Not Feeling Good Enough Here’s a thought loop I often find myself in: I’m submitting an article to a client, and I cringe, start sweating, and feel super anxious. That moment of cringe is followed by the awful “this isn’t good enough, and I’m not good enough.” Then I think of the past, the future,…
Explained in short, the law of attraction is about cultivating higher-self thoughts that help you attract the things you want in life. Although I won’t deny that the law of attraction is powerful, we often only use a small part of the law. We only use the part where we rigidly attach ourselves to a…
This post talks about how to deal with negative self-talk. Have you ever noticed how one negative thought can snowball into a loop of negativity that seems to have no end? Negative self talk truly is destructive for our well-being and our growth. But with the right tools and approach, you will come out better…
There’s nothing I hate more than when things go wrong. It brings out all the worst parts of me. I will be rude; I will throw temper tantrums; I will cry; I will obsess over the problem and how to fix it. And finally: I exhaust myself because I can’t solve the problem right here…
Recently The Cut published an article with new definitions of relatable feelings that don’t have a word. Most of them were simply amusing, for example, “lennyness”, defined as the overwhelming desire to pick up a small, cute thing and hug it tight. But some definitions cut a little deeper, like sex poisoned. The feeling of…
On April 2nd, 2018, I left Amsterdam with two suitcases. I’d ended my apartment lease and sold almost everything I had. I left the Netherlands on a one-way flight to India. It’s now two years later, and there are a few things I’ve learned along the way. The Decision itself is not the Scary part…
I’ve always been kind of a black and white person. It’s everything or nothing. I work 24/7 or I don’t work at all. I drink a lot or I don’t drink at all (I should definitely revise that one) and I don’t wish to participate in the modern world of dating. It’s either THE guy…
I’ve been thinking about the meaning of advice. Why do we ask for it? And what do we think to get out of it? When it comes to the big questions of our lives, advice from people doesn’t have a place at all. When we take direction from people throughout our lives, depending on how…