Jazmin's Musings

If letting others help makes you anxious, it isn’t a personal flaw, it’s a nervous system pattern. This article breaks down the loop of burnout, over-responsibility, and resistance to change, and offers a simple exercise to help your body feel safe enough to step into something new.

Everyone has memories that are connected with negative emotions in the same way they have memories that are connected with positive emotions. Because the negative emotions are louder, the brain tends to remember them easier. We usually have to consciously make an effort to think about experiences that made us feel joy. Because thoughts and emotions trigger each other, we tend to just accept it as an unchangeable fact. Some people base their whole identity on the negative expe