Are you hiding your emotions?
“Don’t cry.” “Don’t be sad.” “Don’t be angry.” “Don’t be embarrassed.” How often are we encouraged not to feel the way we feel? Sometimes it isn’t convenient or socially acceptable to have a breakdown or be furious, so we keep it inside. We hide our undesirable emotions in favour of appearing strong, making someone else […]
How are you sabotaging yourself?
Have you ever heard of underlying commitments? The concept’s come up for me a couple times lately, so last week I decided to explore it for myself. In a nutshell, underlying commitments are the things we’re truly committed to, which we may not be aware of and may not be in alignment with our stated goals. For […]
An alternate perspective on failure and rejection
Most of us have a bad relationship with failure and rejection. They seem painful, hard, depressing, easier to avoid . . . With good reason: Failure and rejection both hurt. They aren’t the types of experiences most of us would choose to have, especially given other options. Would you want to apply for a job . . […]
Two kinds of fear
In my experience, there’s two kinds of fear: The fear that you experience when you step outside your comfort zone, and . . . The fear that you experience when you stay within it. Now, you might be thinking: There’s fear inside my comfort zone? That doesn’t seem right… I hear ya. Stay with me for […]