Transform the grief and sense of waste from a loved one’s unrealized potential into a powerful drive to stretch your own talents and creativity, fulfilling what they couldn’t.
Push through present fears by focusing on the greater fear of future regret, motivating yourself to pursue potential and develop talents you might otherwise neglect.
Understand that you are inherently worthy of love in relationships, rather than feeling the unhealthy need to constantly prove your worth, which can lead to self-sabotage.
When relationships don’t work out, reframe the outcome as a matter of ’not the right fit or combination of people’ instead of concluding that your best isn’t good enough.
Find freedom by deciding you don’t know and will never know certain things, like what happens when you die, instead of trying to make sense of it all with definitive answers.
If you are falling out of love with a religion, recognize it’s a gradual and challenging process that requires constant work and sitting with uncomfortable feelings over years.
Stay connected to people you’ve lost by talking about them, asking others for stories, writing creatively about them, and imagining their opinions on current events or media.
Use the confidence gained from significant past accomplishments (e.g., performing for thousands) to empower yourself to tackle smaller, everyday fears.
Learn to get comfortable with being perpetually afraid, as anxiety is constant fear, which can help manage it rather than letting it paralyze you.
Embrace a degree of naivety, similar to how children are, as it can be good for maintaining hopefulness and a rich imagination about the future, counteracting adult feelings of being bogged down.
Aim for others to perceive you as kind, recognizing that while it can be challenging to prove, it is a desirable quality in interactions.