Category: Engage
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How Overreacting Makes You a Better Person
“One of the reasons why so few of us ever act, instead of react, is because we are continually stifling our deepest impulses.” – Henry Miller Let’s define overreacting, shall we? Overreacting is usually someone else’s opinion of your response to a situation. Overreacting is what is seen through someone else’s eyes. It’s someone else’s…
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When Your Instincts Send You Running For Cover (and why you should listen)
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” Albert Einstein When you are stuck in the problem mindset, the crux of emotion of the problem, there are no viable, helpful solutions that are going to come to you. Solutions may arise, but they will be based on fear…
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The Insider’s Guide to Getting Out of Toxic Relationships
It didn’t seem toxic at first. In fact, it started out as most of us have heard toxic relationships do — as a knight in shining armor saving the damsel in distress. Except I wouldn’t admit to myself that I was a damsel in distress, even though I was. When I met him, I had…
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Why Forgiveness is Hotter Than Jennifer Lawrence
“Forgiveness has nothing to do with absolving a criminal of his crime. It has everything to do with relieving oneself of the burden of being a victim–letting go of the pain and transforming oneself from victim to survivor.” – C.R. Strahan “To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.” – Confucius “Forgive…