Projecting Insecurities, Dealing with Difficult Personalities and Lessons Learned from America’s Next Top Model

All Posts, Mental Health

One thing we have to do in life is learn how to work with difficult people. Whether it’s a family member, friend, colleague, etc. we have to be able to make sure we can accomplish our goals and tasks. In my own personal experience there are certain people who will act harshly either because they don’t care or they have nothing to lose. In other cases it could be something deeper than that like maybe projecting an insecurity. So how do we deal with people who may have difficult personalities, how do we know when someone may be projecting and what does America’s Next Top Model have to do with any of this?

Going through a Quarter-life Crisis, Extending Grace to Yourself, and Coping

All Posts, Encouragement, Mental Health, Wellness

A quarter-life crisis is something that’s unique to people in their mid twenties to early and one of thirties. Life can quickly become tricky and one of the trickiest things to figure out is the future. What happens when our future is unclear and we begin questioning the the things we’ve been taught are the “right things to do”?

Escaping the Pressures of Success

All Posts, Encouragement, Personal Development

Success is such an interesting topic to discuss. Success can mean so many different things to each of us, but we are all striving for it in one way or another. Whether it’s success in work, life, relationship, our business ventures, etc. we still would like to be considered successful… So what does success actually mean? What does it even look like and why do we feel so much pressure to attain it?

Hitting Mute

All Posts, Encouragement

I think something that social media really fuels is the need to be accepted or validated by other people. It’s almost as if it’s not enough to have a really interesting hobby or to be a relatable person. Now it seems as if you can only really be all that you are if you have at least one hundred likes, one thousand followers or twenty plus comments on Instagram. This isn’t to knock down anyone who has found success using social media (more power to you). The issue at hand is really that we are allowing “acceptance” from other people to define who we are or who we can become. I’ve been guilty of this even beyond social media.