Southern Utah is home to Zion National Park. Within the boundaries of Zion is a well-known hike called Angels Landing. Many YouTubers have documented their visits to the top of the peak. That’s how I first discovered this amazing place. The summit is a place of intense beauty. Atop Angels Landing, hikers delight in the view of the canyon below. And Zion is a stunning park. But make no mistake, this hike is not for

We have enormous capacity for change. I love watching transformation stories. They inspire me as I see someone who acted. There is a common theme in so many of them. It goes back to something Tony Robbins says. “Change happens when the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain of change.” It’s a powerful quote. If you’re like me, you’re thinking of a situation where you felt that way. Those people from

In Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, a young Anakin Skywalker reveals to Yoda that he fears losing his mother.  Yoda tells him, “Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.” Yoda then concludes that he senses much fear in Anakin. Fear causes us to want to avoid, which leads to us to feeling less emotionally resilient. It can drain our attention, leaving us

In Season 5 of Breaking Bad, Walter gives Jesse advice on how they can move forward in the episode titled Blood Money. He tells Jesse, “You need to stop focusing on the darkness behind you. The past is the past. Nothing can change what we’ve done.” But Jesse is wary of Walter ‘s words and rightfully so. The lesson we can learn from this quote is that we are not our mistakes. In a post

What is rationalization? Rationalization is commonly described as a “socially acceptable explanation for an otherwise socially unacceptable act.” According to Freud, rationalization is a defense mechanism. It’s a way to avoid addressing the underlying reasons for a behavior. For example, you might procrastinate on a project that is due tomorrow. When you rationalize it, you avoid dealing with the real reasons why you procrastinate – which in this case might be fear of failure.  So why

Most of us have been taught that it’s best to be prepared for the worst possible scenario, which makes sense. However, dwelling too much on all the terrible things that could possibly happen can have a detrimental effect on your overall mood and mindset. Fear has a way of creeping into your mind and taking over, so that everything begins to look and feel like a threat. You start worrying and obsessing about whether this

In the movie Creed, Rocky tells Adonis Creed to get into his stance and look into the mirror. He says, “You see this guy staring back at you? That’s your toughest opponent.” Rocky goes on to say that he believes that both inside the ring and in life. Don’t ever waste your time comparing yourself to other people. The only person you should ever be in competition with his who you were yesterday. If you

Can you remember the last time you got angry and it felt good? You probably can’t, right? This is because anger is inherently a negative feeling, and while it may be directed towards someone or something else, the one person it harms is you. And that is because we tend to hold onto anger for too long. Now anger isn’t necessarily “bad”. It is an emotion that can also be healthy. For me, anger can