THE WANT LIBRARY
Our full library of blog posts, filled with tips, tools, motivation, and inspiration to shift your self-talk
THE WANT LIBRARY
Our full library of blog posts, filled with tips, tools, motivation, and inspiration to shift your self-talk
The Marathon Of Change.
How do you know when to shift what you’re doing, and how you know when to stick it out? I've got some news that's a long time in the making: We’re on SUBSTACK now, baybay! Why the switch? Well, I’d been using my former...
Waiting On A New Normal: Navigating Your Mindset When You Feel In-Limbo.
(****really important note: this is not a post about waves or policies. this is about what you might be experiencing internally — a feeling stuckness or waiting, despite "logically knowing" you could be acting and...
Laughable Plans: Finding Control When There Feels Like None.
If you Google search "top 10 most stressful life events," there are a few repeat offenders that pop up on list after list. Death of a loved one. Marriage. Divorce. Starting a new job or losing a current one. Financial...
Mistake Resilience: How To Recover From A Case of “I Should Have Known Better”
Do you ever have those things that happen where you’re like, “Ugh, why did I do that?! I should have known better” ?? Like... ...Forgetting to add the salt in the cookies you grew up baking. ...Signing on the wrong...
You’ll Love It When You’re Older: On Ageism, Bias, and Covertly Dangerous Compliments
I got exposed to ageism at a very early age in a very odd way: by getting told incessantly how much younger I looked than I actually was. Immediately followed by: YOU'LL LOVE IT WHEN YOU'RE OLDER. Every time I got...
Here’s How To Help Someone You Love Shift Their Negative Self-Talk
I'll never forget the way my dad looked at me when he said: You have so much to be proud of. I wish you could see it. My heart breaks every time I hear someone I love put themselves down. But I get it. I was once that...
Have You Updated Your OS Lately?
"I think I'm an Apple person. Yep, I've decided it. I'm switching out everything." This was my husband, about a month ago. My PC-using, iPhone-carrying husband, tired of multiple brands and multiple systems, decided...
How To Let Go Of…Whatever It Is You Want To Let Go Of, Really.
(...or, at the very least, how to get started.) Doesn’t it sound sexy and badass to say what you’re STOPPING, QUITTING, or LEAVING BEHIND? I know it does. I’ve done the whole dramatic deal before: written down the...
Giving Selective F***s.
**Heads up: this post about people-pleasing, being defensive, and setting boundaries contains mature language, specifically, f***, a lot. I know we don't censor our language on the WANTcast and WANT site, so you're...
Transitions, Tests, and Upgrades: How To Move Forward Fearlessly When It’s Tempting *NOT* To.
Welp, the NYC streets are packed again, the smells are back with a vengeance, and there are lines around the block for the new Harry Potter Store on 5th Avenue. Yep. NYC is back in action. And all the signs are...
4 Negative Self-Talk Shifts To Try (That You’ll Actually Believe)
"Good vibes only.""Only speak kind words to yourself.""Tell yourself you can do anything." Nope, these don't work for me either. Replacing negative self-talk with positive self-talk might not work for you if the words...
Mental Health Toolkit: How To Balance Self-Care and Community Care.
I just got home from a trip to LA where I got to see my family — parents, brother, sister-in-law, nephew, grandparents, aunts, uncles....some of whom I hadn't seen for over two years (which is very out of the ordinary...
