While rejection isn’t enjoyable, it’s rarely fatal. Luckily, there are strategies you can use to help you use rejection as a stepping-stone to success.
The Power of Personal Boundaries
Personal boundaries are important for several reasons. They serve as barriers to protect your self-esteem. They are also tools for establishing limits with others and communicating that you won’t tolerate certain behaviors. Those without personal boundaries commonly end up in less than ideal situations and relationships. Without limits, you’re a victim to the whims of …
12 Tips Shy People Can Use To Make More Friends
Most people struggle to make new friends, but it can be more challenging for those that are shy. However, where there’s a will, there’s away. Even the shyest of people can have a healthy social circle. Shyness can be a challenge in all social situations, but challenges can be overcome. If you’re shy, you can …
Are You Wasting Your Life?
Look for These 8 Signs What image do you have in your mind when you think of someone wasting their life? You probably think of someone very underemployed, living in their parent’s basement, and playing video games. However, even very successful people can be guilty of wasting their lives. If you spend the majority of your …
Fight Your Fears
10 PROVEN TECHNIQUES FOR OVERCOMING WORRY AND ANXIETY What if I told you that there was nothing wrong with you and you don’t need fixing? Do you know that you already have everything that you need to be confident and to live exactly the life you want? You only need to UNLEARN all the bad …
Developing the Growth Mindset Habit
The Growth Mindset Habit When deciding what new habit to pursue, it’s easy to look at all the things we shouldn’t do as a place to begin. We want to stop smoking or stress eating. We want to learn how to say ‘no’ or to quit spending so much time on social media. Have you ever considered …
The Complex Nature of Self-Care
In this segment, Irma Ilustre, Life Coach, joins me through our Speaking Your REAL Facebook Group where we discuss the complex nature of self-care. Find out more about this Facebook Group below: This group was started by two life coaches, Cynthia Lee and Irma Ilustre, to give people (specifically those who identify as women) a forum to make their …
How Introverts Can Thrive in a World Built for Extroverts
How Introverts Can Thrive in a World Built for Extroverts Extroverts might seem to rule the world, but there are plenty of introverts behind the scenes with a lot of power and influence. Some of the most powerful companies in the world were founded and are run by introverts. But more importantly, how can you navigate …
7 Ways to Enrich Your Life With Failure
Sometimes, the fear of failure makes you hesitant to try new things. Often, the most powerful feelings you’ve experienced are those that come after a perceived failure. The question of, “What if I fail again?” can hinder you in the future. Consider changing your perspective and try seeing failure from the other side. What if you …
7 Tips for Dealing With Disappointment
Because life is less than perfect, we all experience situations that bring feelings of disappointment from time to time. Therefore, it’s important to have your own tool kit of tips to confront and combat these emotional upsets so you can move past them and on to better things. Use these techniques to help you conquer …
5 Ways to Deal with Negative People
5 Ways to Deal with Negative People
No matter what our occupation, we all come in contact with negative, difficult people from time to time. Our primal instinct is to fight back, defend ourselves, and react to their negativity with some of our own. However, we are not animals who are led by instincts. We are human beings with the ability to control our responses.
5 Steps to an Authentic and Effective Self-Image
Your self-image is the way you view yourself. You might view yourself as a parent, construction worker, friend, blonde, sports fan, intelligent, impatient, and middle-aged. But you’re more than your career, gender, and age. You’re more than your parents’ opinion. You’re a unique person with nuances that are unique to you! When you are aligned …
4 Myths of Mental Illness
Does anyone in your life suffer from mental illness? Have you struggled to understand or come to terms with it? Mental illness is widely misunderstood. There are many variations of mental illness, yet it’s easy to generalize and come to unreasonable conclusions. There are a number of myths surrounding the topic of mental illness. However, …
4 Creative Ways to Increase Your Attention to Detail
Do some of the finer details about your job and personal life escape you? Are there some things that you seem to continue to overlook? You’re likely frustrated by not being able to get everything right, especially the simple things.
12 Tips Shy People Can Use to Make More Friends
Most people struggle to make new friends, but it can be more challenging for those that are shy. However, where there’s a will, there’s a way. Even the shyest of people can have a healthy social circle. Shyness can be a challenge in all social situations, but challenges can be overcome. If you’re shy, you can …
