Avoidance feels like protection. When we successfully avoid a situation that terrifies us, we experience a bittersweet victory. It is sweet because the immediate threat is gone, but it is incredibly bitter because we know deep down that the threat will resurface.

We all love a good movie montage. You know the one—the hero is down on their luck, it's a rainy day, and everything has been going wrong. Then, a magical inflection point hits. Like the Greek mathematician Archimedes discovering a massive scientific breakthrough while taking a bath, everything suddenly changes. J.R.R. Tolkien, writer of The Lord of the Rings, even coined the word "eucatastrophe" for this exact phenomenon—a sudden happy turn in a story that pierces you with j

When faced with an overwhelming feeling of being stuck, it is incredibly tempting to fantasize about a better, more favorable future. We imagine a "la la land" inhabited by a hypothetical "Me 2.0"—a new, improved, and flawless version of ourselves

How many unposted videos, unsent emails and half-finished projects do you have? Are you falling for the Hollywood Fallacy?

Almost everyone has their own version of a stutter. We can call it your "inner stutter." If a physical stutter is a disruption in speech, an inner stutter is the act of not taking action due to fear, which ultimately causes a lack of momentum in your life.

I grew up with a severe stutter. The basic act of speaking that 99% of the population takes for granted was mission impossible to me. I avoided speaking at all cost. Think about a field of mines. If you knew you there were mines, you naturally would avoid it altogether! Well, that field was my life. The mines represented my stutters. Every-time I stepped on a these metaphorical "mines", my sense of self-confidence, self-loved and self-esteem were shattered. I decided not to s