Change Mindset
Mindset is the way in which we approach challenges. You may wonder if there is a correct mindset, or what the correct mindset may be. According to Stanford Professor Carol Dweck, there are two major types of mindsets: the growth mindset and the fixed mindset. A growth mindset is emphasizing the ability to grow and […]
Empowerment
What is empowerment? Where can I find it? According to Merriam Webster’s dictionary, empower is defined as “to give official authority or legal power to”, “to enable” and “to promote the self-actualization or influence of’. For this post, we are going to focus on the last definition, specifically in regards to self-empowerment or personal empowerment. […]
Finding Passions
“The meaning of life is to find your gift; the purpose of life is to give it away.” Pablo Picasso If someone sat you down today, and genuinely asked “what are you passionate about?”, how would you answer? You may have multiple passions filling your heart and your schedule, or like most people, you may […]
Finding and Building Self-Worth
Sit and think for a moment on the times when you were proud of yourself or felt the best about yourself. What do these moments have in common? What are some differences between these moments? Now, in those moments, were your positive feelings about yourself linked to: A.) A personal accomplishment. B.) A professional goal; […]
Imposter Syndrome
Have you ever sat in on a conference call, lead a meeting, or answered a question and thought to yourself “I have no idea what I’m doing”? How about this scenario, you get a promotion at work, but your internal monologue tells you that it was a mistake, that you are not qualified or that […]
Perfectionism
Contrary to popular belief, the concept of perfectionism is not based on the idea of being perfect, but rather the fear of failure. It is a constant feeling of not being good enough. Curran and Hill (2015) defined perfectionism as “an irrational desire to achieve along with being overly critical of oneself and others.” On […]
Confidence
Have you ever met someone who just emanated confidence with every fiber of their being? Or the opposite, have you ever met someone who was so full of self-doubt that you could feel it? Maybe you are one of these people, or maybe like the rest of us, you are somewhere in between. If you […]
Sleep
“Innocent sleep. Sleep that soothes away all our worries. Sleep that puts each day to rest. Sleep that relieves the weary laborer and heals hurt minds. Sleep, the main course in life’s feast, and the most nourishing.” – WS, Macbeth The joy and importance of sleep has been known among humans since well before […]
Ending Negative Patterns and Creating New, Healthy Patterns
Until we are able to identify patterns in our lives, we won’t be able to see some of the negative patterns that may have developed. In addition to being able to identify negative patterns of others, you can use your powers of identification for yourself too. Identifying both positive and negative patterns in your thinking […]
Recognizing Patterns
“The best thing we have going for us is our intelligence,especially pattern recognition, sharpened over eons of evolution.”– Neil deGrasse Tyson Recognizing a pattern in your life for the first time is like getting your first pair of glasses. Once you recognize a pattern, things around it start to fall into place. Research indicates that […]