by Larae Quy | Dec 1, 2020 | personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
Not very many people are excited to get a knock on their front door from an FBI Agent. They’re even less enthusiastic when the Agent tells them they need to speak with them about a pending investigation. Wariness can quickly turn into hostility if they think the...
by Larae Quy | Nov 23, 2020 | Anxiety, personal achievement, personal leadership, Psychology, self-awareness
When I was ten years old, I was riding my black quarter horse and helping my dad cut a horned bull from the cattle herd. The bull suddenly turned, horns first, and charged my horse. I grabbed the saddle horn; my horse pivoted on his back hooves and we got away...
by Larae Quy | Oct 5, 2020 | Anxiety, Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
While assigned to my first FBI office, a fellow agent asked me to accompany him as his girlfriend for an undercover assignment. The undercover agent (UCA) had targeted an organized crime gang and the leader of the group had invited the UCA to an afternoon BBQ with...
by Larae Quy | Sep 28, 2020 | Anxiety, Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
Some days can be so bad you want to pull the covers up over your head and stay in bed. There’s something about a crisis that pulls together all the ingredients needed for an emotional meltdown. The crisis could be a pandemic lockdown, a divorce, a loss of our job, or...
by Larae Quy | Sep 21, 2020 | Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
Until recently, trauma was believed to be one of the prevalent ways our lives got f*cked up and created serious mental health issues. More recently, however, psychology has come to terms with the fact that trauma is very common. Trauma, obstacles, and adversity is not...
by Larae Quy | Sep 14, 2020 | Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
“Don’t be a wimp!” It was a phrase I heard a lot as I grew up on a remote cattle ranch in the middle of Wyoming. Ranching is a serious business at 6,500 feet—the harsh winter blizzards often drive cattle into draws and the lower ground, where they can be covered with...
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