There’s no denying that this year has been so overwhelming and overbearing. Waking up to so many uncertainties and worries can easily take a toll on our mental health and happiness. I can’t tell you how stressful this year has been for me. Worrying about finances, unsure of what will happen next, and thinking if…
5 Ways to find peace of mind in difficult times
This post was originally published at tickledthink.com. Republished here with permission. Over the past year, life has thrown me so many unexpected bumps and storms. A few of them are just too much for me to take. This year was probably one of the greatest challenges that I’ve had to face. I’ve lost someone very…
5 Strategies to Beat Anxiety
This post was originally published at tickledthink.com. Republished here with permission. For weeks now, I’ve been constantly suffocated by my own thoughts. Drowning with all the worries, the concerns, all the constant what-ifs. I lie down and try to close my eyes – hoping all those thoughts will just go away. But they don’t. They…
5 Strategies I use to manage my depression and anxiety
I have always been an anxious kid. I struggled to focus on anything good and positive. It was like I was constantly living in fear but I didn’t know what it was. And growing up, I thought that this was just me — that I was just different and that this was my “normal”. It…
5 Simple Things You Can Do To Get Through Hard Times
Life is full of unexpected bumps, twists, and turns — it can beat us up, rips us apart and turn our whole world upside down. And for me, that moment happened two years ago. It was by far the most painful, heartbreaking and challenging season that I ever had to face. I was in a…
5 Things I Do to Overcome Depression
The darkest days of my life happened two years ago. I suddenly lost someone very dear to me. I was constantly facing financial struggles that seemed to be never-ending. And of course, it was also the time when depression came crashing into my life. It felt like my whole world stopped and I was just…
5 Habits that are Sabotaging your Happiness
We all go through storms and struggles. Some are more difficult than others — it breaks us, tears us apart and turns our whole world upside down. So, I guess it’s safe to say that life is not always butterflies and rainbows, life can definitely be difficult sometimes. For me, last year was by far…
5 Habits that have Positively Changed and Improved my Life
Over the past year, I’ve lived the darkest days of my life. I was hit with setbacks after setbacks, disappointments, financial struggles, heartaches, losses, and so much pain. They all came too fast that I didn’t even have enough time to catch my breath. Everything just became too overwhelming that it made me believe that…
5 Habits I Gave Up to Overcome Depression
It has been 2 years since depression came crashing into my life. And those two years were definitely my darkest and toughest days. It turned my whole world upside down and it tested every ounce of strength left in me. Waking up for me was the hardest. It was unbearable. The thought of having to…
5 Habits That Are Sabotaging Your Mental Health
I never really knew how important my mental health was until last year. You see, for a long time, I chose to neglect it. I used to work in a very stressful environment. I was overworked. Every day, I was constantly feeling super low, stressed and overwhelmed. But instead of doing something about it, I…