I know there are many times I have fallen off my growth, but when I come back to it, I realize I’m a lot farther than I used to be.

Now, I am able to understand that growth is a process, sometimes stop and go, but a process nonetheless.

Selina Wells interviews a volunteer medical provider in the midst of the Ukraine and Russian war. A closer look at what is happening now.

The truth is, when it comes to “renewal,” I’m a work in progress, and the progress barely started this year.

Other times, these words appear during a shift at work, as the sky blackens due to the flow of time.

How do I catch myself from drowning in the pool of anxiety? The lingering, dreadful notion that I may never reach my goal?

Just as a photographer sets a scene in a photo, we set the scene in our lives. We choose what we focus on.

I think that if someone wants to explicitly find motivation, they need to set a goal of any size at the end of their task.

Shortly after making this reacquaintance, and with a mixture of leftover Christmas and birthday money, I began to add to my collection.

Everything that you encounter does in fact serve you, even if it’s not ideal. It’s helping you to grow, it’s teaching you to persevere.

My advice is to ask yourself “What makes me happy?” If what you're doing makes you happy, then keep doing it.

I found my brightest light as a writer. I leave you with only one hope: that you, too, may find your bright light.

I’m sure that you too have past memories that present themselves disguised as “personality traits.” Can you break the cycle?

Usually where anxiety dwells, fear may be nearby, so my intention was to remind myself daily that "I am safe."

We are not our thoughts; we are so much more than the mindless chatter that scrolls through our heads.