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Tag Archives: self-worth
Feel it
There is my digestive acids swirling around to break down the food I ate a couple hours ago. There is the dry taste in my mouth trying to warn me that water needs to be close by. There is the … Continue reading
Posted in Choice-Based Life
Tagged Carlstead, emotional bond, emotional clarity, emotional development, emotional health, family of the year, hero, Kevin, kevin carlstead, mental clarity, mental development, mental health, mental health awareness, self-awareness, self-esteem, self-worth, selfhelp
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Daughter
I choose to be genuinely interested in who you are. I choose to help you explore yourself, others and this life. I choose to help you see the whole picture. I choose to help you see what it takes to … Continue reading
It’s Hard to be Here
I am in a classroom with ten other students. The subject is economics and the topic of game theory is incredibly intriguing to me. My mind is overwhelmed with questions. As I look around at all of my peers, I … Continue reading
Walking Contradiction
Here are my thoughts on what I would say to an employee of mine who works at our hotel’s front desk alone and needs me to cover the desk while she uses the restroom: “Even if I am right around the … Continue reading
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Tagged didn't he ramble, emotional bond, emotional clarity, emotional development, emotional health, glen hansard, internal, internal development, kevin carlstead, lowly deserter, mental clarity, mental development, mental health, mental health awareness, needs vs wants, self-awareness, self-esteem, self-worth, selfhelp
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Internal Guide
A compass that sways in the direction I need to presently go. The direction is magnetically gripped to my past, detailed experience. The direction relies on my values to sway towards my next growing step. The direction is found through … Continue reading
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Tagged blowin' in the wind, bob dylan, emotional clarity, emotional development, emotional health, internal compass, kevin carlstead, mental clarity, mental development, mental health, mental health awareness, self-awareness, self-esteem, self-worth, selfhelp
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Reality – Where is it? If we can’t see it, what are we focusing on?
Every action is a hypothesis. The first attempt is an adventure. The rest are varying perspectives within the journey. I am open, vulnerable, and learning at each undivided, focused step. The ever-growing skill, mastery, and care of this action is … Continue reading
Posted in Choice-Based Life
Tagged amos lee, competition is an illusion, emotional bond, emotional clarity, emotional development, emotional health, failure is an illusion, kevin carlstead, mental clarity, mental development, mental health, mental health awareness, self-esteem, self-worth, success is an illusion, supply and demand, supply&demand
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Why don’t you be you? And, I’ll be me.
I think choice is the most important tool we have as human beings. Unfortunately, there is a caveat. With the freedom and space inside our mind to make a choice, it can either be done impulsively or consciously. As a … Continue reading
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Tagged control, emotional bond, emotional clarity, emotional development, emotional health, hospitality, hotel, james bay, kevin carlstead, let it go, management, manager, mental clarity, mental development, mental health, mental health awareness, reality, self-awareness, self-esteem, self-worth, selfhelp
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Bear
At a young age, my dad took me cabin camping in Yosemite. There were a lot of warning signs for bears, including the special “bear out” trash cans. I did not know what this meant, but when we all saw … Continue reading
Posted in Learning From Pain
Tagged didn't he ramble, emotional clarity, emotional development, emotional health, glen hansard, honesty, kevin carlstead, life, Love, mental clarity, mental development, mental health, mental health awareness, reality, rhythm & repose, self-awareness, self-worth, selfhelp, stay the road, Talking with the wolves, truth
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Brewing the Storm
When the stress flies thru my doors and confusion and complexities pile up from being overwhelmed with my focus, the hesitation then anxiety and finally anticipating paranoia comes rushing in. All I want. Is for my mind to relax. Is … Continue reading
Posted in Learning From Pain
Tagged cage, Choice-Based Life, emotional clarity, emotional development, emotional health, focus, Ground, ground EP, kevin carlstead, life, Love, Meaning, Mental addiction, mental clarity, mental development, mental health, mental health awareness, self-worth, selfhelp
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My Friends Are So Depressed
I want to have children of my own so that I can teach a human being how to learn from the day they open their eyes. My son or daughter will be whomever they choose. I will only help them … Continue reading
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Tagged beauty, bond, choice, Choice-Based Life, Choice-Based Relationships, connection, emotional bond, emotional clarity, emotional development, experience, family, kevin carlstead, learn, Love, marriage, mental clarity, mental development, mental health, mental health awareness, my friends, purpose, reality, red hot chili peppers, reflect, reflection, self-worth, understand
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