Mental Health posts

Mental health posts

mental healthLeslie McAdamMay 16, 2024mental healthComment

trying again

Is there something you want to do but don’t do because you can’t do it perfectly? Allow yourself to just do it anyway.

encouragement, mental health, vacationLeslie McAdamFebruary 19, 2022perfectionismComment

Atomic Habits redux

For 2020 and 2021, I went “all in” on the Atomic Habits approach to changing my life. I did lots of little things (instead of any big thing), and I focused on becoming the person I wanted to become—who did the things I wanted to do.

hero's journey, life, mental health, productivity, the best adviceLeslie McAdamJanuary 5, 2022James clear, habitsComment

breaks and streaks

It wouldn’t be a catastrophe if you took a day off. Broke a streak. It doesn’t mean that you won’t get back to it. It can be a pause, not quitting something forever.

mental health, productivity, writingLeslie McAdamDecember 22, 2021goals, hiatus, not hiatus, streaks, breaksComment

"look at Nevada" (even when in Florida)

I still feel like I have to justify doing nothing.

life, mental health, productivity, vacationLeslie McAdamDecember 18, 2021vacationComment

gateway habits

can I break this down into something so simple that I can’t come up with any excuses not to do it? If so, that’s my new habit.

writing, organization, mental health, encouragementLeslie McAdamNovember 13, 2021habitsComment

being kind makes you strong

I feel like treating myself like I’m “a precious object” is actually making me stronger.

hero's journey, mental health, writingLeslie McAdamNovember 10, 2021kindness, self-careComment

productivity and rest

I want to be kind enough to myself to let myself take a break—shame-free—regardless of the justification

recovery, mental health, fear, hero's journeyLeslie McAdamOctober 27, 2021rest, self-care, productivityComment

Sometimes cookies really do make things better.

sometimes on a tough day, a cookie or two really does help…

mental healthLeslie McAdamSeptember 15, 2021mental health, encouragementComment

not responsible for other people's reactions

“Sometimes you second guess yourself because you were taught that it was your job to be responsible for how others would react to your choices.” – Yasmine Cheyenne

mental healthLeslie McAdamSeptember 8, 2021lifeComment

now is the good ol' days

It’s better now.

mental healthLeslie McAdamAugust 28, 2021philosophyComment

protection

What if every negative thought I have is actually a form of protection?

encouragement, fear, hero's journey, mental health, recovery, riskLeslie McAdamAugust 18, 2021mental health, goalsComment

me time

I’ve had to learn to not be sorry for needing time alone.

mental healthLeslie McAdamJuly 17, 2021introvertComment

old advice

Like Geneen Roth says, this guidance is GPS from The Twilight Zone

mental health, recoveryLeslie McAdamJune 23, 2021mental health, adviceComment

how I became a writer, part 1, because Kristy asked me to write this down

I wasn’t totally sure WHAT it was I wanted to write (a refrain that lasted decades). I just knew I adored books.

piece of me

… think about who I would be without this whole piece of me—the writing, creative piece

mental health, enthusiasm, writingLeslie McAdamMay 19, 2021writing, creativityComment

inner bully and inner cheerleader

… even though I have an internal culture of positive self-talk, I can stand a few tweaks. And one of them is that moment when motivating myself turns into bullying.

encouragement, enthusiasm, mental healthLeslie McAdamMay 8, 2021enthusiasm, encouragement, mental healthComment

of golf balls and sand

The golf balls of course being a metaphor for what you actually want to spend your time on and the sand being all the tiny things that don’t matter much.

enthusiasm, mental healthLeslie McAdamMay 5, 2021happinessComment