It can be easy to beat ourselves up when we fail. When we’re not good at something. When we make mistakes. We see other people succeeding all the time. We see it in documentaries. We see it on social media. We see it in our families … [Read more...]

Getting started can be the hardest part of any endeavor. Sometimes we’re afraid. Sometimes we’re ambivalent. Sometimes we just don’t know what to do. We might know what we want to do. We just don’t know how to make it happen. After … [Read more...]

We like milestones. The start of a new week, month, or year. Anniversaries. Birthdays. Holidays. They often signify remembering our past and looking forward to our future. Many of them signify new beginnings. As such, we might … [Read more...]

Some assume that self-love precludes self-improvement. That self-love means accepting oneself “as is”, with no intention of improvement. Similarly, one might think that a desire to change indicates that they do not love themselves. In either … [Read more...]

It’s not easy to be patient when working toward change. We’ve got a clear picture of the outcome we’d like to see. We’ve set the goal. We’ve started doing the work. Now we have to wait for it to happen. And waiting sucks. We can … [Read more...]

Prioritizing can be such a freaking challenge. We’ve only got so much time and energy. Yet, we often find ourselves with more goals and commitments than time and energy. Some of these goals and commitments are important. Some of them, not … [Read more...]

Maintaining motivation isn’t always easy. When we’re first getting started, it’s usually not a problem. We’re fired up about our goal. We’re daydreaming about what our life’s going to look like once we reach it. We’re excited to put our … [Read more...]

So many of us don’t act because we lack confidence. Often, this feeling doesn’t reflect reality. We actually are prepared. We actually are skilled. We actually are ready. But we don’t feel like it. This might be because of … [Read more...]

We often quit when we’re not seeing progress. When we’ve been working toward a goal. We might be pursuing better health. We could be working on a project at work. We may just be working on a hobby. There’s something we’ve identified … [Read more...]

Many of us experience anxiety over losing out on opportunities. This anxiety keeps us from doing things we’re planning. It keeps us from enjoying or appreciating the things we’re actually doing. Because our minds and hearts are … [Read more...]