Emotional Health, My stories

Overcoming my fear of failure

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 “Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.”

Roy T. Bennett

Life is in stages, where you are right now is exactly where someone else wants to be. Does that mean you should stop aspiring for more? Should you let the fear of failure hold you back?

No, if you want more, aim for more!!!

This is a fact applicable to everyone and something I started telling myself because I have had a lot of struggles with fear and I have been badly affected by it, in so many ways.

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Personal Development, Well-Being

How to be alone and enjoy it

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Being alone isn't the same as being lonely, you can enjoy your own company all by yourself
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“Even in moments you are still trying to figure out who you are, you are enough “

Yvette Ratshikhopha

Many times we find ourselves in situations where we are alone. But being by yourself doesn’t have to mean you are lonely. In fact you can be alone and enjoy it. I love my alone time so this isn’t a subject I’m new to.

Different people dislike being alone for different reasons. Some just don’t like it because they don’t know what to do so they begin to feel lonely and start looking for company.

If you are one of those, have you stopped for a minute to think about the reasons others enjoy being around you?

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Well-Being

Understanding your personality pairs

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“Be yourself, not your idea of what you think somebody else’s idea of yourself should be.”

Henry David Thoreau

Today, we are diving into the personality pairs mentioned in a previous post, the key to understanding yourself and the people around you. There I mentioned that besides loving yourself, knowing your personality type plays a huge role in understanding yourself and consequently others.


The four personality types (according to Hippocrates) mentioned are two sets of opposites which means that no one is really one type…

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Personal Development

5 little things you shouldn’t do in the morning if you want the most out of the day

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Here are five things you shouldn't do in the morning to have a productive day
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“Every morning starts a new page in your story. Make it a great one today”

Doe Zantamata

It is hard enough to get out of bed, what we don’t want to do is distract ourselves with things we shouldn’t be doing in the morning.

One of the worst things to happen to us is thinking at 6 pm “I had a busy day but I didn’t achieve much”….

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Well-Being

The Key to understanding yourself and the people around you

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“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”

Aristotle

Hello and welcome back to my blog.

Today we are looking at understanding ourselves and by extension … others, so that we can build that steady relationship we want with the people around us.

Consider the number of times you’ve thought to yourself “if only she/he understands me” when interacting with your family members, friends or colleagues? …

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Movie Lessons

3 Life Lessons From Movies/TV shows

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“art often imitates life and life often imitates art as we have seen with the recent Covid-19 pandemic … and the movie Contagion…”

Movies and TV shows are everywhere. Their story lines are part of our lives and culture and with streaming sites and YouTube, we can easily access them. They give us a glimpse of what life might look …

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