Tweet Once you’re aware that certain types of fear are more likely to occur in relationship situations and you accept how insidious they can be. You can begin to watch for clues that your decisions are being based on fearful thinking (as opposed to clear thinking). Here are five things that are often signs of… Continue reading Five Clues That Your Decisions Are Based on Fear
Category: Lessons Learned
Three Types of Fear
Tweet Sometimes, it’s easy to tell our decisions are fear-based. Our hearts are pounding, cold sweat on our brow, and we’re facing down something we know, without a doubt we’re afraid of. But fear is an insidious thing and shows up in many forms. At it’s most sneaky, it weasels its way into the nooks… Continue reading Three Types of Fear
Fear as a Motivator and Inhibitor
Tweet Despite a large amount of disagreement in the psychological community, more often than not, fear is listed as one of the most basic human emotions. Regardless of high-level professional quibbling, there is little doubt we’ve all experienced it at one point or another. Most likely, you’re more familiar with fear than you want to… Continue reading Fear as a Motivator and Inhibitor
Facing Your Negative Self
Tweet We all have within us both positive and negative aspects. Hopes and fears, likes and dislikes, things we love about ourselves, things we hate about ourselves. It’s the friction between all of these opposing ideas that keeps our lives interesting, but also can make it very difficult at times. Some of the most difficult… Continue reading Facing Your Negative Self
Learn to Be Alone
Tweet Before you can have a truly deep and meaningful relationship with others, you have to cultivate one with yourself. A big part of that is learning to be alone, comfortably–to enjoy your own company and not rely on the constant hum and sputter of the world at large to keep you from getting to… Continue reading Learn to Be Alone
Never the Same Twice
Tweet For those who have loved and lost, as oh so many have, there’s often talk of “trying to find that feeling again” or being worried that “there won’t be anyone like him again”. Talk like that is, realistically speaking, useless. We are different every minute of the day–always changing based on internal and external… Continue reading Never the Same Twice
Calming the Mind and Heart
Tweet It should be relatively obvious to anyone that our mental state can thoroughly effect our external appearance and actions. When you’re tired, you’re not quite as quick to react. When you’re angry, your blood pressure rises. When you’re in a good mood, you smile. What we often don’t realize quite as readily is that… Continue reading Calming the Mind and Heart