Christmas time is most definitely my favourite time of year. I mean, who doesn’t love all the joy, music, excessive intake of high-fructose corn syrup, and gift giving!And speaking of gift-giving, have you purchased and wrapped all your gifts? You haven’t!? Okay okay, it’s all good. Actually, you’re in luck today because in this blog …
Success habits don’t exist. … at least not as a one-size-fits-all recipe. If you watched this week’s YouTube video, you already know you need to dump the one-size-fits-all recipe and start creating personalized success habits within the five major areas of your life. Wait…. you don’t know the five major areas? It’s okay, you can …
“You need to let the little things that would ordinarily bore you suddenly thrill you.” -Andy Warhol That quote is important for one main reason: it instructs you to find value in the seemingly unimportant things in life. And two of those seemingly unimportant things we are going to focus on today are (1) your …
“As long as you make an identity out of pain, you cannot become free of it.” – Eckhart Tolle I posted that quote to my Instagram yesterday. It received mixed reviews… You see, when you create an identity for yourself, you become one with it. So adopting an identity is [unfortunately] like creating a part …
“Society pressures us to go to university.” “Society pressures us to buy name brand clothes we can’t afford.” It’s crazy to think I’ve been telling myself those lies until just recently. What’s even crazier is that those statements only become true if you allow them to be. I understand that mainstream media portrays a certain …
“Jealousy is the root of all evil” Have you heard that expression before? Maybe you’ve experienced the backstab (or frontstab) by a jealousy-fueled person… or, maybe you’ve been the dealer of similar jealousy-fueled actions… In talking with people since starting my blog, a question I often get asked is, why the f*** can’t people just …
Give me ’til the end of of this 5 minute read to get you thinking differently about self-esteem. Let’s start by looking at the definition of esteem: Esteem ➡️ v. regard highly or favourably; regard with respect or admiration Now hold that thought. And let’s look at the history of the word esteem: “Esteem” comes …
So. I see you made it to my post. Well thank you for supporting me 🙏❤ But most importantly, CONGRATULATIONS! Seriously, congrats for taking the first step in your personal development journey. “Uhm Ella… what do you mean ‘first step’? What other steps are there to take?” Well I’m glad you asked! Generally speaking there …
Last week, one of my buddies asked me a fantastic question, what is the first step to re-training your brain? I thought it was an easy answer. And then I realized I was incredibly wrong. DAMNNNN. How have I not written a blog post about this yet!? So here I am about 10 days later, …
I bet 8 in 10 of you reading this post have trouble falling asleep at night. And I bet that’s because you can’t quiet your thoughts at night and just relax. Whether you call it stress, anxiety, over-thinking, or constant worry, the feeling you get when you can’t shut off your thoughts is unpleasant and …