Over the past few years, I have been emphasising to my students to slow down. Slowing down isn’t something most of us find easy. Everyone is rushing, from rushing to work, rushing to meet deadlines, to rushing to pick the kids up on time, and getting them to their next activity. All of us know how to rush, but most of us have forgotten how to ‘slow’.
No one likes to admit that they have been struggling, especially mentally. There is a pervasive taboo in our society when it comes to mental illness. People who suffer with mental illness are said to “lose their minds” and in doing so become something less than human.
No one would argue against the idea that our emotions trip us up often in life. The reason they have such powerful sway over us is not immediately clear. We have been conditioned in the West to believe that our decisions are made by our rational mind, so when emotions seem to take hold of our …
There are two prominent, and distinct voices inside my head. No, I am not suggesting that I suffer from dissociative identity disorder (previously known as multiple personality disorder). Rather when it comes to motivation, it seems that we are all in a tug-of-war between opposing objectives. We want to lose weight, but there is a …
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