Things I did for my mental health – Fall edition

October is a month of mental health at my workplace and it got me thinking about being intentional with my mental health. I want to start the series of reflection on what I did or the choices I have made that helped me align with my mental health goals or my personal values as a…

Setting Relationship Standards

I think we hear about relationship standards only after something bad occurs first, like a conflict, previous bad relationship or an ex getting into prison. Meanwhile, having standards for your relationships is not a bad thing and it should not be based on some lesson learned. Ideally, we should all have standards for our relationships…

How to identify toxic people

I used to have conflicting feelings – when, on one side I knew I felt good about who I was, my life and my achievements, but on the other side I was self-conscious, anxious, doubting myself and my decisions and generally feeling low. At first, it was too complex to make sense of but as…

A key to improving life

Recently I have been stuck in the same routine, doing the same things day after day and yet always dreaming about another day and time, the magical “tomorrow” where things are better on all fronts. “Tomorrow” is a futuristic destination, a perfect world where I live in a beautiful house with clean kitchen (and no…

What Does Self-Love Mean?

There is Valentine’s Day for everyone who has a special one in their lives, there is a Family Day a day later that has been recently recognized as a holiday in many countries. However, there is no day to celebrate our love for ourselves. I know, we supposed to care about others and that’s what…