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...
by Larae Quy | Aug 31, 2020 | Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
My grandmother was born on the kitchen table, was a crack shot with a gun, and had ammo on her Christmas list. She told me to “suck it up” when I complained about my teachers. I resented the fact that she didn’t take my part when I came home crying that Mrs. Archie...
by Larae Quy | Aug 10, 2020 | Anxiety, Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
Risks are messy for one simple reason: they involve our emotions. Life soon teaches us that controlling our emotions is like holding a tiger by the tail—hard and unpredictable. Not only are emotions unpredictable, but they’re also unreliable. Our heart is quite...
by Larae Quy | Aug 3, 2020 | Anxiety, Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
In the American Psychological Association’s annual survey on stress, people cited a lack of willpower as the number one barrier to following through with changes that would improve their lives. What they’re really saying is that they don’t have the self-control to...
by Larae Quy | Jul 20, 2020 | Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
Several years ago I faced a health scare that forced me to take a different look at how to get through challenges and setbacks. I was on a treadmill for my annual physical and the attending physician suddenly shouted for me to stop—immediately. He said the test was...
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