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People pleasing often begins with good intentions. You want to be helpful. You want to be kind. You want to avoid conflict and make others feel comfortable. Over time, however, this pattern quietly erodes your sense of self. What starts as generosity slowly becomes obligation, resentment, and emotional exhaustion. At its core, people pleasing is
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Marcus Aurelius encouraged us to keep a list in our minds of people who burned with anger and resentment, including those who were admired and successful. He then asked a simple question. How did that work out for them? Most of the time their anger did not strengthen them. It faded into nothing more than
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The Power of Fear: Why Taking the Leap Is the Only Way Forward There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing. These words carry a simple but powerful truth that the moment you decide to live boldly, to speak your mind, or to chase something bigger than yourself,
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They say absence makes the heart grow fonder, and lately, that’s been resonating more than ever. Life has kicked into high gear again—school is back in session, baseball season is in full swing, and gymnastics schedules fill the calendar. Between work hours, dinner routines, and the never-ending list of errands, I find myself catching moments
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Pain is an inevitable part of life. We lose loved ones, we experience rejection, we face failure, and sometimes the world simply doesn’t go the way we planned. Psychology agrees: pain is unavoidable. But suffering—that lingering weight we carry long after the moment has passed—is not inevitable. Suffering is prolonged when we allow our minds
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A Harsh Reality post this Sunday as I enjoy my coffee. Life’s not fair. It never was, it isn’t now, and it won’t ever be. That may sound harsh, but it’s the truth. We’re often told that if we work hard enough, play by the rules, and treat others well, life will return the favor.
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The ancient Stoic philosopher Epictetus said it best: “Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.” It’s a line that has survived for centuries because it contains a truth we still need to hear today—most of our suffering doesn’t come from events themselves, but from the story we
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Every morning, the alarm goes off. We groggily rise, repeat the same motions, grab the same coffee, take the same route to the same job, interact with the same people, and do the same things. And before we know it, another week has flown by. Another year. Another decade. You blink, and life has become
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In the constant race of deadlines, promotions, responsibilities, and expectations, it’s easy to forget the most precious asset we possess: our health. We push harder, sleep less, eat on the go, skip exercise, ignore our body’s signals, and somehow convince ourselves that it’s all for a worthy cause—more money, more success, more progress. But what
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