The Silent Success Killer: When Your Mind Works Against You

Every morning, Sarah sits at her desk with ambitious plans. She's talented, hardworking, and has clear goals. Yet by evening, she's accomplished little and feels defeated. The culprit isn't her schedule or circumstances - it's the constant stream of doubt, criticism, and fear running through her mind.

If this sounds familiar, you're not alone. Your internal dialogue - that ongoing conversation in your head - can either propel you towa...

For me, words like purple-hulled peas take me back to my grandmother, wearing a dress and apron, cooking in the kitchen. I cannot hear the word train without thinking about the long Saturday walks that my grandfather and I took up and down backcountry stretches of railroad. When I hear the word fishing, I recall the days my dad and I spent in a boat together. But other words can create worlds full of hurt, fear, and pain. What do we do with those? Many of us hide those words and the stories they...