Tag: self improvement
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New Adventure: My Tiny Home In the Desert
This is a move that comes at an inflection point in a years-long battle with burnout and recovery. I’ve done a lot of introspection, work, and healing. Even though I’m much better now, I want to opt for a slower-paced life. After strategizing and preparing for a very long time (i.e. years), I bought a… Read more
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Personalized New Year Rituals
I’ve developed my own traditions over the years. My personal rituals have made New Year’s Day my favorite holiday. These traditions are inspiring and give me that “fresh start” feeling, but also help me continue my healing work from CPTSD, and to build on prior successes. Here’s a quick take on a ritual that takes… Read more
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Hiking For (Mental) Health
In other posts, I’ve described the first effective steps that I took that let to sustained improvements in my mental health. These included creative projects, self-improvement tips, and meditation. The first hike The next “little” thing I did, that ended up being huge for me, was to start more physical activity. In particular, physical activity… Read more
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Core Beliefs of Meditation Practices Are Also Trauma-Driven Beliefs
There is no doubt that my starting a mindfulness meditation practice helped to get me finally moving in a direction of healing, after searching for answers for decades. I noticed the difference in my mindset, and I knew right away that this was a tool that was going to improve my life. I still meditate… Read more
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Another Symptom and a Little More Early Recovery
In a previous post, I outlined a list of some “symptoms” that I started to be able to identify, out of the fog of anxiety and confusion that’s plagued me for most of my life. Spinning In Circles One other symptom that I began to notice (these symptoms didn’t just start recently, but I just… Read more
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A Long Effort to Alleviate Peronal Misery
I’ve been working on my self improvement since…forever, maybe. I don’t think I’ve ever not been working on a project to make over my life. Actually, I’ve gotten really good at starting over in life. It’s kinda what I do. My career has had more iterations than I can count. But now, I needed to… Read more