Transform Your Life By Finding Purpose — Many of us don’t question our place in the world as doing so makes us uncomfortable. After all, we’re living on a floating rock in the supposedly infinite cosmos. It’s an extremely intimidating and anxiety-inducing truth to hold — if you’re someone who hasn’t questioned your beliefs before. Saying that…

Why Love Addiction is a Real Thing — It seems far-fetched to assume we could be addicted to another person, but the evidence is compelling. When we think of the term “addiction” our minds usually turn to the extreme. The hard drug addictions, alcohol addictions, or sex addictions at the focal point of many movies, tv shows, and…

Self-Worth Builds From Within — A large focus of my writing work has been directed toward our relationship with others. I've written about better ways to approach dating, how to build better boundaries and improve interpersonal communications, and how to approach sex and our relationship with alcohol — to name just a few. But in…

What Science Says About The Emotion Awe — Awe is the experience we have when we temporarily disengage from the mind stories of our personal world and take notice of the world around us. It’s the recognition of something greater; that beyond our tiny life is a world of nature and a cosmos not far behind it. For…

A Must-Read Guide On Cleansing Your Bad Karma This Year — Outcomes follow actions and the route to many of our problems is found in the behaviours we choose to engage in each and every day. I was determined off a tumultuous 2022 to make some significant changes to un-serving behaviours that were causing me harm. …

When We Don’t Let Others In, We Sabotage Connection — Self-help will tell you that you need to work on yourself: That in order for you to find the right person and have the right relationship, you need to be comfortable with who you are. Love yourself before you can love someone else, am I right? And I don’t disagree…

When To Take A Step Back — Many of us associate anxiety with the visceral fight/flight response we get in times of high stress. The racing heart, sweaty hands, quivering voice that tells us the adrenaline is high and the person is nervous. But what if it’s also subtle? Lingering and ever present? Anxiety fatigue, to me…

How To Rise Above The Middle of Life — Often times when we experience an “awakening” or any change there is a layover period between the person we were and the person we’re becoming. In this “middle ground,” a number of changes can occur from the micro changes in our belief systems to the macro changes in our friend…

The White Bear Experiment — Explained — One of my proudest achievements since I started my personal growth journey has been learning to not argue with myself. In comparison to the relatively calm mind I have now, there was once a time when my self-directed mental arguments were a daily occurrence. …