“Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it’s less good than the one you had before. You can fight it, you can do nothing but scream about what you’ve lost, or you can accept that and try to put…
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“Conflict can and should be handled constructively; when it is, relationships benefit. Conflict avoidance is *not* the hallmark of a good relationship. On the contrary, it is a symptom of serious problems and of poor communication.” – Harriet B. Braiker…
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“Living with anxiety is like being followed by a voice. It knows all your insecurities and uses them against you. It gets to the point when it’s the loudest voice in the room. The only one you can hear.” –…
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I see more clearly than ever that the algorithms that run our social media platforms are sick – they are anxious, depressed, and mentally unstable. More importantly, just as we created them and imbued them with our own immature consciousness,…
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“Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.” – Suzy Kassem Doubt. We have all had that feeling once or twice at least! Doubt is one of those things that, although unpleasant, is necessary for many ways. It is necessary…
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“When you are joyful, when you say yes to life and have fun and project positivity all around you, you become a sun in the centre of every constellation, and people want to be near you.” – Shannon L. Alder on…
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“Emotional intelligence is your ability to recognize and understand emotions in yourself and others, and your ability to use this awareness to manage your behaviour and relationships.” – Travis Bradberry. It is important for our resilience and wellbeing to be…
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“Self-awareness gives you the capacity to learn from your mistakes as well as your successes. It enables you to keep growing.” – Lawrence Bossidy Self-awareness, I find, is something that other people often find uncomfortable. I don’t know what it…
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Imagine a microscopic bacteria lands on your neck and unbeknown to you begins tunnelling through your skin and flesh in search of your spinal fluid – a source of energy for this micro-organism. Over a matter of weeks, the bacteria…
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I am very excited to announce that my podcast appearance with The Fit Mess Podcast is now live! Here’s the episode description: There’s a famous scene from Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade where, in his quest for the holy…
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