NOT SURE WHERE TO START?
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Here’s a list of popular posts and resources to get you started.
AFFIRMATIONS TO ENCOURAGE YOU
On Making Mistakes
“We know mistakes are inevitable, but accepting them is hard: Our mistakes make us real. Being real makes us vulnerable. And vulnerability always brings with it some terrifying combination of raw exposure and emotional risk.”
On Choosing Your Attitude
No matter how well we may think we know the show, we still never see the plot twists coming. While we might not be able to control our circumstances, we always have the freedom to choose our attitudes.
On Procrastination
“The truth is— we can’t wait for the perfect time, or the most favorable conditions or the sunniest day to begin creating the life we want to live. Not because those perfect moments are few and far between. Much worse than that actually: They don’t exist.”
VIDEOS TO INSPIRE YOU
Do you feel too limited to live the life you want to live? In this TED talk, Phil Hansen reminds us that it’s actually our restrictions (not our freedoms) that most challenge us to get creative and think outside the box.
Abraham Lincoln said: “People are usually about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” In this TED Talk, Harvard Psychology professor Dan Gilbert answers the question: Will we really be miserable if we don’t get what we want?
Prepare to be moved by this spoken word poem, written and performed by artist Natalie Patterson. In Healing Humanity, explains why healing the world requires that we, first, choose to heal ourselves.
ARTICLES TO CHALLENGE YOU
When the world feels dark and lonely, take heart. Anyone can make their corner of it a little brighter. Thanks for the reminder, Elizabeth Gilbert!
Give me gratitude or give me debt!” Wise words from Glennon Doyle about the power of seeing the things we already have with fresh eyes.
“God breaks the heart again and again until it stays open.” A poignant article from On Being about heartbreak, and its power to change us