When Overthinking is Good
Overthinking can be an efficient, effective way to get to the other side of discomfort.
Overthinking can be an efficient, effective way to get to the other side of discomfort.
There will be times when all the good things in your life can’t make certain moments easier.
Understanding where unhappiness comes from gives us a clearer sense of what ingredients we need in our lives to make us happy.
Many people are lonely on Valentine’s Day more than they’d like to be, and the imagery of hearts, kisses, roses, boxes of candy, cards, etc., can drum up old feelings of shame and abandonment fear.
In the fight against daily despair, remembering your younger uninhibited, brave, curious, and fully alive self—and calling upon it—is paramount.
It is possible to rise, even when everything we know is being torn down. Perhaps it’s to build something new so that we might flourish.
Being human often means learning the hard way what circumstances hinder our growth and wellbeing. It takes a lot of courage to admit when we’ve come to this painful realization.
Next time you are “mindlessly” taking a shower, washing dishes or driving, ask yourself: What are you thinking? Are you grinding old thoughts, or contemplating your life in new rewarding productive ways?
There are countless books and blogs that outline the path to success. Yet, the internal work required to turn success and happiness into a packaged deal is under-acknowledged.
Journeying to the center of the self is not an end, but a beginning of an increasing compassion and energy output toward the world. If we can slow down global warming, and yet do not come together to take action to prevent it, then we are abandoning ourselves and each other.