Do you ever get overwhelmed by the pressures you put on yourself? Often the pressures I put on myself far outweigh the pressures others put on me. How often are you your own worst critic? It is interesting, how if you pause and look at the pressures you face, while you may initially think they…
Do you ever take the time to celebrate how far you have come or do you just move on to the next thing without really thinking about it. Often we are our own worst critics and worst enemies when it comes to seeing and celebrating our own growth. It is time to start taking some…
It is so fitting that my topic for this week happen is connecting with role models, when I literally just finished a cohort with Lola’s Collective about connecting with others to be a mentor. I was asked a few months ago if I would like to be a mentor for this program that was focusing…
You know the saying, “two heads are better than one!” There is a lot of truth to this even if you are the type of person who prefers to work alone. I know for myself, I often prefer to work alone but I see the benefit of collaborating with others. We benefit so much from…
How do you start your day? The way we start our day sets us up for how our day will go. You know the expression, “did you get up on the wrong side of the bed,” this really is about how our day continues to go based on how we get up in the morning….
What we tell ourselves over and over again becomes true for us. If you tell yourself you suck at something then you will continue to suck at whatever it was that you were complaining about. Our inner narrative has so much power over our behaviours that we subconsciously continue the same narrative over and over…
Do you find joy in each day? Sometimes when we get overwhelmed and life does not seem to be going our way we struggle to see the joy in life. However, when you retrain your brain to find the joy in your day you will start to notice that there is an abundance of joy…
Making connections is one of the most important things we can do for ourselves. When we look at the importance of connection we begin to see how it helps us combat feelings of loneliness and isolation. Loneliness and isolation have been proven to have detrimental effects on our mental health. Which is why connection is…
You swept into my life and made me believe you understood many aspects of me. Of who I was as a person, what I valued, you valued, mirrored my goals, and you understood my trauma. You even went to the extent of mirroring that trauma. I felt you were one of the only people who…
Have you ever set a boundary before? Boundaries can be difficult to set because you do not have control over how the people you set the boundary with will react. All you have control over is your reaction and behavior. Setting healthy ‘for you’ boundaries is a very important step in empowering your life. It…