Ruminating over the past doesn’t mean you want to return to it. 

I watched a TedTalk the other day about the happiness study a group of experts did over the course of the last 100 years amongst a diverse group of people, only to find one commonality in correlation to their happiness level.

Deep trust leads to intimacy that touches not just the hearts but also the souls. It’s worth it.

Finding your inner peace is finding your inner warrior.

Positive thinkers are more optimistic, confident, and successful. Their effect is contagious and uplifts friends, coworkers, and loved ones.

If you suffer from anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, or perfectionism, your thinking can skew your perceptions. Cognitive distortions reflect flawed thinking, often stemming from insecurity and low-self-esteem.

Now that that’s over, the concept of this challenge is to capitalize on the science of Neurogenesis and Neuroplasticity.

Codependency is called a disease of a “lost self.”

In the same way that bodies need water and nutrients to survive, minds need a sense of stimulation and accomplishment to thrive.

We’ve made life wildly complicated by misinterpreting our emotions and fashioning extrinsic distractions to supplant them, when all we’ve really needed this whole time is a passionate hobby, a few exciting plans, and good old-fashioned human relatedness.