Category: Mindset Mastery
Shed Your Shell and Embrace Change (Lessons from a Soft Shell Crab)
I was sitting on the dock in the back of my house watching the light reflect on the water and listening to the egrets calling in the mangroves. I was on the tail end of a period of several months in which I had been undergoing intense internal healing. I say healing now, but at the time, from the outside I may have seemed like a recluse, and internally I feared that I had finally gone crazy.
Fill Your OWN Cup! Are you a BEGGAR or a GIVER?
Imagine that each person has a cup. How they feel—their emotional state, health, wellbeing, fulfillment, their energy level—is dependent on how full their cup is. Every person as the ability to pour from their own cup into someone else’ by giving of themselves in one way or another. There are some people who are cup-fillers, helpers, givers who go around filling others’ cups. There are also people who are like beggars on the street holding out empty cups asking or demanding them to be filled.
Put the Oxygen Mask On Yourself First
You know when you’re in an airplane and the steward does the demonstration and tells you “in the case of an emergency and a drop in cabin pressure, put your own oxygen mast on first before assisting other passengers.” It’s cliché but most people miss the point. Have you ever stopped to consider WHY? Because if you don’t put the oxygen mask on yourself first, and you lose consciousness, you are unable to help anyone else.
What is TRUE Confidence? (Growth Mindset 1)
What is the first thing that comes to mind when I ask you what confidence is? For most people, what comes to mind is feeling confident. For others, they think of confidence as a personality trait, a belief in their abilities, or self-esteem. But none of these are what confidence truly is.
You Can Grow Your Brain: How Neuroplasticity Supports a Growth Mindset
Everyone knows that when you lift weights repeatedly over time, your muscles grow stronger. But did you know your brain works the same way? Thanks to neuroplasticity, you can grow your brain, rewire your thoughts, and shift your mindset—at any age.
