self help
Self help, because you are your greatest asset.
When You Can’t Find The Sunshine, Be The Sunshine. Content Warning.
When you begin your healing journey, it's never easy. I've been working on mine since March 8th, 2022, the day I escaped domestic violence. Although it's hard to stay on the healing path sometimes, it's all worth it and was supposed to happen. I have learned new things about myself that I love while also having to face things about myself that made me uncomfortable at first. Some of the past things I did, I started to see how they were not actually good or ok. You start to observe things from a different perspective and learn to respond instead of react. The pain you experience forces you to grow in ways comfort never could. You begin to see things that were right in front of your eyes the whole time, both good and bad.
By Kristine Franklinabout a month ago in Motivation
Living Your Truth
Recently, I watched a television show in which first-graders were discussing their truth. They were saying unbelievable things about discovering and recognizing their truth. They also emphasized what their truth was. They seemed to be confident about what they were saying. The six-year-old boys and girls were talking about the same things that are heard in adult conversations about their orientation.
By Margaret Minnicksabout a month ago in Motivation
The Quiet Side Hustle That Changed Everything
Sophie was the kind of person no one noticed. At 27, she worked a steady office job, arrived on time, left on time, and blended perfectly into the background. She didn’t complain loudly, didn’t boast about big dreams, and didn’t post motivational quotes online. To most people, Sophie’s life looked ordinary... safe, predictable, and unremarkable.
By MIGrowthabout a month ago in Motivation
The Nightingale and the Rose
A young student sat in his dimly lit room, clutching a book he could not read. He was heartbroken because the professor’s daughter had told him she would dance with him at the ball only if he brought her a red rose. His garden held no red roses, only white and yellow blooms, and he felt powerless and defeated. The student lamented that true love often demanded impossible sacrifices.
By Lily Smithabout a month ago in Motivation
The Quiet Strength: Why Patience is the Key to Every Closed Door
By Haazrat Umer In the fast world of 2026, we want everything right now. We want fast internet, fast food, and fast success. If we don't get what we want immediately, we become angry, frustrated, and sad. We feel that life is unfair to us. But in my fifteen years of watching the ups and downs of life, I have learned a secret that the world has forgotten: Sabr, or patience, is not just waiting. It is how you behave while you are waiting.
By Hazrat Umerabout a month ago in Motivation
THE CRYSTAL EGG
Near the crowded streets of Seven Dials stood a small, dirty curiosity shop owned by Mr. Cave, a nervous old dealer in antiquities and natural specimens. His shop window displayed oddities—skulls, stuffed animals, fishing tools, and among them a brilliantly polished crystal egg.
By Amelia Millerabout a month ago in Motivation
Kerala’s Youngest Organ Donor: How a 10-Month-Old Baby Saved Five Lives
In the Indian state of Kerala, a 10-month-old baby girl has saved five lives by donating her organs, a decision that would not have been possible without her father’s courage. Her father, Arun Abraham, recalled a lecture he had heard during his college days—one he never forgot—and it ultimately gave him the strength to donate his daughter’s organs, saving five people. His daughter, Ellen Sherren Abraham, has become the youngest organ donor in Kerala. She had been severely injured in a car accident some time ago. Her liver and one kidney have already been transplanted into two critically ill children, while her heart valve, second kidney, and eyes will be matched with needy patients at three hospitals in Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi. Arun, 33, said, “When the doctor told us that our daughter was brain dead, we were devastated. It was a difficult decision, but when I discussed it with my wife, she said we should donate her organs to save lives.” Arun explained that in 2013, a priest from the Kidney Foundation, Father Davis, gave a lecture about organ donation at his college. “At the time, I was a B.Com student, and that day I vowed that if anything ever happened to me, I would donate my organs.” Dr. Eshwar H, Professor of Neurosurgery at Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology, said, “This is very encouraging. Ellen has changed people’s perception of organ transplantation in the country.
By Real contentabout a month ago in Motivation
Rethinking Fulfilment: Navigating the Quarter-Life Questions
A psychologist once spent ages trying to convince me that the so-called quarter-life crisis is nothing more than a myth. At first, I pushed back hard against this idea, because it felt like a dismissal of the very real challenges so many of us face in our twenties. But over time, I began to see another perspective: denying its existence often seems like a way for people to make you question your own sense of direction—sometimes to reassure themselves, other times because there’s profit in it. Just look at the endless self-help books and seminars aimed at young adults, all promising fixes for the quarter-life crisis and selling pricey solutions that rarely get to the heart of what’s actually troubling us.
By Sarah Xenosabout a month ago in Motivation
Disabled, Not Difficult
There is a moment that happens quietly, almost invisibly. It appears in hesitation. In the pause before asking for a chair. In the careful calculation before explaining why I cannot stand for long, why I need to leave early, why I cannot simply push through.
By Millie Hardy-Simsabout a month ago in Motivation
