Life is full of turning points — moments when you feel unsure which path to take, whether it’s about career, relationships, purpose, or personal growth. Our Crossroads articles help you pause, reflect, and navigate these life transitions with greater clarity and confidence. Drawing on Existential Analysis, we explore how to reconnect with your values, freedom, and authentic choices, even when the road ahead feels uncertain or overwhelming.
These guides are designed to help you understand your feelings, ask the right reflective questions, and make value-based decisions for a future that feels meaningful. For deeper support, explore these topics in the free Meaningful Paths app (available on iOS and Google Play) — where you’ll also find interactive tools like the FM Reflection Cards, Mountain Cards, and My Decisions Cards to guide you through times of change.
You may have heard the phrase, ‘money makes the world go round;’ but for me ‘people, nature and our harmonious relationship make the world turn.’ As we grow older we spend time with people who have similar interests, quirks and humor, and this is all wonderful. If we were to work on effective communication and […]
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What is a victim mentality? How to stop being a victim? The term victim mentality is often used to describe an individual who perceives many issues, if not all challenges in their life as the fault of outside influences and not under their control. Please note this does not mean that you have not or
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There is often a strong push to be successful and our attention is often on future outcomes. If we achieve this task, if we gain that promotion, if we reach that milestone then we will be happy. Work and family pressures can result in us constantly thinking about tomorrow and next week. ‘What is for
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Jealousy is a normal feeling, do not feel any shame around this feeling. It is what you do next that is important, and your actions that define you, not your feelings. Jealousy often arises due to a fear of losing something or in comparing yourself to others. Focus on becoming your best self, focus on
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Am I burnt out? What does burnout feel like? We are living in a fast paced world with pressure to work long hours and lots of social media and technological distractions. We can often compare our lives to the lives of others via magazines and social media which can place further pressure on us to
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When people let you down it can be painful. When friends disappoint you or there is a family disappointment it can leave us feeling as if there is a lack of empathy and care towards ourselves. We will learn in this article about what we can and cannot control and why this matters for our
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Do you give yourself a hard time? Most people do! We judge ourselves mercilessly about any number of things: our weight, our looks, our career, our work, our body, our relationships, our sex lives, our lack of fitness, our parenting, our pay check, our status, our habits, our productivity, our characteristics, our diet, our choices,
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In this article we will learn to accept what is, the power of acceptance and peaceful living. “The only thing that is constant is change.” Heraclitus We often worry about things that never really happen. We bring baggage from our past to the fore that causes suffering and we can worry about future outcomes resulting
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In this conversation Personal Trainer Judith Gericke talks about how strength training can be the foundation of your resilience and catalyst for your well-being. Training is much more than the aesthetics of the body. It can help you handle challenges in the work place, pressures in life and much more; you can grow mentally and
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Many of us have said it — “my life sucks.” It’s not just a throwaway phrase; it’s a felt experience that often reflects a deeper tension between where life is and where we sense it could be. When you think this, it’s not because you’re weak or failing — it’s because something meaningful in your
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Written by Therapist Sandy ElChaar.
