Many of our thoughts that arise in response to situations are negative, anxious, and irrational. Negative thoughts trigger negative emotions. Let’s challenge ten common negative thinking patterns so we can maximize positive emotions. Learn how to stop negative thinking with nine helpful strategies.

As you travel along this journey called life, do you live in alignment with your values? Are you in sync with your moral compass? Do you make decisions based on your ethics? In this post, I cover how to identify and define your values and how to live your life in reflection of them.

This is a special series in honor of my 16-day solo campervan California road trip. Part 1 includes San Diego, Los Angeles, Malibu, Ventura, Santa Barbara, and Channel Islands National Park.

I quit my engineering job to chase my dream of being a writer! I’m never going to have to wonder what could have been. And personally, I think it’s riskier not to do what I love. Through this transition I’ve learned that I deserve happiness and I am capable of changing my situation.

You deserve happiness and fulfillment. You are worthy of love and enjoyment. You are in control of removing what does not serve you anymore. Walking away can be a good thing. Here is some encouragement to let go of what no longer serves you.

The comparison game can lead to negative emotions, resentment, and misplaced decision making. Here are eleven tips that will teach you how to stop comparing yourself to others.

This is the complex and emotional mental health journey story of how I’ve treated mental health disorders and physical illnesses since the young age of five.

Read about the story of how I reconnected with my creative inner child during an emotionally dark period following college graduation.