RealPositiveGirl - Weekly Encouragement & Mental Health

We all develop depression for a different reason, but many of the day-to-day things that make it worse & trigger it are common ground that a lot of us deal with. I'm here to share 7 things that negatively affect our depression that is helpful to be aware of to help develop needed coping mechanisms. Show Notes: I struggle with depression. I’m sure I have been struggling with it longer than...

Avoiding only increases the anxiety & pain related to what you're putting off. It also limits your life & prevents growth. Come learn 5 tips to stop avoiding & starting dealing with discomfort. Show Notes: As we all know, we can only avoid things/people for so long. I mean, SOMETIMES we can avoid certain people forever, but it’s not ideal since there are emotions & experiences...

Being in a healthy relationship is not the responsibility of one person, but both people involved. It's important that the vanity metrics aren't what's going to keep you together during hard times, it's the established groundwork & desire to work as a team that will continue to create a healthy relationship. I have been married for over 15 years now. And my relationship wit...

Instead of putting up with feeling awful, we should become aware of warning signs that we may be experiencing emotional exhaustion & get the help we need to manage it & let go of that unnecessary stressor. Show Notes: I promise I didn’t decide on this topic because I’m currently going through it. But it’s funny that I do feel drawn to speak on it because I know I’m not the only one dealing...

It's easy to let fear control you with the strong emotions it invokes. But allowing our emotions to control us is what causes us more pain & struggle than examining why we feel this way & what we should do to push through. I'm reviewing 7 of the biggest fears that hold us back & what we should about it. Show Notes: If I were to ask myself what scares me most, it would be the...

Being liked by everyone might feel nice & living life based on other people's opinions might be easy, but it's not worth your autonomy & being an extension of someone else for the sake of making life easier. I have 7 ways to stop living your life based on other people's opinions that will help you change this mindset. Show Notes: Being liked by everyone used to be a necessit...

How we display anger can bring on regret & embarrassment, but moving through those emotions full force can be overwhelming & exhausting, too. Understanding how to manage our anger & not let it control us in those chaotic moments can help us better understand what is triggering the anger & how we can use that knowledge to come to a solution. I have 10 tips to share on how to manage...

We can all be leaders in life. You don't even have to have a job to be a leader or be louder than everyone else. Many people lead by example without saying anything. And I want to give you 7 tips on how to be the BEST leader you can. Show Notes: I believe everyone can be a leader in their lives. I truly believe this. You don’t have to have a management-level job or be someone super important...

Mental strength can be described as your amount of resilience & confidence. But if you're unsure how to become stronger mentally, I have 10 tips on how to work towards a stronger mind & become even more capable of overcoming the struggles that come your way. Show Notes: I always thought mental strength was tough to work on, but it was because I was a people pleaser. And being a people...

Knowing your anxiety triggers can keep you vigilant in your awareness of anxiety attacks & hopefully minimize how much anxiety you experience by being knowing what contributes to those feelings. I'm sharing 10 Common Anxiety Triggers many of us struggle with. Show Notes: Anxiety sucks. It’s a terrible thing that creeps up on you & takes you in a chokehold. When I experience anxiety, i...

I’ve discovered over the last few years that it’s pretty easy to become burnt out in your personal life just as easily as in your professional work life. I want to share tips on how we can overcome burnout in our personal lives & not continually feel hopeless & detached from life. Show Notes: Personal burnout is very much like professional burnout where you end up feeling overwhelmed, emot...

It's too easy to stay stuck in our comfort zones because we don't realize how much we are settling & leaving amazing opportunities on the table. I'm here to share with you how to progress from comfort zone to growth zone & start fully living your life with more joy. Show Notes: Despite how many times I have stepped outside of my comfort zone, it can still be scary to do it a...

Leaning into as much kindness as we can is so beneficial for ourselves & for others, but we can't allow people to manipulate us into believing we need to do more or take on more because we choose kindness over nastiness. I have 5 ways we can set boundaries while still being as kind as possible. Show Notes: The phrase, ‘Kill’em With Kindness’ is one of my favorite phrases because it embodi...

You cannot have a healthy relationship without trust. And a lot of times we get into new relationships, both friendships & romantic ones, & reflect on times when our trust was broken & carry that baggage into the next relationship. This is why I wanted to chat about building trust for the first time & also add in some tips if you need to rebuild trust after someone has broken it.  ...

Some people don't want you to heal because broken people serve their needs better because you can manipulate them easier. They also don't want you to become strong enough to be better than them or find pleasure in seeing you in pain because it makes them seem stronger. I have 5 tips on how to not let these things hinder our emotional healing & self-development. Show Notes: There will...

Seeking other people’s approval to do anything in your life is like holding yourself hostage by willingly giving someone else the key. You’re allowing them to decide whether you are freed or not. I have 5 tips to help you overcome approval-seeking behavior & lean less on others over time. Show Notes: Seeking other people’s approval to do anything in your life is like holding yourself hostage b...

People pleasing hides who you really are.  You end up living an unauthentic life with limited emotional freedom & happiness because you lack the understanding of how important it is to put yourself first & help others second. Come hear 5 tips on how to stop being a people pleaser. Show Notes: The biggest thing I've learned about people pleasing is that it hid who I really was. Which i...

C onfidence plays a big role in your desire to pursue your goals & how you present yourself to others. It’s also a general sense of believing in yourself, but many of us lack confidence in certain areas of our lives or don't feel confident at all. Here are 7 tips on how to become more confident! Show Notes: Genuinely, I used to believe confidence would just come to me someday. I would jus...

We shouldn't wait until we are at our weakest point to work on ourselves. We should be taking the time to become more self-aware to understand ourselves better regularly & be conscious of behaviors that indicate we need to work on our emotional health. I have 7 sevens to share with you today to know work needs to be done. Show Notes: I used to not take criticism well. I don’t know that I...

The purpose of emotional healing is to learn how to cope, respond & honor our emotions & express ourselves better. This will lead to more content moments in life & less stress.  Here are 7 tips on how to go about emotional healing. Show Notes: I’m pretty sure I mention how amazing going to therapy is in every single episode. But we can’t ALWAYS be in therapy. Even if you go often, like...

E ngaging in self-love will limit how often we are being highly critical of ourselves, falling into people-pleasing habits & allowing others to treat us badly. Let's learn 7 ways to practice self-love to help us grow even more. Show Notes: We spend a ton of time talking about self-care, which is great because it pushed you to put yourself first & realign your priorities to better fit...

When we don’t understand how to regulate our own emotions, we will constantly live on that roller coaster because it’s all we know. Let me share with you some ways to engage in emotional self care that will aid in knowing how to better manage your emotions. Show Notes: Growing up I wasn’t taught about emotions at all. I was expected to be happy or nothing at all. It’s where all the people pleasing...

Recovering from anxious days might look like evenings in front of the tv with a glass of wine, but that isn't actual healing. If you want to work on lowering your anxiety, you need to get to the source of the problem. Start from the inside out knowing that is the best way to feel better. Show Notes: I think most of us deal with anxiety & stress in some capacity of our lives. Life is crazy...

When we think about things we need more of, we always think about THINGS & not actual changes in emotions & attitudes that will get us farther than happiness placeholders. Let me share with you 5 things we need more of! Show Notes: I saw a graphic with a list of 13 things we need more of like sleep, sunsets, long walks, things like that. But it wasn’t those things that inspired me to talk...

Vulnerability is a strength, not a weakness. And becoming vulnerable doesn't have to happen overnight. You can take it day-by-day & slowly implement it into your life. Let me share with you 5 ways to increase your vulnerability. Show Notes: One of my goals in life is to convince as many people as possible that being vulnerable is a good thing. It’s helpful to you because you are allowing...