dreadful end of the consistently. I have been physically, mentally and sexually abused (only since moving across the country) and was drained from a decade of consistent abuse from one source or another.
By Eadlyen Greenwood8 years ago in Motivation
