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Don’t forget the human
Did you know that there is zero science to support the above beliefs about what we call mental health? Instead, there is research that confirms that new neural pathways are formed in response to new information or new experiences. It’s called neuroplasticity. Other research confirms that the physical gesture of a smile, regardless of your…
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Heal yourself before you heal the world
When we’re in a problematic relationship, it becomes easy to focus on what others are doing wrong. This may be justified, or maybe not. Either way, it distracts us from our contribution towards that situation that we’re party to. That’s the important part. To recognise that we are either enabling or sustaining the cycle in…
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Don’t raise a tyrant
Understanding right from wrong is the easy part. How to effectively respond to what is wrong without creating a new problem is the difficult part. With the emphasis always being on knowing who is right and wrong, but hardly any focus on how to deal with such differences, we raise children who are intolerant or…
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Your brain doesn’t have a mind of its own
This is a popular myth. People have been repeating selective truths to themselves for years without seeing a change in their circumstances. Our brains are rewired through experiences, and connecting our reality to the value of an outcome. It’s called neuroplasticity. For this reason, courage is needed to attempt something that we have not experienced…
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Don’t outsource your dignity
Dignity is the ultimate social currency. With dignity comes accountability and self awareness. Or perhaps dignity is only possible through self awareness and accountability. But accountability is an outcome of self respect and integrity which in turn demands that we care more about who we are and what we stand for than what we want…
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Check your entitlement
Expectations breed entitlement. Like the entitlement of privileges that weren’t earned, or a free pass to abdicate responsibility because we’ve got it tough. Or entitlement to a homeland that belongs to someone else. Conviction and sincerity are lost when we do things hoping for a good return. We should do good because of who we…
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Hopefully…
Hope is not hope when it is rooted in futility. That is simply wishful thinking. Hope is born from the belief that things can change. It is not predicated by statements of ‘if only’ or ‘I wish’, but rather inspired by focusing on the probabilities and the opportunities that we have. Hope is born when…
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Own your life
There are many unflattering adjectives that have been used to describe me over the years. Before life got real, it used to trouble me to think that others had a negative opinion of me despite my best efforts to be a decent human. It was a distraction that sometimes still gets the better of me.…