How Leaders Accidentally Demotivate Employees change teamwork & career trauma worry Sep 10, 2025

Life is too short to settle at work. Staying in an unhealthy environment drains your energy and steals your joy. While some workplaces won't change, most can with the right effort. Sometimes the first step is recognizing where you might be unintentionally holding your employees back.

Through helpin...

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Feeling Overwhelmed? Try These 15 Simple Calming Techniques anxiety emotional health fear stress management trauma Apr 01, 2025

If you want to excel in life, being able to stay calm when feeling overwhelmed is an essential skill. The consequences of not doing so can be significant (e.g., addiction, damaging relationship, job loss, etc.).

You have three choices when feeling overwhelmed

Choice #1: Supressing your feelings by...

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3 Keys to Lowering Anxiety anxiety depression emotional health fear healthy thinking recovery stress management trauma worry Oct 01, 2024

Anxiety robs us of enjoying life. It's the great thief of our time and you should view it as your enemy.

In 1998 I was on an extremely turbulent flight. What probably lasted 15 minutes seemed to go on for hours. After this experience, I thought I was fine, but I was wrong.

A few months later, I wa...

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Kickstart Your Self Confidence anxiety fear healthy thinking stress management trauma worry May 08, 2024

History is filled with examples of people who overcame the most challenging of circumstances. Learn as much as a you can from those who overcome. What you'll find is that you CAN improve your self-confidence if you work at it.

People who build self confidence are committed to not avoiding things, k...

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Why You Must Face Your Past anxiety change emotional health life transitions recovery trauma Aug 14, 2023

The reason to go back and your past is so that you're no longer victimized by it. Denial and its various forms (e.g., minimization, rationalization, avoidance, etc.) allow your past to continue to negatively impact your mindset and emotional health.

Putting it to rest, accepting it, letting it go, ...

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Overcome Worry & Get Out of Your Head anxiety fear healthy thinking stress management trauma worry Feb 12, 2023

With all I know about mental health, I still get stuck in worry. I'm often the most negative person I know. Here are three things you must do to get unstuck from your fears and anxieties.

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12 Tips for Healing After a Divorce intimacy life transitions recovery relation trauma Apr 15, 2021

Some life lessons can only be learned through our biggest setbacks. Writing this post, I started to realize that each tip below will not only help you heal but also can make your current relationships stronger TODAY.

While I'm writing to help my audience, I'm also writing to remind myself of what I...

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Why You Should Deal with Your Past (Part 2) anxiety change emotional health life transitions recovery trauma Apr 25, 2020

You cannot erase your past, but you can change your perspective about your past. Seeing the meaning behind what happened in a whole knew light. You can influence your attitude and actions today, not change what happened yesterday.

Some people will do almost anything to avoid addressing their past. ...

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Overcoming Anxiety & Depression anxiety depression emotional health fear recovery stress management trauma worry Mar 20, 2020

Anxiety and depression focus on what can go wrong. It zeroes in on the worst outcome coming true and bad things happening again. Hope focuses on what can go right, and the opportunity in every circumstance.

Here are some anxious thoughts I've had, and heard, recently. Any seem familiar?

  • "I don't
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18 Ways to Build Self-Confidence (Part 2) emotional health self care trauma vision Jun 21, 2019

I once boxed in an amateur boxing tournament. I did it to prove to myself that I could face fear and to build my self-confidence. It was a good decision.

Building confidence always involves facing your fears. Here are 9 more confidence building decisions. Check out 18 Ways to Build Self-Confidence ...

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Coping with Anxiety (Part 2) anxiety depression emotional health fear healthy thinking trauma worry Jul 18, 2017

What is anxiety? It's a confusing thing. Here's my best effort at explaining it in understandable language. Understanding something will help you overcome it.

What is Anxiety?

  • Something that stifles your intuition & creativity
  • Something that steals your ability to trust yourself
  • Being consumed
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