by Larae Quy | Dec 3, 2024 | Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
Trauma is experienced in many different ways. Soldiers can experience it on the battlefield, healthcare workers in hospitals and emergency rooms, and law enforcement officers when they pull out a gun. You and I can experience it when we lose a job, get a divorce, lose...
by Larae Quy | Apr 10, 2024 | personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
COVID, a troubled economy, and a violent rise of nationalism worldwide have ushered in a modern version of the Dark Ages. Doom and gloom scenarios assault us at every turn. There are days when we need to be Pollyanna on steroids to remain positive. Much research has...
by Larae Quy | Aug 30, 2021 | Anxiety, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
As a new agent, right out of the FBI Academy, I felt as though I could conquer any roadblock or setback because I’d spent 4 months learning how to prepare to make arrests, interrogate suspects, and gather evidence. So, it was a bit of a surprise that, when I attended...
by Larae Quy | Jan 13, 2020 | Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
The things that come closest to killing us are the things that make us grow. Damn, why do life’s best lessons need to come wrapped up in adversity? Our obstacles will not define us; we will be defined by how we overcame them. We’ve all experienced adversity in some...
by Larae Quy | Nov 4, 2019 | Anxiety, Mental toughness, personal achievement, personal leadership, Positive Mindset, Psychology, self-awareness
I learned that FBI agents need mental toughness to chip away at messy cases that can last for years. I learned that to ignore a problem case won’t make it go away, either. Instead, I worked through the problems until I found an answer. Innocent people rely on...
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