Category: mental health
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Completely Change Your Life With a Growth Mindset (3 Steps)
Growth mindset isn’t an option. It’s a must. That is… unless you enjoy being stuck and miserable. A growth mindset is believing you can learn and improve. The opposite is a fixed mindset—believing you’re stuck with your current abilities—how bleak. Unfortunately, society encourages us to have a fixed mindset. We’re told our IQ can’t improve,…
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51 Powerful Failure to Success Quotes
Below are 50 quotes about failure to help you reframe how you think about failure. Plus a bonus quote from Brené Brown to keep at your whip anytime someone tries to question your new mindset. Jump to bonus quote Failure to Success Quotes 1. “Failing is one of the greatest arts in the world. One…
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3 “Comparative Thinking Thought Shifts” You Can Make Today to Improve Your Life
What’s a “comparative thinking thought shift”… besides a mouthful? I’m glad you asked! Comparative thinking thought shifts revolve around comparative thinking. And as the name suggests, comparative thinking is when we use comparison to analyze and understand. It’s something that we’ve been doing the majority of our lives. And it’s become so inherent, we most…
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You’re Not Failing at Mindfulness. 5 Real-Life Examples of Mindfulness to Help You Get Started
Mindfulness is a useful, learned skill that will help anyone who is trying to live their best life. While there are helpful resources available, for the most part, mindfulness is self-taught. It can be confusing, and those who are learning may even think they are doing it wrong and give up. In this article I…
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Swap: “In spite of” with “In light of”
We need to remind ourselves that what people say is what they think (unless they are speaking proven facts) and that we have the ability to reject their statements.
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Trade: “In spite of” with “In light of”
We need to remind ourselves that what people say is what they think (unless they are speaking proven facts) and that we have the ability to reject their statements.
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Trade: “They said…” with, “They think….”
We need to remind ourselves that what people say is what they think (unless they are speaking proven facts) and that we have the ability to reject their statements.
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Trade: “They said…” with, “They think….”
We need to remind ourselves that what people say is what they think (unless they are speaking proven facts) and that we have the ability to reject their statements.
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Selfishness and perfectionism: how we have it backwards and why we need to get it right
We have a lot of things backwards. Including our ideas behind perfectionism and selfishness. As it currently stands, perfection is desired and selfishness is seen as unfavorable or negative. To certain extremes, yes selfishness can be bad. However, selfishness is a natural human trait and there is not a single person who is not selfish.…
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Scapegoating, how others use it to control and manipulate
“I am not your puppet master.” When I said those words, it felt like an epiphany, but it sure did not look like what you would expect an epiphany to look like. The sky did not open, there was no bright light shining down on me. Due to fear, my face showed no emotion. I…