The cost of doing the right thing gets too much attention. The cost of doing nothing gets too little. Eating broccoli to lose weight sounds like a sacrifice until you compare it to hating your …
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Your goals are hard – but living with regret is harder
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Best Books on Motivation
Meditations – Marcus Aurelias If practical advice is your thing it’s really hard to beat Stoicism. I’ve taken to reading a page of Meditations every morning because it is so logical and direct. Each line …
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Best Books on Self Care
There’s a ton of books that have helped me with self care, here’s a few Miracle Morning – Hal Elrod I can honestly say this book changed my life. The message is incredibly simple – …
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How to Stop Hating Yourself: Stop Living Someone Else’s Life
I’m a failure because I don’t have a good job. Because I haven’t found a special someone yet. Because my body isn’t the right shape. Because I’m poor. Who I am is not good enough. …
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Discipline equals Freedom
It’s hard when the day ends and you got nothing done. Maybe you did your best and it wasn’t enough. Maybe you hid from your goals because they scared you. Maybe you didn’t know where …
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Good Actions Create Good Feelings
If you want positive feelings, it’s up to you to create them Have you ever tried to force yourself to feel happy or motivated? Feelings don’t really work like that, though, do they? While you …
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Negative thoughts don’t define you. Actions do.
Self critical thoughts. Guilty thoughts. Thoughts about what I should have done. Fearful thoughts about what others think. How dark are the thoughts that follow you around each day? Mine get pretty dark. This is …
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Your best decisions all had something in common
What are some of the best decisions you ever made? Think about it – the ones with the largest positive impact. Maybe it was pressing the “call” button to end a toxic relationship. Perhaps it …
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Sometimes hard work opens better doors than the one we knocked on
Have you ever tried to type “therapists near me” into google while you were violently crying? Have you gone to the gym for the 2nd time that day and stared at the mirror at the …
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If you have to look for reasons to accept yourself, you’ll never find them
How many times have you looked in the mirror and had one of these thoughts? “I’ll stop hating myself when I reach weight X.” “When have job title X I’ll be happy” “When I get …