Category: Mental Health
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The Voice in Your Head Isn’t Always You
Josh recently came across a set of personality assessments, part of something called Positive Intelligence, developed by Shirzad Chamine. I’m a sucker for a self-assessment test of any sort. So he already knew I was down. One of the key tools is the Saboteur Assessment, a short quiz that identifies which internal “saboteurs” are the…
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Plateau or Progress?
Growth is weird. Once you’ve done some real healing and started making changes, you kind of expect yourself to keep that momentum going. You know better now, you’ve made progress, so when old habits creep back in, it can feel frustrating. Or disappointing. Like, Really? This again? I thought we were past this. And then…
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Manifestation is for Everyone
When you hear the word manifestation, you might picture someone sitting in a field, chanting affirmations to the universe while waiting for a pile of money to drop from the sky. Or maybe you roll your eyes and think, Oh, great. Another woo-woo buzzword telling me to just think positive and everything will magically fall…
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Mood & Food Series: Your Brain is Thirsty
For our final article in the Mood & Food series, we will be talking about hydration and its profound effects on mental health. While we often focus on food as a key player in how we feel, water is just as critical—if not more so. Dehydration can have serious consequences on both our physical and…
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Decisions Don’t Have to Be This Hard
I’ve always had a hard time making decisions. Like, every single one. What to eat, what to say, which direction to go. For the longest time, I just thought that was my personality. But when I really started digging into it, I realized it wasn’t about the decisions themselves. It was about trust. Or more…
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Mood & Food Series: The Power of Protein
When I first started my weight loss journey, I was laser-focused on cutting calories, exercising more, and making healthier choices. I made sure to eat some protein, but honestly, I wasn’t paying attention to how much I was getting. The idea of hitting a specific protein goal wasn’t even on my radar. It wasn’t until…
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5 Ways to Find Peace
I’ve struggled with depression and anxiety for a long time. I always wondered why I couldn’t hold on to happiness like others seemed to. It felt like something was wrong with me, like I was missing some secret everyone else had figured out, until I realized I was chasing something impossible. No one is—or ever…
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Mood & Food Series: The Impact of Caffeine
Caffeine. My lifeline, my comfort, my ride-or-die for way too long. I used to be that person, the one who wouldn’t even consider functioning before downing an iced coffee or three. And not just any coffee. I’m talking iced coffee loaded with extra espresso and too many pumps of brown sugar syrup (which is a…
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The Struggle to Be Vulnerable
Vulnerability is one of the hardest lessons I’ve had to learn. Even now, it’s something I have to actively work on, because for most of my life, I didn’t realize how much I was avoiding it. If you’ve ever dealt with insecurities or trauma, you probably understand how terrifying it can be to let yourself…
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Mood & Food Series: Blood Sugar Spikes
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