Beep Beep! “Great, Monday morning. Another day at the office,” you think. Those words were laced with sarcasm of course. As you crawl out of bed you remember: you told yourself you’d go to the gym today. But Monday comes and Monday goes…with no workout. Oh well, you’ll do it the next day. The next...Read More
What would you say if I could take your stress away? Imagine it for a second: no more stressing about work, your kids, significant other, or friends… no more stressing about anything. There’s just one condition though. The next time your child, significant other, or friend comes to you feeling stressed—worried, anxious, afraid—you will have...Read More
Do these thoughts seem familiar to you? I’m not smart enough. I’m not attractive enough. I’m not strong enough. I’m not good enough. The theme of these messages—not good enough—is common. It’s normal. All of us, no matter who we are, what we do, or where we’re from, feel as though we’re not good enough...Read More
Has life ever metaphorically kicked you in the face? A time where, everything was going fine, and bam! life got harder. Personally, one moment in particular comes to mind, and it happened in my middle school years. Growing up, I was a pretty normal kid…or so I like to think. I loved Spider-Man and other...Read More
“A limiting belief is a misunderstanding of the present that shortchanges the future.” -Michael Hyatt What if I told you that someone was trying to make your life difficult? They wanted to make it less fulfilling, to make easy tasks hard, to prevent you from living the life you want. What if I told you...Read More
“We all need something to struggle against and to struggle for. The aim in life is not to avoid struggles, but to have the right ones; not to avoid worry, but care about the right things; not to live without fear, but to confront worthy fears with force and passion.” – Eric Greitens Have you...Read More
Callie (1), a mother of two and member of BSP NOVA, is a bad mother. She isn’t good enough—not as a mother, as a teacher, or in most areas of her life. Sorry, that’s all a lie. Well, not the part about her being a mother and member of BSP NOVA, but the negative descriptions...Read More
Lily (not her real name), a member of BSP NOVA, has been struggling. The current COVID-19 situation had, like it has for most of us, significantly impacted her life and routine. Some days were good, other days bad. She felt lost. When she was working, she felt a sense of purpose and meaning in what...Read More
It’s safe to say we’ve all already been effected by this pandemic. And I don’t want to scare you, but some folks are going to come out the other end in a real bad spot… worse than they were coming in. Not directly from the Coronavirus, but because of the choices that they made in...Read More
“Don’t be ashamed to need help. Like a soldier storming a wall, you have a mission to accomplish. And if you’ve been wounded and need a comrade to pull you up? So what?” -Marcus Aurelius In the spring of 2015, the spring break of my junior year at JMU, I was sitting on the coach...Read More
