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 probably used to it, but I feel like the...
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 you’re...
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 for me). My grandparents, who are...
How To Be Fearless. (plus…we’re on CNN!)
FEARLESS = FEAR < FAITH (or, “Fearless” is when the fear is less than the faith) was an equation I stood behind long, long before this past year. But March 2020-March 2021 made me realize how vital it truly is to maintaining a sense of self-assuredness WITHOUT...
The Joy Tab.
Last Saturday I hit a breaking point. Or whatever you want to call those moments these days where it just all feels like too much and not enough simultaneously. A vortex of feeling. A black hole of numbness. No tears though. Vortexes suck up tears and numbness...
