If you’re using a word against yourself, the word has turned subjective. If you replace the word with the objective definition, you create cognitive distance and some separation from your emotions. When you do this, you’re able to see the situation a bit more clearly.
Resistance Isn’t Laziness, It’s Energy-Guarding: Understanding Analysis Paralysis Through a First-Principles Lens
Resistance is the nervous system’s desire to conserve energy due to lack of hope that expending energy is going to net a reward.
When Knowledge-Seeking Becomes Your Emotional Regulation Tool
Awareness without support, tools, or scaffolding for new ways to move forward can add to distress.
The brain can only hold so much awareness and knowledge before it starts collapsing under the weight of everything you’re trying to hold.
Ep. 102 | Casey Stillwagon: Ultrarunner, Teacher, Mental Health Advocate Behind @Run5555km and #StrongerEveryStride
Help ultrarunner, Casey Stillwagon raise awareness for mental health, suicide prevention, and the importance of extending grace and compassion to others but also ourselves — by setting your own 5,555 km goal (3,472 miles) and tagging @Run5555km on Instagram and using the hashtags #StrongerEveryStride and #Run5555km.
Harnessing the Zeigarnik Effect: The Art of Opening and Closing Loops
Why Loops Matter We all know the feeling: unfinished tasks, unresolved decisions, or unmet goals quietly lingering in the background, consuming mental energy. These “open loops” create cognitive tension that makes it hard to focus on what matters most. But here’s the opportunity: when we can master the art of …
Building Momentum with a Sufficiency Mindset: Tackling Procrastination, One Step at a Time
In our last post, we explored Dr. Russell Ramsay’s “Touching the Task” approach—a powerful tool for initiating action by physically engaging with a task, even in the smallest of ways. But what about when the root of procrastination isn’t just about not wanting to start—it’s the fear that you lack …
Dr. Ramsay’s ‘Touch the Task’ Method To Overcome Procrastination
“Touching the task,” a strategy coined by ADHD expert Dr. Russell Ramsay, helps combat procrastination by focusing on small, physical actions rather than mental negotiation.
First, Let’s Not Make Things Worse: A Practical Guide to Staying Grounded in Tough Moments
Feeling overwhelmed or stressed? Author Jon Acuff’s advice—“First, let’s not make things worse”—offers a refreshing, practical approach for handling life’s challenges with humor, clarity, and emotional steadiness. Learn how this simple mindset shift, along with the grounding cue “Steady,” can help you respond with intention, anchor yourself in calm, and navigate both everyday frustrations and moments of uncertainty.
Take Mental Snapshots of Your Daily Life – Catch Yourself in Action
Reclaim your time and live intentionally with the Snapshot Exercise—a radical act of self-kindness to bring your goals into focus, redirect your day, and stop letting time slip away. Implement this simple tool today to start course-correcting in real-time.
Struggling with Motivation? Here’s How Expectancy Theory Can Help
Expectancy Theory says three things must align for action: Do you believe your effort will lead to success? Will success bring the outcome you want? And do you even want the outcome? If any piece is missing, it’s no wonder you feel stuck.