As the year begins to soften at the edges, take a moment to honor everything you lived through—what changed you, challenged you, strengthened you. Here's where you can start.

Life throws things at us we never asked for, and many hardships are genuinely unfair. But here’s a possibility for people who are curious: sometimes, without even knowing it, we participate in keeping ourselves stuck.

Mental and emotional wellbeing begins with awareness, as we have mentioned in our previous post . Yet for many of us, emotions can feel overwhelming, confusing, or even inconvenient. We often try to push them aside, only to find that they resurface later, stronger than before. The truth is: emotions are not our enemies. They are signals—our inner compass pointing us toward our needs, values, and desires. A scene from the movie Inside Out (2015). The movie teaches that all emo