I am featured in an article in CanvasRebel on my thoughts on how our upbringing affects our ability to navigate in life.

When it comes to moving the needle to become healthier and happier beings, I believe ono of the most important things we need to remember today is to avoid the trap of the victim mindset. Whatever has happened in our life, nothing good comes from ongoing victimization. There may be many reasons as to why we feel victimized - and indeed sometimes we simply are the victim. However, no empowerment comes if we choose to keep being a victim long-term. We all go through trauma - the key is to not to get stuck in poor-me or bitterness - but rather to develop character, compassion and resilience as we face obstacles in life.

Obviously this is much easier said than done, and there are certainly many cases where I cannot fathom how any human has endured such struggles we sometimes read about in the news or elsewhere. Yet the fact is that only misery and resentment comes from allowing ourselves to stay stuck in a victim mindset.

And for many of us, we have a choice to create the life we want rather than complain about the life we have and yet we take no action to change it.

Read the article here.