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Blog post: Self-Talk
Self-Talk: The Stories We Tell Ourselves gratitude happiness mindfulness positive psychology self talk Feb 21, 2026

You all do it all the time, whether or not you are aware of it.

There is a constant—usually silent—voice in your head that notices, interprets, judges, decides, remembers, projects. This phenomenon is ...

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Blog post: What If?
What If? mental health mindfulness mindset positive psychology purpose Nov 28, 2025

The What-If Mindshift: Why your brain defaults to fear—and how to train it to imagine opportunity.

“You can ‘what-if’ yourself to death,” she said.

She was right, of course. I’m an INFP, a first-born, a...

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