Robert Pop's Blog: Emotional Health Education

Key Strategies to Help You Start Today, Not Tomorrow

Build Your Best Life will help you unlearn all the toxic and counterproductive mindsets that have been holding you back from achieving your biggest dreams and give you new, powerful strategies to help you discover your true personal power, live up to your full potential, and courageously pursue your divine destiny.

We all carry great potential inside, but most of us fail to unlock the greatness within because we lack the right strategies that ...

Growth Mindset versus Fixed Mindset

Growth is one of the most positive words that exists when it comes to discussing your own improvement and wellbeing, and having a growth mindset is associated with learning from experiences (good and bad), identifying ways to evolve how you handle all types of personal and professional situations, and embracing a willingness to take life lessons and apply them to bolster your mindset.

You might think when it comes to mental and physical wellbeing that the...

Authenticity is a fascinating subject I love studying and reading about. There a well-known poem from 1916, The Road Not Taken, from American Robert Frost that talks about two paths diverging both literally and figuratively. Although poems are naturally open to interpretation, this piece of literary work offers an important message about taking control of your life and determining your own path can be critical for wellbeing.

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I
I took the one less travelled...

Ive got some big news for you: Im launching the #CoronavirusHairChallenge to raise awareness around mental health during these uncertain times caused by the Coronavirus global situation.

While the media and news channels focus on the physical and financial impact of COVID-19, I would like to bring your attention to the negative impact social media and current news reports have on our mental and emotional wellbeing.

During this season of confusion and unanswered questions, the government is...

In todays world, success can be hindered by too much multitasking or the number of distractions that surround you. Whether its social networks begging for your attention or a list of duties from your boss, keeping your focus on the job at hand can be challenging. Many barriers exist to pull your attention away, but discipline and perseverance will help you on your road to success and great things.

Self-discipline

Part of self-discipline is the ability to control a lot of the impulses that you...

The importance of authenticity and living true to yourself is becoming more important as a counter to the illusions of social media and celebrity culture that people try to emulate. Over the last several years, studies have shown that when you try to live your life based off how you perceive others, it only causes anxiety and not personal growth.

The solution is simple but can take time to accept be true to yourself.

So how do you implement this approach and start to improve your general...

Do you have a job or career path that supports you in doing the best work of your life?

If I were to ask this of various people, some would laugh at the ridiculousness of this question because its a standard theyve never come close to experiencing, so a jaded reply is all they could muster. If I ask certain friends who are very fulfilled by their work, their answers would be something like, Of course why would I tolerate any less?

Consider that if youre not aligned with this standard of doing...

Reading fiction improves our ethical and empathetic skills

Reading fiction  immersing yourself in the life of another and seeing the world through their eyes  has always anecdotally been good for broadening ones outlook. But now theres hard science to say it actually makes us more empathetic. To be fair, the study (done, again, at Emory, who are doing a lot of work on books and their interaction with the brain) focused entirely on the kind of fiction thats explicitly about character, from...

Two of the biggest obstacle-mindsets that come up while trying to do meaningful work are very familiar to most of us:

Burden (complaint): The work feels like a burden (difficult, overwhelming, annoying) and you might do the task but you rush through it or you complain about it in your mind, because you dont really want to do it. Unimportant (putting it off): This difficult task doesnt seem like its an important one so you feel like putting it off. You rationalise why its OK to put it off.

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We can think about doing the right thing, plan to do it, and talk about doing it, but nothing changes in our lives until we start consistently doing what we need to do. To me, nothing feels better than knowing that I do my best and make the best choices I can make, consistently making progress towards the life God has for me.

So today Im gonna share with you some of the ways we can keep on growing and learning new things so that we can stay focused and intentional about whatever it is that we...