What It Means To Be An Empath.

Chances are, you have empath friends or family, or you might be one yourself. But it’s rarely talked about, and being an empath can have a direct impact on your health and energy if you don’t learn how to protect your boundaries.   So what is an empath? Empaths are highly sensitive individuals who have […]

Stop Playing The Comparison Game.

Social media has taken the stress of comparison up a notch, as we all know full well by now. It’s hard to feel like you’re doing well when you’re constantly being shown a crafted story about how great everyone’s lives are. (This is yet another reason you should take more breaks away from your phone, […]

What Are Limiting Beliefs?

Limiting beliefs are false beliefs that prevent us from pursuing our goals and desires.  Our beliefs put boundaries and limitations on what we perceive to be reasonable behavior. Limiting beliefs unnecessarily hold us back from who we want to become.    A limiting belief is a thought, opinion, state of mind, or conviction you believe […]

What is your Inner Child and How to Do the Work.

Why Reparent Yourself? It’s Not Just About The Past. Reclaiming and healing the wounded inner child is not just about healing the child of the past. The inner child needs to be seen, heard, and loved every moment of the day. If the child doesn’t feel loved in the present, then inner child work won’t […]

Dealing With Imposter Syndrome.

How do you deal with imposter syndrome? I’m guessing you’ve felt imposter syndrome before too because 70% of people experience these impostor feelings at some point in their lives, according to an article published in the International Journal of Behavioral Science.   What is imposter syndrome? Imposter Syndrome: the persistent inability to believe that one’s […]

Ikigai – Finding Purpose In Life

Ikigai is a Japanese concept that means your ‘reason for being.’ ‘Iki’ in Japanese means ‘life,’ and ‘gai’ describes value or worth. Your ikigai is your life purpose or your bliss. It’s what brings you joy and inspires you to get out of bed every day.   Ikigai also appears related to the concept of […]

How To Live With Authenticity.

Here is a definition of authenticity from Merriam-Webster: Authenticity is being true to one’s own personality, spirit, or character.   …and staying committed to that true self when interacting with the world. So how do we become more authentic? In order to be true to oneself, you have to know who you are. So let’s […]

How to Create More Confidence,

Introduction   Confidence is self-trust in your skills, choices, and values. It comes from within yourself and feels like an inner knowing of your strengths and weaknesses while still thinking positively about yourself. Often we enter into the world with an abundance of self-confidence. Consider the young child who feels confident taking risks like jumping […]

What does it mean to practice gratitude?

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Self Development Topics

Intro Being grateful is all about moving from a scarcity mindset to an abundance mindset. You can have everything you possibly want in life and still feel miserable, while you could also have absolutely nothing and be the happiest human alive. How is this even possible? There are many possible reasons — one of which […]

How To Create Healthy Habits

Introduction We’re all creatures of habit. We tend to wake up at the same time each day, brush our teeth, have morning coffee and commute to work, following the same patterns every day. So why is it so hard to form new healthy habits?    Behavioural scientists who study habit formation say that many of […]