[season 2 ep 3] I’ve been having invasive social anxiety at work worrying about other people having negative thoughts of me. these consistent worries have been draining me of my energy and I am aware how unnecessary it is. so I have been asking myself…WHY? why do I care so much? how can I stop this? a dream came to answer my question. it took me down a path of looking further into the ego and the way we relate to it and how we must change our relationship with ego to truly be free from caring about other’s thoughts and free as a whole

[season 2 ep 2] if you're feeling overwhelmed in thought and emotion right now, you're not alone. today I am sharing the 2 ways I've been rewiring my mind to create emotional resilience and increasing quality of life. if you don't know how to help yourself right now, I think this is a good starting point because they can be applied at any time.

let's discuss our ability to challenge negative thoughts, disidentifying with emotion, and creating greater awareness of our mind's patterns.

[season 2 ep 1] come for a chat with gentle reminders. today we are talking about getting back into our creative work without so much pressure on ourselves, following nature's flow and the abundant lessons to be gained from observing nature.

yes, maybe this was recorded as winter was beginning but it still applies okay !

(remember, the only thing that matters is this moment here right now. you're doing a great job. take a deep breath and just be right here. you are exactly where you need to be. if we can have peace in the present then we have everything we need.)

[ep 13] am I too resistant to the natural discomforts of life? is that resistance making my life harder than it needs to be? we all know that mindset is everything…but this is a complicated issue when you take depression and other human pains into consideration because we feel we experience discomfort enough. can we make room in our lives to accept that life is inherently uncomfortable? I think this necessary acceptance can allow us to face the inevitable obstacles and mundaneness of life.

modern day life has offered us reprieve from the challenges our ancestors faced and has elevated the human experience…but where there is more pleasure, there is more pain

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[ep 12] I’ve been isolating. if you have been too…you shouldn’t feel bad about it. today I’ll share what my isolation has been looking like.

being around people I can’t show my full self to is exhausting. I’m over here busy trying to keep my mental afloat which makes it hard to socialize or listen to other people’s unrelatable and relatively ordinary drama. would I prefer to have close ones to be with? of course! but finding good people that understand you is hard, and I don’t have the extra energy to expend to find them when I don’t even know that it will pay off. people have definitely made me feel bad about myself for living this way, especially as someone in their 20s, but I’m here to tell you that there is nothing wrong with it.

I care about you and I support you.

[ep 11] why are we here? why does anything exist? these questions are something that everyone has thought about and some more often than others. not knowing the meaning of life used to drive me into anxious states of panic. fortunately, i’m at a point where I have gathered enough questions, answers, and theories to form some grounding beliefs about life and the universe. today I will be sharing my thoughts to perhaps give you some answers, reaffirm your own beliefs, plant some seeds for new ideas, and pique some questions within yourself. of course, this will involve discussing the dynamics of modern day life and the human condition

time stamps:  4:11 - my theory on the meaning of life 14:07 - why does it feel like we are chasing something? 43:12 - God? 1:01:26 - a higher power and metaphysics 1:14:47 - existentialism