There is fascinating research about people proclaiming they can't do something and how, once they have said this, they really do have a challenge accomplishing or completing said task because they have already made up their mind that they cannot do it. They have already defined what it is that is holding them back: "I …
Category: Facing Fear
A Place of Vulnerability
It took me over a year until I felt like I could even consider talking to a counselor about what had happened, about the level of betrayal I felt when I found out that the person I was with, whom I had trusted wholly in life and in love had, essentially, been living a secret …
I’m Bad At It
In the past few years there has been interesting research about children being told they will or will not be good, or bad, at something. A lot of the research is specifically focused on women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics), although the findings are applicable in a number of areas (Source, Source). As the …
Running in the Sun 