Thoughts, Emotions and Behaviours
Human nature is amazing. It is the very thing that gives us the will to survive and thrive, but it is also the very thing that sabotages us. We have every intention d to be on our best behaviour but can’t seem to, why? Knowing the tools is part of your success and the tools here are your thoughts, emotions and behaviours. When you understand and learn to manage these three things, you can use them to help you navigate through life effectively.
Intimate Connection: Why We Long For It Yet Push People Away
Intimate Connection: Why We Long For It Yet Push People AwayWritten by Suzanne Mason"Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying."― Arthur C. Clarke On the hit TV series Killing Eve, the hitwoman Villanelle...
Why We Settle for Less When We Deserve So Much More
Why We Settle for Less When We Deserve So Much MoreWritten by Suzanne Mason We all know people who have settled for less when they deserve so much more. We know of friends, relatives who took back their unfaithful partners or settled for people who do not make them...
How We Regain a Sense of Agency Over Our Lives
How We Regain a Sense of Agency Over Our LivesWritten by Suzanne Mason These couple of years of pandemic, civil strife and natural disasters have left many of us feeling like our sense of agency has been removed from us. We feel like life is controlling us and not the...
To Create a More Meaningful Life, Think of Your Future Self
Research shows that we often misunderstand what would make us happy in the future. There are many things we think we want or need that would make our lives meaningful. However, many of us neglect to think about the who: our future self. I think the who is the key, not the what.
Why do we resist change and how can we overcome it?
The one thing that we humans excel at is resisting change. Whether the change is good or bad, we resist. Why is that? Most importantly, find out how we can overcome this resistance to change so we can move forward with what matters in life.
How Perfectionism Takes Over Your Life
Many of us claim to be perfectionists with the notion that they are portraying a perfect front. In reality, perfectionism is a defence mechanism. When we hide our flaws, we think that it stops people from finding out just how insecure and anxious we really are. In the end, the pursuit of perfectionism is a flawed concept and to find out why, read on.
Calming the storm within ourselves
Our lives are like the sea, one minute calm and the next, choppy and we run the danger of being pulled underneath the current and just drifting along. The conflict we have between who we are and who we should be also feels like an internal storm. We feel pulled in different directions, none of which we want. To be the person we are meant to be, we need to learn to calm the storm within ourselves.
How to be in control of your life by being less controlling
PRACTICAL LIVINGHow to be in Control of Your Life by Being Less Controlling"The paradox is that when we are controlling, it controls how we live instead of freeing us up. It shackles us to that constant and vicious cycle of anxiety, fear and frustration."A lot of...
How to Remain Emotionally Stable in Times of Crisis
Economic instability, trade wars, terrorism, viral pandemic and of course, the daily flux that makes up most of our lives. Many things today seem to compound the instability of our lives. The uncertainty of the situation globally and in our lives can make it difficult for us to stay calm and carry on but carry on we must, read on for the 6 items we must keep in mind in order to remain emotionally stable.