Most endurance athletes will say it’s the last few miles that they dread the most, and their biggest challenge is finishing the race strong.
5 Steps to Unpacking Your Emotional Baggage
I understand where my emotional baggage came from and how it affects me. But how do I unpack this baggage so it doesn’t continue to drive my life in an unhealthy direction?
How Emotional Baggage Is Functional, Then Dysfunctional
Emotional baggage is usually seen as unresolved emotional issues from our childhood that shape our attitudes, emotions, and behavior and detrimentally influence our current lives. Here’s how to deal with it.
Seven Ways to Change from a Human Doing to a Human Being
Growing up or living in today’s world means being bombarded by messages telling us that we must “do” things (really well!) to be valued in our society (and to value ourselves).
Embrace Life as a Challenge to Pursue, Not a Threat to Avoid
A challenge response allows you to welcome all that life has to offer and immerse yourself “hip deep” in the experiences it presents to you rather than living with doubt and fear.
Do You Perceive Life as a Threat or a Challenge?
The painful irony of the threat instinct is that it once ensured our safety, but today, it can actually harm us and make our lives far worse.
Neither Fight nor Flight Helps Us “Survive” in Modern Times
Neither fighting, fleeing, or freezing would likely help us “survive” in the concrete jungles or suburban savannahs of the 21st century.
Life Shouldn’t Feel Like Life or Death
Seeing failures as threats illustrates a painful psychological trap you can place yourself in. Specifically, you approach these life situations as life-or-death experiences.
Our Unconscious and Conscious Minds Do Battle Daily
We like to think of ourselves as highly evolved and rational beings who think, feel, and act in ways that are intentional and reasonable.
Can Free Will Overcome 5 Powerful Life Forces?
There is uncertainty about whether we can make deliberate choices in our lives or rather just think, feel, and behave in ways driven by the five life forces that have guided us.