There are many effective ways to cope with being sensitive and soft-hearted in a harsh world, but radical acceptance is the place to start — Highly sensitive beings suffer more but they also love harder, dream wider, and experience deeper horizons and bliss. When you’re sensitive, you’re alive in every sense of this word in this wildly beautiful world. Sensitivity is your strength. Keep soaking in the light and spreading it to others. …

My first clinical placement in a mental health-focused community pharmacy and why it had such an impact on me — My Personal Mental Health Journey When my mental health issues first started to manifest at the age of 15, I had no clue how radically my life would change in the coming years. I had no idea my life would fall apart time and time again and that I would have to build it back…

We need to actively and creatively fight against climate change, instead of passively allowing the earth to burn up! — Keeping a Cool Head in a Heated World Poetry The heat is playing tricks on my mind to make me feel cranky and confined. Beads of sweat trickle down my face as I consider how to plead earth’s case. I panic as I watch the world burning; the wheels of my mind can’t stop turning. …

To effectively change your habits you need an approach tailored to tackling the barriers in YOUR path — There are so many self-help resources available to us that choosing a single book or approach can feel like an extremely daunting decision — the paradox of choice grips us in a chokehold and paralyzes us with anxiety. …

Growing through life with a partner creates a stronger more resilient system than either person could create independently — It’s Always Better When We’re Together A poem (for The Lark’s poetry competition) There isn’t a single place on earth I’d rather be than in this moment with you nestled next to me. These little moments may seem inconsequential, but for our bond to live forever they are essential.

Before putting ourselves in a risky situation, we must mindfully weigh the potential benefits against the risks — “We skate, unconsciously, on thin ice, with deep, cold waters below, where unimaginable monsters lurk.” — Jordan Peterson Moving on Thin Ice Poetry While we skate unconsciously on thin ice, oblivious in our white winter paradise, beneath us lurk the monsters of fear, silently stewing; threatening to appear.

We find the meaning that justifies life’s inevitable pain and suffering while we ride on the border between chaos and order — Meaning signifies that you are in the right place, at the right time, properly balanced between order and chaos, where everything lines up as best it can at that moment. — Jordan Peterson We find meaning in life as we learn to ride the line between order and chaos in…

To actualize our hopes for a fulfilling future, we have to pursue meaningful values and stop running from pain — The Paradox of Progress We live in an interesting time in that, materially, things are arguably better than they have ever been before, yet we all seem to be losing our minds thinking the world is one giant toilet bowl about to be flushed. An irrational sense of hopelessness is spreading across the rich…

We need radical acceptance to quiet our minds so that we can listen to the tunes hope sings to us and grow through life’s pains — Pain, Pain Go Away, Come Again Another Day? Human pain is like a game of Whack-A-Mole. Every time you knock down one kind of pain, another one pops up. And the faster you whack them, the faster they come back. — Mark Manson When we make it our life’s mission to try to shove our pain down into…