positive psychology

  • How I Found Food Freedom, Location Freedom, and Random Cash

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    I was standing in the aisle waiting to take my seat on a flight to Costa Rica around 2015, a few years before I moved there. I have this crystal clear memory of realizing I was holding tension in my face, furrowing my brow, and my mind was running wild with anxiety. There was no […]

  • The Power of Letting Something Suck

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    Let it suck. That thing you really want to change, but have been minimizing, modifying, or justifying… … let it suck.  We’re so quick to whitewash everything with positivity. Especially self-aware, spiritual people who are always seeking growth. We’re either taught or mistakenly pick up that all our thoughts and experiences need to be colored […]

  • What To Do When Trying Harder Isn’t Working

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    When I was 19, I started dating a 37-year-old man. When I met his best female friend for the first time, over dinner at the late Angelica Kitchen in the East Village, we had a great time, all laughing and getting along. A few days later he told me that she said I seemed like […]