Living life as it comes
It’s letter writing time again, and I’m so glad you’re with us today. Now, if you’re new to letter writing as a therapeutic concept, I’d encourage you to go to my introductory post to this idea, by clicking here. Last time, we talked about writing to your future self (click here to read), and today, we’re tackling a heavy one. Grief. More specifically, we’re writing a letter to someone who has passed on.
Continue reading “Write a letter (to someone who passed away)”Welcome back to letter writing prompts! If you’re unsure about the idea of writing letters, I recommend you start with this post. The last letter we explored was a light-hearted one, a letter to an old friend. You can find that post here. And today, we’re talking about former mentors!
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I’m taking a slight break from the letter writing for a moment here, for a very good reason. Because the world is hurting right now. In many ways, it’s not a new pain. But there is hurt. There is fear, unrest and ignorance.
Continue reading “A force for good: My two cents”
Today, we’ve got a new kind of letter for you to write. To read about writing a letter to your past self, you can click here. To read my letter to my past self, click here. And to find my general introduction to this idea of letter writing, you can click here. Now this one is a doozy.
Continue reading “Write a letter (to your first love)”
I can’t stand people who are condescending to the mentally ill. They say things like “can’t you just get over it?” and “you’re overreacting, chill out.” These are people who either lack empathy or have no idea what it’s like to have your mind betray you at every turn. And something these people often imply is that you can just choose to be okay when you’re not. So today let’s look at that. Is it true?
Continue reading “Can you choose your feelings?: My Two Cents”
Hi everyone! A while back, I posted about the inner work necessary in order to improve your emotional health. (If you’re interested about my journey with inner work, you can find that post here.) In that piece, I mentioned that I would be writing about specific mental work in the future. Well, wait no longer because that day is today! And today, we’re talking about the validity of our thoughts.
Continue reading “Believing your thoughts: my two cents”
Here on the Thoughts that Bind, we take a healthy consideration towards habits. We want to break our bad habits, build better habits, and all that comes with any of that. And there’s one thing a lot of us don’t take into account when we’re trying to better ourselves, which is how bad habits form in the first place.
Continue reading “How bad habits are made: my two cents”
