Courage Is It Finally Time For You to Step Up? Decide You can never go back. You can rise up from failures, screw-ups, and falls. But you can never go back. You may not have signed up for a hero’s journey. But hurt happens. It happens to all of us. The second you fell down, get your butt kicked, suffered a disappointment, screwed up, or felt […] Written by Joel Mwakasege June 10, 2017June 10, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Courage The Crucial Starting Point: To Deal with Criticism The critic knows how to take something apart. But not how to assemble it. The critic will say. I’m just being brutally honest. Do you like anything that’s brutal, including honesty? I don’t. Honesty is honesty. But honesty that’s motivated by shame, anger, fear or hurt. Is not “honesty.” It’s shame, anger, fear and hurt. […] Written by Joel Mwakasege May 12, 2017May 12, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Courage The Counter Intuitive Truth About Life Life is messy. Nothing rarely goes to plan. If it goes to plan. The plan will change. The plan implies control. Do you feel in control? I don’t. Control is an illusion. From clever men. Who believe they can control the ocean. Or tame it. The ocean is the ocean. The hope is to navigate […] Written by Joel Mwakasege May 2, 2017May 2, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Interview Vulnerability Interview: Fiachra O’Sullivan What is vulnerability to you? Vulnerability for me is to feel. To feel sad, fear, abandoned, powerless, alone, rejected, and shame. What vulnerability feels like to you? Vulnerable me is ever-present. It is me as my most indivisible self. Written by Joel Mwakasege May 17, 2017May 17, 2017 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Growth Winning is an Attitude: Winners do not Whine they Roar You were born to win. To be a winner. You must plan to win. Prepare to win. And expect to win. The main difference between losers and winners. Is in what they do. A winner is someone who has given his best effort. Who tried the hardest he can. Use every ounce of energy and […] Written by Joel Mwakasege July 12, 2016July 12, 2016 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Be Yourself Deal with it Life is struggle, and the struggle is real. You will get lonely sometimes. People you respect and admire will betray your trust. What brought you joy will turn into a source of sadness and tears. Crying might be alright for a while. But at the end of the day. You need to get up and […] Written by Joel Mwakasege July 12, 2016July 12, 2016 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Success Here Come New Ideas for Success Every day when I wake up. I always think of what I should do next. To become successful. My idea of success. Is having a roof over my head. Food on the table. An amazing wife that is in love with me. Kids that laugh, play, and don’t starve a day. A company I own […] Written by Joel Mwakasege March 10, 2014March 10, 2014 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Life Do You Recognize These Hidden Signs of Fading Love? There’s a lot of things a strong relationship is able to overcome and power through; the death of a loved one, financial crisis, hefty compromises, trouble in the bedroom… and so on. Yet, there is something that can be the death of a relationship that goes seemingly undetected until it’s all too late — indifference. […] Written by Emma Loveday June 23, 2021June 23, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Life What is marriage to you? Here is What Marriage Mean to Me In my opinion married life is one of the most difficult challenges a person could choose to face. So I accepted the challenge. Starting to share my life alongside someone else felt like a very risky step. Cause the pitfalls are always around the corner and fights are often the order of the day, especially […] Written by Anna Dainese June 22, 2021June 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Life How to Travel Alone for the First Time If I had to list out the momentous events in my life so far, the summer of 2019 would be on the top of that list — Grad trip suddenly halted, alone in a foreign country that speaks predominantly a foreign language, not having much cash left, almost being arrested for not having a ‘validated ticket’ […] Written by Christie Li June 21, 2021June 21, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Life Can therapy make you worse? After completing a women’s group counseling program, the psychologist who led the discussions recommended we each see someone twice a month to maintain our progress. Most of the women in our small group had never been in any type of therapy before, and I can’t remember any of us wanting to sit with a one-on-one […] Written by Anne Spollen June 18, 2021June 18, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Life Letter to My Ex Boyfriend Telling Him How i Feel It’s April, 2024. I woke up feeling heavy. I rush to the bedside, grab a sheet of paper. And scribble down before the thought leaves me. It was almost like I wanted to write down the letter before I lost the nerve to send it again. “Hi love, it has been long. How are you […] Written by Ramitha Ramesh June 4, 2021June 4, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Life What does living with depression feel like? Depression is widely stigmatised in society. People who don’t get it keep stating it is a choice, that our lives are in our hands, and all that guru-like advice that not only excludes people who struggle with their mental health but also invalidates their feelings. Depression symptoms are real and valid. I dream about a […] Written by Mariana Vargas June 4, 2021June 4, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Life Why Too Much Self Improvement In Your Life Can Fail You 10 Easy Ways To Practice Mindfulness In Your Daily Life 6 Ways To Be A Successful Entrepreneur Here’s How You Can Earn 7-Figures Before You’re 30 Get In Shape By Following These 5 Simple Steps 12 Life Hacks To A Healthier Life How To Parent Your Kids While Being Your Best Self Get Smarter By […] Written by Sara Melissa Frost June 1, 2021June 1, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Life What Helped Me Love And Appreciate My Imperfect Body “Look at yourself in the mirror.” “That chubby face. Speaking of face, look at those pimples around your cheeks. That flabby belly. Those massive thighs.” “No wonder no girls likes you. No wonder they go for other guys. Those guys are more masculine and handsome than you are.” I stood in front of the mirror. […] Written by Anonymous May 6, 2021June 8, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Heal A Healing Game Changer You Might Be Skipping Learn to bear with what’s going on inside. That means learning to observe and tolerate the heartbreaking and gut-wrenching sensations that register misery and humiliation. Only then can you start to befriend rather than obliterate, the emotions that keep you in fixed and immutable maladaptive behaviors. Erasing awareness and cultivating denial are often essential to […] Written by Joel Mwakasege May 3, 2021May 3, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Life How Traveling Changed My life How traveling changed my life is a story that starts with a risk I took right after college. It was 2009 and I was 21. I planned to work in finance, but with the economic collapse, I decided to teach English in South Korea before coming back and looking for work when things improved. But […] Written by Leo Campos April 27, 2021April 27, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Life Lessons From Using Destructive Coping Mechanisms to Deal with Emotions This is what a learned from resisting my damn emotions: Emotions are short-lived. They come and go in waves. The happy feeling does not last for a lifetime — nor the sad feeling. They are a combination of our subjective beliefs, physiological responses, and behavioral expressions. If we can adapt our idiosyncratic experience to a more […] Written by Daniela Marin April 27, 2021April 27, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Life Career-Ending Injuries a Personal Story There comes a time where every athlete hangs it up. Hopefully, it’s on your terms and you’ve been satisfied with the effort you put in and the achievements that you’ve earned. Some see that become a reality, but most don’t. College football players career ending injuries happen, and whether you spent 20 years playing professional […] Written by Jack Trottier April 27, 2021April 27, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
What does living with depression feel like? Depression is widely stigmatised in society. People who don’t get it keep stating it is a choice, that our lives are in our hands, and all that guru-like advice that not only excludes people who struggle with their mental health but also invalidates their feelings. Depression symptoms are real and valid. I dream about a […] Written by Mariana Vargas June 4, 2021June 4, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Why Too Much Self Improvement In Your Life Can Fail You 10 Easy Ways To Practice Mindfulness In Your Daily Life 6 Ways To Be A Successful Entrepreneur Here’s How You Can Earn 7-Figures Before You’re 30 Get In Shape By Following These 5 Simple Steps 12 Life Hacks To A Healthier Life How To Parent Your Kids While Being Your Best Self Get Smarter By […] Written by Sara Melissa Frost June 1, 2021June 1, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
4 Steps to Recover From Anxiety and Depression I took several steps to recover from anxiety and depression. But the moment I realized the severity of it all, I was sixteen years old. One night I had stripped down to take a shower, and before stepping in, I saw a profile of my body; I had always been a thin kid, but horror and […] Written by Simon Hoffman January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
How to Recharge When You Feel Burnt Out in 3 Easy Steps Supporting people who are experiencing burnout is part of what I do for a living. As an executive coach, I often work with driven, ambitious professionals in high-power jobs who work incredibly hard; burnout is a common topic. And yet, it took me more than 2 years, culminating in a bout of stress-induced gastritis, to […] Written by Raluca Graebner December 10, 2020December 10, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Story of an Indian girl-seeking her identity Sitting in my study, looking out the window to the grey of monsoon. Thundering clouds and cold sharp breeze, makes me wonder about the years that have passed. Just like a painters promise to its blank canvas, it was hindsight’s promise of realization to me. Lived an itinerant life, my family moved around a lot […] Written by Yashi Rana November 17, 2020November 17, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Vagina Is Not A Swear Word Say It With Pride Why is there so much shame and discomfort in simply naming a part of the body? Much less, something as beautiful and powerful as a vagina Written by Damisola Sulaiman June 3, 2020June 3, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
