Posts tagged Personal Growth
Why My Lows Aren't As Low Anymore
Why My Lows Aren't As Low Anymore

At the end of August my entire world fell apart. Not like kinda fell apart. Like, really fell apart. Everything felt uncertain and heavy - it was as if the universe was pulling all its stops to test me. Had the events of August happened three years earlier I would have probably landed back in the hospital. I would have probably been prescribed an anti-depressant. I would have probably thought there was no reason to go on - but instead I was smiling, making plans, journalling, drinking tea, thinking: this doesn't hurt the way it use to. Here are some reasons I think this might be.

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Being an EmpathRobinPersonal Growth, Depression, Anxiety, Mental Illness, Featured
Leaving Your Comfort Zone and Overcoming the Fear of Failure
Leaving Your Comfort Zone and Overcoming the Fear of Failure

What I'm learning is this: everything I want to accomplish in life is on the other side of fear, and staying safe means staying small. And I don't want to stay small. Which is exactly what came up during a branding call I had last night. Our chat brought me to tears (happy, grateful ones) because while the conversation was meant to be about branding, Melissa and I realized I'm not even close to thinking about branding because I still have a massive fear of being seen.

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Mental Health, EmpathsRobinFear, Anxiety, Depression, Personal Growth Comments
Feeling Stuck? How to make a decision when you 'can't make a decision'
Feeling Stuck? How to make a decision when you 'can't make a decision'

Decisions use to paralyze me. But then I met someone during a particularly confusing time in my life (a soul mate of sorts) who said: "if you ever need to make a decision between two things, just choose, pick one or the other, and deal with whatever comes up after that." I've been doing my best to practice his wise words and guess what? It works! 

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ManifestationRobinPersonal Growth, Making a DecisionComment