by Vanessa Guevara | Jul 19, 2024 | Health and Wellness, Personal Development
There are times when avoidance is necessary for our mental well-being, such as avoiding toxic people or unhealthy diets. However, maladaptive avoidance can lead to destruction and damage in our lives. When we try to avoid unpleasant things, it keeps us from dealing...
by Vanessa Guevara | Jul 3, 2024 | Health and Wellness, Intentional Living, Personal Development
It can be all-consuming when you are going through a challenging situation in your life. Many emotions can run through you—anger, fear, upset due to what you are experiencing at the moment that seems unpleasant. We can ultimately remain captives to these unpleasant...
by Vanessa Guevara | May 23, 2024 | Health and Wellness, Intentional Living, Personal Development
Communication. It’s the foundation of strong relationships and successful careers, and to have effective communication it requires excellent listening skills. But good communication goes beyond just talking. It’s about truly hearing what the other person...
by Vanessa Guevara | Apr 25, 2024 | Health and Wellness, Intentional Living, Personal Development
In a world that often celebrates excellence and achievement, it’s no wonder many of us strive for perfection in everything that we want to achieve. From an early age we are taught that mistakes are bad, we hear this from our parents, school, and the media....
by Vanessa Guevara | Feb 28, 2024 | Health and Wellness, Intentional Living, Personal Development
Many of us have desires for life to be a certain way, the way that we want, the way that we like. Unfortunately, life is not created specifically for our desires. We are on a planet sharing this world with billions of other people. So as nice as it may seem that...
by Vanessa Guevara | Feb 13, 2024 | Health and Wellness, Personal Development, Spirituality
Growing up we didn’t have that much financially, there was some struggle, but my mom tried her best to provide for her family as a single mother. She worked one to two jobs working 12 to 24-hour shifts. Even though we had the basics of what we needed there was always...
