Hi I’m Adam Mortimer creator of the Achieve Today Certification program and High-Performance Coach. I help high achieving people be their best selves. They come to me with a range of various problems to solve but many of them take a similar form, and a recent interaction I had was a simplified version of that …
I’m a recovering people pleaser. I went out of my way to help others, often at my own expense. I’m also an introvert. Setting boundaries and speaking up isn’t something that comes naturally to me. The day I realised something had to change was when I found myself sitting on an office floor, sniffing the …
Originated thousands of years ago, acupuncture is a TCM (traditional Chinese medicine). It’s based on the premise that a disturbance or a blockage in the flow of life energy of the body, can cause health issues. What acupuncturists do is insert needles that are very thin. These needles are inserted on specific acupuncture points all …
I thought that the stay-at-home order would be about 1 month and we would be back in the office. I guess my hopeful optimism didn’t work. Now that we are nearing one year from when the first stay-at-home order was put into place on March 19, I thought it would be helpful to provide some …
Some nutritionists believe that food is medicine. I’m not sure if I want to go through life taking nothing but chicken soup every time I get sick, but I pay attention to what I put in my mouth and its effects on my body. As a result, I’ve eliminated many products from my meals over …
If you’re interested in self improvement, you likely spend a lot of time trying to figure out how to get what you want out of life. Many times, it’s not a lack of opportunity that stops you from getting what you want, but your own perceived limitations. That’s why they say you have to get …
It takes courage to admit there is the need to simplify our lives. But I think that finding ways to live more simply is something that all of us can benefit from. It may look different for folks. For some, it may mean having fewer material things. For others, it might mean spending less money. …
You probably think of anxiety as a mental disorder, and it is. However, psychological distress might not be your first symptom. This condition has a habit of manifesting in sneaky ways. Therefore, you need to use your mindfulness skills to recognize when things aren’t quite right. Here are six hidden anxiety symptoms and how to …
The past year has been a time of nonstop disruption, upending and destabilizing institutions that we often took for granted. Yet throughout history, cataclysmic events have often been followed by times of spiritual awakening. When almost everything we rely upon has been ripped away, we have two choices. We can either fall into despair, hopelessness, …
As writers, we often spend hours hunched on our desks, awaiting inspiration. I was sitting there too, staring eye-to-eye at a blank paper. It had been almost three weeks since I had written a single verse of poetry. The words just weren’t coming to me. Even at my freelancing gig, I was stuck on an …
