If you’ve ever wanted to stop worrying, this is for you. I am a chronic over-thinker. And worrier. And terribly inefficient decision-maker. Then I get overwhelmed. To the point where I will break down in the middle of the kitchen over something like mismatched socks. You know what I mean? It’s not...
Have you ever heard of the early Daoism term WuWei? Recently, I’ve been leaning into the idea of giving my brain space to think. Of experiencing life, rather than rushing through it, to see what it can show me. Normally, I’m trying to go a million miles an hour, fitting...
It's been proven negative thinking is more powerful than positive thinking – so I came up with a simple way to re-wire negativity and become more positive.
1. Question your negative thoughts. You hear “just think positive” a lot. “Turn your negative thoughts into positive ones.” But that’s just a mask, and eventually it wears off – you’re not actually thinking positive thoughts, you’re forcing a positive ideal over your real feelings. Instead, when you catch yourself having...
It’s Christmas week! That probably means you’re immensely busy, so I will keep this one short and sweet. That’s also what I want to talk about though. The holidays are such an easy time to get stressed out and overwhelmed, and that is the complete opposite point of them. This...
I’m going to keep this one short and sweet today (alright, I know, I can hear you laughing). I don’t want to write an entire pep talk about the virtues of looking on the bright side (even though, okay, that is a totally valid topic). (Maybe another day.) But I...
It is harder to be positive. Even in “normal” situations, a negative thought is four to seven times more powerful than a positive one – and saying it out loud makes it ten times more powerful than that. So one bad thought can be up to seventy times more powerful than...
Life is short. My brother recently reminded me of this, and no truer words have ever been spoken. And I’m immediately going to contradict myself a little here, because I’m not sure life is necessarily short (it is what it is) – but we should be milking as much as...
