Category: Psychology
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Don’t Let Your Mind Go…Or It Will
You can see those people that want to keep their mind sharp, and others that just slowly fade away…On the flip side, sometimes people try to keep their mind sharp and it just doesn’t, and sometimes people don’t care but it stays sharp. But rolling the dice of chance throwing intentionality to the wind. But…
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Disappointments Lead Us Into Deeper Depths
When disappointments strike, it’s often true what doesn’t kill you will make you stronger. However, it’s also true that apathy and depression are terribly frequent results. We also grow a lot — and tend to diversify our dreams — because we realized what we initially wanted is either not achievable, not achievable that way, or that we probably didn’t…
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Imposter Syndrome : Rookie Status
There are two components here. On one side, we feel shame thinking about how we are imposters and yet in a role where we are trying to handle everything — or at least make an attempt. Think about it…whenever we start something new, unless we’ve done it several times before, there are going to be a lot…
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Why Am I Doing It?
Been reflecting on a series of decisions I’ve made. The question “Why” is a terribly important question. After seeing my hopes fade on some possibilities, I had to ask myself some tough questions, like should I surrender? (short answer: I’m not, but I still need to ruminate about it and reflect on that) I began…
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Curiosity
I can, like Rapunzel in the recent Disney rendition, fear the outside world for most of my life. But curiosity got the better of her — she wanted more. She wanted to learn. She wanted to find what lay beyond the tower. She saw the outside world as an opportunity to grow. She desired to expand her…
Jeff Beaumont 