Know who you are. If you don’t know who you are, figure it out. What do you value? What do you care about? What do you believe in? When you know who you are and what you stand for, it’s easier to survive disappointment. That one actually comes from a famous philosophy, Kierkegaard. I will be misquoting him, but he said something like “If you know yourself, you can survive life’s storms”.
It sometimes feels like it is so hard to avoid feeling down or depressed these days. Between the sad news coming from world headlines, the impact of the ongoing raging pandemic, and the constant negative messages popping up on social and traditional media, it sometimes feels like the entire world is pulling you down. What do you do to feel happiness and joy during these troubled and turbulent times? In this interview series called “Finding Happiness and Joy During Turbulent Times” we are talking to experts, authors, and mental health professionals who…