Why does it feel like we can’t control our emotions?
Another way to put this: Why does it feel like anxiety takes over or just happens to us against our will?
Illustration of how & why we get emotional
Illustration: Before self-reflection – These are a few reasons why a particular person may get anxious Note: The individual may not know they think in this manner and that this way of thinking (these beliefs) can be changed. After self-reflecting on why they get emotional The individual identified and dropped the belief that they should …
Biofeedback: How using your body’s symptoms can help you conquer digestion, skin, & energy challenges
How using your body’s symptoms can help you conquer health challenges with digestion, skin, energy, etc What is biofeedback? feedback from your body that can be used to make decisions and actions for optimizing your health (physical, emotional, etc). I’ve observed that a primary source of biofeedback comes from what we eat and that our diets …
Why do we get anxious? Proof included
Using science and a real-life counseling session of mine you’ll see that we get anxious because we unknowingly or knowingly think we should be anxious about whatever we’re anxious about. Note: This article is not speaking on anxiety that has physiological causes like low blood sugar.
Lessons from a college cult for RECOGNIZING and avoiding manipulation
This post is for parents, caretakers of children, and people who want to protect themselves from being influenced in non-obvious or difficult to detect ways. It contains a short summary of a gripping Hulu documentary (short clip is at bottom of page) on manipulation and takeaway insights from that documentary.
June 5 – June 11 Recap: Notable Answers to questions and shared perspectives from me
This post contains questions I’ve answered and perspectives I’ve shared during the week of June 5- June 11. Some of my responses are short while others are more detailed and contain more back and forth engagements.
Topics: Some beliefs that fuel loneliness and the fear of being alone, being a contrarian thinker, risks of relying on lust & attraction for non-platonic relationships
Why it’ll likely benefit you to understand why you’re following a “best practice” rather than assume it’ll work for you
My thoughts below are from a tweet I shared in response to Shane Parrish making a tweet (he deleted it) about best practices. At the bottom right of this post is a product leadership coach tweet containing an article describing some of the risks of assuming a best practice without context-driven modifications will work for …
Have you ever wondered where self-belief comes from?
Relinquishing conditionals like “If I mess XYZ up then I won’t be able to do ABC” can allow one to optimize performances more often by reducing the mental and physical impact of emotions generated from imagined undesirable outcomes and protecting one’s optimism…..Thought experiment: Has society seen a human that’s predicted things with 100% accuracy? An …
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Understand outside influence: Documentary describing how and why businesses and govt entities started using marketing and advertising to influence the public – Summary included
What the documentary is This documentary breaks down how marketing industry leveraged psychology to create a consumer culture that gets people to use material things to satisfy emotional needs. This way of being can make someone add an unconscious layer of stress by striving for things one incorrectly thinks he/she needs to feel satisfied with …
Lessons from My body transformation/recomposition – muscle is typically most responsible for achieving your aesthetic goals of being toned, muscular, etc
This is a short post that the title mostly explains. Some people fixate on their weight when pursuing a fitness goal but if one has a certain aesthetic look he or she is after, that person will probably have more success achieving that look by focusing on muscle growth and prioritizing the mirror to track …
