Detox For Your Life

Whether you're considering a career shift, a new personal direction, etc., here are some tips to help you navigate the process: Self-Reflection: Before making any major changes, take time to reflect on your strengths, interests, values, and long-term goals. Understand what truly matters to you and what you want to achieve in your new direction. Set Clear Goals: Define specific and achievable goals...

On your journey to giving yourself as many chances as you need to get it right: Start by letting go of the past. We spend way too much time staying stuck in the past and it paralyzes us. Prevents us from moving forward. The past failures or the things that didn’t go our way or work out for us in the past still affords us an opportunity to grow. Figure out what you do want. Piggybacking on the last...

Possible reasons why people have difficulty seeing the change in someone else: Familiarity bias: People often have preconceived notions or mental images of others based on past experiences and interactions. These preconceptions can create a cognitive bias that makes it difficult to perceive changes in someone's behavior or character. Limited perspective: If someone has limited interactions or limi...

I read that the average person makes about 35,000 decisions a day. In life, in your career, in your relationships (friendships and romantic relationships), etc., if you don’t get clear on what you want, you will find yourself in a constant cycle of getting things that kinda, sorta, almost, but not quite meets it. So how do you start getting clear on what you want? Take out a piece of paper and wri...

If you find yourself taking on other people’s frustrations, first ask yourself, “Why am I frustrated by this”? Is this person known to overreact? In the past, when their frustrations became my frustrations, was their validity to the frustration (meaning was there a valid reason for you to be frustrated)? It’s important to set emotional boundaries: stop taking on other people’s feelings. This can b...

In Cortney S. Warren’s book, Lies We Tell Ourselves: The Psychology of Self-Deception, she says, ““Self-deception comes from not having enough psychological strength to admit the truth and deal with the consequences that will follow when the truth is acknowledged.” She also says, “The more we lie to ourselves about how we are contributing to our problems, the more harm we will cause to ourselves a...

To leave alone means to refrain from annoying or interfering with Focus on what you can control. Embrace a growth mindset. To embrace a growth mindset, think of the word “yet” It hasn’t happened yet. You aren’t there yet. The power of Yet.   Journal to release all the things that are consuming your mind. Celebrate small wins. Lay aside your expectations. Leave it alone! Trust the process

The quotes that inspired today's podcast:  When you show them you’ll stay through anything, that’s when they’ll put you through everything. Intentionally leaving out details is lying too. Even if our background and circumstances influence who we are, we are still responsible for who we become. You can’t disappoint someone multiple times and expect their energy to still crave you. The wrong person...

Decide that you are no longer willing to be at war with yourself.  Awareness. Becoming aware of your negative self-talk  Let Go of How Your Life “Looks” and Dedicate Yourself to Focusing on How Your Life “Feels.”  Stop Comparing Yourself to Others.  Speak to yourself as you would a close friend.  Focus on your strengths. Instead of focusing on what you don’t like about yourself, focus on the thing...