Stop forcing what isn’t flowing
This goes against what many motivational speakers will tell you, but from what I’ve seen (and experienced personally) the happiest people are those that are in flow with what is, not fighting against it trying to force something to be the way they think it...
Is your pain great enough?
Your feelings are valid. There will always be people going through seemingly ‘worse’ situations than you. Their experiences are valid too. Feelings are not mutually exclusive, they are not in competition and they are not only allowed to be experienced by...
Triggered
I had an eating disorder in my early twenties which, although awful, I was able to recover from.Every now and again, with certain triggers, I get the urge to starve myself again. It’s a coping mechanism which I understand now and can even appreciate or at least...
Surviving and thriving
Affirmations don’t work.If you have any kind of belief that conflicts with whatever you’re trying to tell yourself in any way, your RAS (reticular activating system) will throw that puppy right out the window so as not to cause any internal conflict. The...