Most of us only notice what we have once it's gone. Research suggests a few minutes of deliberate attention can get you there without the crisis. Matilda Wayte shares simple ways to notice the good...

You already know something needs to change. You have known for a while. You go through the daily motions, the commute, the meetings, the inbox, yet somewhere underneath the routine there is a...

One of the most effective ways to protect your well-being is through personal transformation that begins before overwhelm reaches unhealthy levels. Preventative self-care isn't about escaping life...

Working with a hypnotherapist, athletes can learn to use self-hypnosis as a valuable tool to manage stress, increase confidence, and focus to reach a flow state. Discover how learning to control mental...

I believe vision matters. There is power in imagining a future before it exists. A business, healthier relationship, new identity, financial growth, meaningful career, different home, and a stronger...

There are seasons when nothing appears dramatically wrong, yet something inside you knows the life you are living no longer fits. You may still be functioning. Still showing up. Still handling responsibilities.

There is a particular kind of discomfort that comes with knowing what you want while everyone around you seems convinced you should want something else. Sometimes the advice is loving. Sometimes it is practical.

More than any other single factor, sound decides how a room feels. After producing more than 1,200 events and watching over 250,000 people move through a room, I no longer treat a room’s energy as...

A lot of people struggle with differentiating between intuition and anxiety. Let’s break it down. We have two concepts at hand: the capacity for intuition and the feeling of anxiety. Intuition can be...

Achievement can tell us what we've accomplished. It was never meant to tell us what we're worth. I have always been good at goals. Give me something to work toward, and I will make a plan. Another degree.

For every rebirth, there must be a death. Where there is a death, there must be a funeral. Throughout our lives, we experience many different versions of ourselves, some good, some bad...

You are sitting opposite someone who genuinely cares about you. They ask how you are. You say you're good. You listen to their stories, laugh at the right moments, offer reassurance, make space for whatever...

Almost every therapy session, a familiar scene plays out. A high-achieving woman in her forties sits across from me. She has a respected career, a beautiful home, and every external marker of...

There is a particular kind of tired that can come from being the person who can handle everything. Not the tired that makes you stop. The kind that lets you keep going. You still get up. You go to work...

After breast cancer, I thought I was reinventing myself. It took me a while to realize I wasn’t becoming someone new at all. I was learning what I wanted to keep, what I wanted to add, and what I was...

I was born and lived in Sudan before South Sudan became an independent country. In fact, I spent my first 20 years in Juba, Sudan. I loved the classroom. I would debate as much as the topics...

You can name the pattern. You can trace where it began. You can explain exactly why you do it. And still, when the moment arrives, you do the same thing. You agree when you wanted to say no. You over...

There is a question I have asked hundreds of times in the therapy room, "What do you already know that you keep trying to talk yourself out of knowing?" Usually, there is a pause. Sometimes a very...

We often treat problems as if we can decide when they matter. We know something needs attention, but the timing feels inconvenient. We are busy. We do not want the conflict. We do not want the...

I remember sitting in my car in a Bank of America parking lot, tears streaming down my face, feeling like a complete failure. My family didn't deserve what I was putting them through. For the first...

I’ve hurt people. Maybe you have, too. But what do we do with that knowledge? There’s no one answer, of course, any more than there is one reason why our actions have hurt someone. You may have set...

Most people who reach out for this kind of support don’t open with a crisis. They open with a quieter and more disorienting observation. Something like: from the outside, things look fine, more than fine.

Beauty is more than what we see. It is also reflected in how we think, act, and take responsibility for our impact on the world. This article explores how acknowledging our inner shadows can deepen self-awareness...

You can have a full night’s sleep and still wake up exhausted. Not because you didn’t sleep. Because your brain never really clocked out. You’re thinking about the meeting at 10, the groceries you...