Have you ever let yourself get carried away by feelings of hopelessness, anger, or despair when things don’t go as planned? It’s important to remember that we may not have full control over all the things that happen in life, but we always have full control over one thing, and that is our attitude. Our attitude, or the way we see things, can change our life. Why Your Attitude Is So Important Your thoughts, attitude

Have you ever been with someone who has brought out a negative side in you? Maybe it was a friend in high school with whom you used to gossip. Perhaps it was a relationship in which your partner brought out all your insecurities. Who we spend time with plays a big role in our lives. Our behaviors, actions, and mindsets are often influenced by people we spend a lot of time with. This can be

Sometimes goal achievement is not as smooth and easy as certain experts would have us believe. You might take all of the right action steps, visualize the outcome you want, recite dozens of affirmations, and basically do everything in your power to make it happen, but you still can’t seem to move forward. When this happens, it’s more likely to be caused by something that’s happening inside of you, rather than outside. You might be

In The Wire, the character Omar Little robs from drug dealers in Baltimore. He is notorious in the area and when he is seen by people in the neighborhood, it is common for them to shout that Omar is coming and to take cover. As he walks with a shotgun by his side, he will whistle “The Farmer in the Dell“. While he does shoot people, he has a strict moral code in that he

We spend so much of our lives looking ahead, trying to get to the next destination that we believe will make us happy. It seems as if we’re always on our way to somewhere else, and while it’s great to have goals and dreams to keep us motivated and engaged with life, too much of an outer focus can result in missing the joy of the inner journey. The inner journey is all about the

Have you ever been so hurt and angry that you vowed never to forgive the person who betrayed you? It’s understandable to want to hold onto anger because on some level you may believe that forgiving the other person means condoning their treatment of you. You might also worry that forgiving them will make you vulnerable to future hurt, so you hold onto the anger as a sort of shield. While anger begins as a

In Cobra Kai, Daniel offers some wisdom to his daughter Sam. In the third season, Sam is struggling with the trauma of having gotten into a fight at school and Miguel becoming seriously injured. She tries to push through it and is faced with setback after setback. Daniel gently reminds her that she is the only one who can get up when she is down and that no one else can do it for her.

Many of us have this idea that if we insist on being treated well, we are being too selfish or “high maintenance”. But there is a huge difference between being high maintenance in a relationship and having the reasonable expectation of being treated fairly and well. In my younger years, I struggled with feeling selfish for wanting to be treated well. I often felt like when set boundaries with someone or I stood up for