It’s human nature to seek control. Of course we want to know how things are going to turn out. Am I wasting time at a job that will never lead to a promotion? Am I dating someone who will never commit? The list goes on and on. We spend so much time planning and coming [...]
Do you know the average person makes about 200 decisions each day? And that’s just about food. I admit I’m that person who stares at the menu for way too long before ordering. I even get anxiety standing in line at Starbucks sometimes – as I’m waiting and thinking about my options, I panic when [...]
Why do you get nervous before an interview? When you see someone attractive, why don’t you talk to him/her? Pressure. Pressure is what prevents us from really enjoying life and doing what’s necessary to get the results we want. We feel pressure because of expectations – expectations we’ve built up in our minds, expectations that [...]
When I think back to the hardest times of my life, I remember wondering, How am I going to get through this? When will things get better? In those moments, I felt so low that I couldn’t imagine moving past the pain. But I picked myself back up and kept moving forward. One day at [...]
I’m not going to sugar coat it – rejection sucks. It can do a number on your self-esteem and bruise your ego…big time. But we need to remember that rejection happens to everyone. It doesn’t matter who you are. Think about it: There are times where we have rejected great people and times when we’ve [...]
Imagine you’ve just settled into bed. You feel ready to drift off to sleep when your mind starts to race. Did I remember to feed the cat? Will she get fat if I feed her twice by accident? Can cats get diabetes? While this is a funny example, if you’ve ever been sucked into a destructive spiral [...]
I’ve been a perfectionist for as long as I can remember—always caring about what other people think, worrying about being judged, and overanalyzing everything. As a kid, I never raised my hand in class even if I was 99% sure I knew the answer, constantly second-guessing myself. In my success-driven mind, every bad score on a [...]
