“Overthinking and chronic stress feed into this lens by breeding deconstructive thoughts that are often beyond our control. This fear of a loss of autonomy often causes us to feel imprisoned by our own limiting thoughts. Open-mindedness paints a path towards awareness and consciousness where how you choose to construct meaning from your environmental stimuli establishes control over how and what you think.”
Read More“I realized I needed to forgive myself. I had forgiven those I felt I needed to for my own peace. But it was my turn. I felt like I was carrying my childhood self on my ankle. As I’d take steps, I’d feel her weight on my feet. I was in need of comforting her, the little girl who would get so excited to see her dad come home from work but would arise disappointed the next day when realizing he got in late again.”
Read More“Last year was the most challenging. Being limited from what I was used to, adjusting to a new normal that is steadily adapting itself, I became more anxious than I ever felt before. Alternatives were not working for me and wrapping my mind around expectations was just as exhausting. Eventually, I burnt out…At this point in time, I have decided to take the reins of my fear in life. I am doing so, by acknowledging that even if you think you are moving forward, overthinking, and anticipating all your fears, can and will only hold you back. Fear does not attract what you want to happen. Mind over matter is of utmost importance.”
Read More“In 2016, I had just barely wrapped up my first year at the university of waterloo. I chose to attend this university for a lot of its selling points about their co-operative programs seeing that the two other universities I was accepted into did not have the same opportunities for my program. BUT another reason I chose waterloo because it was the furthest from my home. And it was important for me to go to a school that was far away from home because home is where a lot of traumatic events in my childhood took place starting as early as 4 years old.”
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