If you find yourself people-pleasing or always seeking approval, you’re not alone. By the way, perfectionism is a twin of people-pleasing. They stem from the same thing…a fearful thought that our brain is feeding us. So let’s solve this problem! This article was originally published on the Real Life Resilience…

📌 𝐈’𝐦 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢&𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫, 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡…𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐬. 📌 I am from the Kansas plains, and tornadoes, and playing in the sprinkler. 📌 I’m from board games and mind games. 📌 From go-and-try-again, and from enduring life, from Jerry and Bobbi Berg, and Anderson-turned-Berg at Ellis Island. …

Resilience After Trauma If you’ve experienced trauma, there are a few things that you should know about yourself. There is nothing wrong with who you are as a person. The trauma that you experienced, whether it was man-made or it was a freak occurrence, is not a reflection of yourself…

What if the train wreck was actually the intersection of a tremendous and positive life change? — Imagine being diagnosed with cancer, at the lowest point of your life, and feeling the pain and sting of the treatments for years to come. Imagine, though, that only five years later, you’d found a way to channel that feeling into discovering your purpose. That’s exactly what one woman did.

The baggage of our past serves a purpose… I love the anticipation of vacation while I’m packing my suitcase — it carries so much excitement and promise. The baggage is good because it serves a purpose, to carry my belongings. But I don’t want to carry the suitcases around each…