Self-care is the only thing over which you have controlYour health, wellness, and wellbeing belong to nobody but you. Ergo, youre the only one who can care for them. The who, what, where, how, and why of you is directly tied to your health, wellness, a

Did you know that your identity is largely artificial and comes from your equally artificial ego?Identity is complex. How you identify yourself varies depending on circumstances and situations.Identity tends to get tied up in ego. Which adds to its utte

Everyone has multiple comfort zones that they exist withinEven when a given comfort zone is unideal and maybe unhelpful to me and my life, that doesnt mean leaving it is ever easy. Why? Because comfort zones are comfortable due to their familiarity. And

To love yourself you need to first like yourself Nobody is ever, truly, alone.Why? Because no matter where you go, there you are. Or in other words you always have yourself.Heres the thing your entire life, you have yourself. That means that you h

Toxic people poison usIts all too easy to scroll through Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and be overwhelmed by toxic people. Before you know it, youre wasting your time, doomscrolling, feeling bad, and wondering if anything is worth it. These toxic p

Even when life sucks, YOU choose what you do with itWhat do you do when it all sucks?Lament or live.It would be very, very easy to lament whats going on.I could go on and on about the many things that suck that have been going on. I could lament mult

Can you accept what control you DO have?The only thing over which you and I have control is ourselves.Even then, there are limits to what you can and do control.All of them are internal. Sure, there are externals that you can direct but control is no

What if should is one of the biggest causes of suffering?What if there is no should?What does that mean? A great many of the things that frustrate me tend to revolve around the word should. For example, I should be making more money, I should be d

What IS the truth?Long ago, I came to this notion: There are three brands of truth. Mine, yours, and the absolute.The truth, as I perceive it, is colored by my life experiences, education, environment, associations, and the imperfection of memory. Just

The one and only constant in the entire universe is changeChange can be glacially slow, distressingly swift, or it can be steady, visible, and equally inevitable.For good or ill, people change. However, some people work hard to remain as they have alway