by Rahti | Dec 6, 2023 | blog, inspirational, lifecoach
My new favorite expression is ‘it’s better to be effective than right’. Because the ‘rhetorical’ question: ‘Would you rather be right or would you rather be happy?’ infers that to be happy you must surrender your point of view or acquiesce to something you feel is...
by Rahti | Nov 22, 2023 | blog, inspirational, lifecoach
As we enter the holiday season, familial relationships are on many people’s minds. Perhaps you are upset because you won’t see someone important to you. Or because you’re dreading that you will. The sense of ‘missing out’ on the mythical experience of...
by Rahti | Nov 7, 2023 | blog, inspirational, lifecoach
In ADHD parlance, ‘masking’ is when a person tries to hide their ADHD symptoms to blend in with the crowd and protect themselves from judgment. My memory is vague, but I remember hearing Marlon Brando in an interview talking about how we are all actors, in the sense...
by Rahti | Nov 2, 2023 | blog, inspirational, lifecoach
People are creative whether they know it or not. Creativity is unleashed by a willingness to make or do something despite prior knowledge of how difficult it might be. That’s because when you stop fixating on your prior learning of how something ‘should’...
by Rahti | Oct 18, 2023 | blog, inspirational, lifecoach
I’m not a big believer in “I’ll do this when…” “when./then” thinking, as in “when I do/get this, then I’ll…” When/then thinking is a great way to stay miserable now. It is a form of perfectionist-driven procrastination. And it is not to be...
by Rahti | Oct 11, 2023 | blog, inspirational, lifecoach
Awareness of the stigma around mental health is vital to removing it. My policy is to combat ageism by being ‘out’ about my age. I’m 65. Similarly, I am ‘out’ about my mental health condition, which for medical convenience has the label ‘Bi-Polar 2’. ...
