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You may have heard the advice to “just get out of your own way.” You may have even given that advice to a friend (or to yourself). Perhaps you see the wisdom in that and the potential applicability to some part of your own life. And yet, why is it
Emotional pain is unavoidable. And many are forced to deal with this pain very early in life: the sting of failing, of being let down, of coming face-to-face with real and imagined limitations; the pain caused by bullying and ostracism; grief brought about by the death of a parent or
According to the World Health Organization, depression affects 264 million people worldwide. If you haven’t experienced it personally, you probably know someone who has. And yet, despite how pervasive it is, it is still widely minimized or misunderstood. Or perhaps it’s more accurate to say that people struggling with depression
According to the American Psychiatric Association, one in six people will experience depression over the course of their lifetime. Still, depression remains hard to talk about for many, and in some circles is minimized or seen as a weakness of will. It’s no wonder so many people choose not to
“I’m really hard on myself…but that’s good, right? I guess you could say I’m a perfectionist.” Caesar goes on to give me several examples of his perfectionism: if he makes a mistake at work (“and there’s no mistake too small to overlook”), he doesn’t just beat himself up internally with