By: Gabriela Yareliz “There is stuff I know I can work through, but I am not sure I want to go there again. I do feel like if I will be helping others, I need to, maybe?” The person on the coaching call explained. “You will need to go there. If you are going toContinue reading “Going There”
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Stay Willing
“Your success in life is proportional to your willingness to be misunderstood for long periods of time.” Sahil Bloom
Regret and the Present
By: Gabriela Yareliz Just saw an Asian guy jump the turnstile. I wanted to scream to the girl with him who paid to run fast from this cheap fool. Life is tragic when you are criminally cheap. Jordan B. Peterson talks about how we can’t twist reality and then avoid having it snap back atContinue reading “Regret and the Present”
Dare
“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.” Seneca What do you need to try this week?
Experiments
“If you want to work on your art, work on your life.” Chekhov By: Gabriela Yareliz It has been burnout season for months for me thanks to a brutal and understaffed work environment (a tale for a different time!). I think that when we reach that point, we just sort of go through life inContinue reading “Experiments”
Freedom
“The Paradox of Freedom: The way to expand your freedom is to narrow your focus. The disciplined become the free.” James Clear
Thought to Action
By: Gabriela Yareliz Follow every negative thought with a positive action, Erwin McManus said explaining one of his key practices. This is a key to growth and rewiring. This is how we train our brain. It will learn to expect the positive follow-up to the negative trigger. This made me wonder how our lives wouldContinue reading “Thought to Action”
Cultivating Identity
By: Gabriela Yareliz I know someone (who I admire) who is almost 80 and refuses to retire. Now, I do think this person has a sense of calling and vocation. They love what they do. But this brought me to thinking— how many of us are on track to do the same because we failContinue reading “Cultivating Identity”
Thank You, Peter Segal, et al.
By: Gabriela Yareliz In Tara Schuster’s last book, there is a scene where she sees her therapist, and she tells her therapist that she is feeling really anxious. She describes everything that has been happening, and her therapist patiently listens, and at the end, the therapist tells her, “You aren’t anxious, you are furious.” IContinue reading “Thank You, Peter Segal, et al.”
Don’t Disappear
“When you try to fit in, you disappear.”
GABRIELA YARELIZ 