Author: Melissa Harrison

I created a little buzz on a social media platform when I said that ruminating about something, overthinking it, over analyzing it is akin to worshipping it. Worshipping something means you’ve placed it on a pedestal.   You’ve given it power over you.  In doing so, and with your undoubted intense attention on it, you’re continuing…

I know you’ve been there.   On your path, being as true to yourself as you possibly can be, making fierce, powerful decisions. And then, when someone doesn’t agree with your decision — about action forward, or calling them out, or removing yourself from their presence or some situation — you are told you’re being “emotional”…

I know how difficult it can seem to turn off the overthinking powerhouse of a mind  you have.  Especially when you’ve been so thoroughly rewarded for using it as you have. And you’ve been using it, most likely for the majority of your life, to reason, to force, to control things into being. But tell…

We’ve been tricked — at the very least, conditioned — into thinking that it takes hard work to get what we want… that it takes hard work to be successful. This is because we see someone else in +their+ flow state, and the amount of physical action they’re taking seems massive, especially if their unique…

I know.  I know that as an intelligent woman who adores learning and growing, you have come to treasure your ability to reason, to use logic, to think things through. I’m quite certain, too, that you have been heavily praised for your ability to do that, and do it well. All manner of external rewards…