Author: agrowthmindsetblog
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Learning I was an Introvert Freed Me
People exhaust me. I mean that in the nicest way possible – I really do. I’m not trying to sound like an asshole, although I come across that way sometimes. It’s just, I’m an introvert. Most people think of introverts as being shy, but I am not a shy introvert. Thanks to a career in…
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Taking Action: Having Intentions Vs. Being Intentional
People talk about being intentional, but just what do they mean when they say that? In this post, we’ll talk about intentions vs intentionality. INTENTIONS VS ACTIONS I think one of the hardest lessons I had to learn growing up – and by growing up, I mean I didn’t learn this until my mid-20s – was that…
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THE MOST IMPORTANT CONVERSATION YOU’LL EVER HAVE
Guest blog post by Claire Bays. The most important conversation you’ll have – for the rest of your life – is the one happening between your ears. WHAT IT WAS LIKE I grew up in a relatively small town in Oklahoma. We call it Shawnee, America. I didn’t grow up playing sports, wasn’t involved in constructive…
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Controlled Drinking Helped Me Find My Bottom
I wrote about recovering from alcoholism briefly in my first blog post, explaining how giving up drinking had launched me onto a path of personal development. The decision to quit drinking was an extremely difficult one, because alcohol was so much apart of my identity at twenty-five. But after I experimented with controlled drinking, it…
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My Experience (So Far) with 75 Hard
If you’ve been around the fitness community or spent some time on Tik Tok, there’s a chance that you’ve heard of the mental toughness challenge called “75 Hard” or seen the hashtags #75hard or #75hardchallenge. (And if you have no clue what I’m talking about, I’ll explain below.) In this post, I wanted to share…
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Drinking Water is Beneficial
You probably read that title and thought, “No duh.” We’ve all heard that drinking water is beneficial, but the truth is, most of us still don’t drink enough. Below is a my experience with increasing my water intake, the benefits for you if you decide to do so too, and a little thirty day challenge…
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Healthy Relationships Begin with a Healthy Self
Let’s get real. Relationships can be tough. This goes for platonic relationships or romantic relationships, parent/child relationships, and even work relationships. I believe this to be true whether you are straight or gay; whether you’re white, black, brown or any other race under the sun. And I believe this to be true whether you’re a…
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Learning How to be Patient is a Process
When I was little, my nickname was Patience. No, I didn’t have any patience. Yes, my dad was being sarcastic. If patience is a virtue, well then, I guess that made me…unvirtuous? Even to this day, having patience is difficult for me sometimes. Like, why can’t everything happen right now when I want it to?…
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Discipline is the Bridge to Accomplish Our Goals
“How do you stay so motivated?” I get this question frequently. Usually, people ask this in reference to me going to the gym or working out, something I try to do very consistently. But it could apply to anything I do consistently. I’ll let you in on a little secret: I’m not always motivated. I…
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What You Say to Yourself Matters
Guest blog post by Samantha Thompson What you say matters, what you say to yourself matters even more. RECOGNIZING HOW I TALK TO MYSELF One of the biggest contributing factors in my growth mindset was changing the words I used. Words that were programmed into me, thoughts and ideas put upon me by the society…
A Growth Mindset 