The Alchemist Mind

The Art of Standing Up to a Bully. My latest is published in Elephant Journal. Give it a read here👇🏼

The Art of Standing Up to a Bully—3 Tips. | elephant journal I encountered my own mountain lion not long after the story aired. Well, not really a mountain lion. A person. The definition of a bully. One who stalks their victims much like

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“When life is busy and full, it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s fulfilling.”

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A Reminder for When we feel Disconnected. | elephant journal I’ve been experiencing a similar feeling. I knew I wasn’t fully present. It had become common for me to miss part of a story someone was telling because my mind wandered to

When we find ourselves struggling with the confidence to take the next step remember this…

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A Realization about Moving Forward when we feel Fear. | elephant journal After hanging up the phone, I look outside to see the sun shining. It’s 50 degrees in February. The snow melted, revealing the grass in the backyard and asphalt sidewalks.

Is the Money Voting For Us Before We Get to the Polls? My latest on Elephant Journal

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Is the Money Voting for us Before we Reach the Polls? | elephant journal “I’ll just say it. Biden is too old and Congress is the most exclusive nursing home in America,” Nikki Haley said. Another commercial for a presidential candidate played on the television. I rol...

My latest piece is eye opening. The dollars spent on political campaign ads are insane.

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The Mind Blowing Cost of Presidential Campaign Ads. | elephant journal $15.9 billion dollars. GroupM, one of the world’s largest paid advertising agencies, projects this to be the amount spent in US political advertising by the time a president is elected in November ...

The Real Reason We Can’t Ask For (or Accept) Help.
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The Real Reason we Can’t Ask for (or Accept) Help. | elephant journal Rather than taking a break or asking for a hand, I ignored pain traveling from my sciatic nerve, the familiar twinge telling me to back off. The next sound I heard was

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The Real Reason You Can’t Accept Help. | elephant journal Why can’t I just let people help me? I wondered.I laid flat on my stomach. The floor felt cool against my cheek. My eyes followed the tight vertical lines weaving the grain pattern in our golden oak...

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The One Thing that is Certain After We Pass On. | elephant journal I was about 18 years old sitting in a dark movie theater with my then boyfriend. The gigantic screen ahead of us playing a scene from

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐮𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞. ⁣
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𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐳𝐢𝐩 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬. ⁣
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𝐄𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐦. 📷 Pexels/ Tyler Wilby

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𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝟐 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐤𝐢𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 💜⁣⁣
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⁣“𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧’𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨-𝐝𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭…𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞.” - 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐚 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 ⁣⁣
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⁣𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐢𝐨. 𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝. ⁣⁣
📸𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲/𝐔𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡

“𝐀𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭. 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤. “ - 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐚 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧. 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐢𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐖𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦. 𝐎𝐧 📸 EKATERINA NT/PEXELS