Why Is Choosing Joy and Happiness So Difficult?
Okay, so picture this. You get diagnosed with a chronic condition and are told that you would just have to learn to live with the pain, lose your dream job, suffer relentless years of pain and anxiety, lose friends, and
Is Self-Sabotage Stopping You From Reaching Your Full Potential?
Sometimes in life, we blame things going wrong on external circumstances or situations just not going our way. However, what if it wasn’t external factors that were stopping us from reaching our full potential? What if we are the one standing
How To Create A Logical Default Response
As you are beginning to understand how the body is an interconnected system, remember, your emotions will show up in some way in your physical body. If you respond to a situation with an emotional response rooted in fear and anxiety, chances
Are Shoulds’, Have’s and Must’s Ruling Your Life Without You Knowing?
Did you know that humans think approximately 70,000 thoughts a day? That’s roughly 2,900 thoughts an hour which turns out at 48 thoughts per minute. [1] Now, imagine if within every minute of every day your mind is sending constant rules
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Did you know that your thoughts, feelings, and actions affect the way you physically feel? Even your aches and pains? Yes, it’s true. And did you also know that you have a choice to change your thoughts, feelings, and actions? How? Through
Time To Release The Old and Embrace The New
If you have followed my journey from the beginning then you will know that this has been one hell of a roller-coaster ride. From losing my dream job with Virgin Atlantic due to crippling chronic migraines to now regaining my life,
How Through Developing Mental Resilience I Prevented Pain
As I sit down to write this my mental resilience is being tested to the max right now. But it’s ok because throughout my journey back to health, every setback, obstacle, and sinkhole that has been placed in my path
Amazing Things Can Happen When You Get Out Of Your Own Way
Recently I hit a bit of a brick wall. No one tells you after beating chronic migraines there will be a whole other chapter that you have to face. Extreme tiredness no matter how many hours you seem to sleep, brain fog,
Learning To Set Realistic Expectations
After reading the book “How to be an Imperfectionist” by Stephen Guise, it all began to make sense. I was completely able to understand how my expectations were keeping me looped in a negative cycle of expectation, failure and low
How Perfectionism Can Sabotage The Healing Process
Imperfection is actually the secret to success. The dictionary definition of perfectionism is the refusal to accept anything short of perfection. Perfectionism means that you are results-focused and hold yourself to impossibly high standards. [1] This creates an impossible version of