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Achieve, Heal and Discover

by Edvardo Archer

A biweekly newsletter for dreamers, builders and creators to achieve (get things done), heal (fix what’s broken) and discover (learn something new). I am a licensed clinician, purposefully provoking security in others.

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Befriending Monsters, Being Disliked, My Gurl- AHD Issue #23

Achieve, Heal and Discover Issue #23 A biweekly newsletter for dreamers, builders and creators to achieve (get things done), heal (fix what’s broken) and discover (learn something new). Achieve: Dancing with Monsters Troubles, pains and sorrows are monsters that we must all fight. “Dancing with monsters” is the art of surviving the things we are not ready to overcome. Here is one strategy from my recent article “Dancing with Monsters” to help you navigate the threats that are intent on...

10 days ago • 2 min read

It’s time to give Mood First Productivity (MFP) the chance to expand and help more individuals! The feedback has been deeply encouraging. Here are some statements I’ve heard recently: "This tool was exactly what I needed today" "This idea has literally changed my life" "My eyes are opened to ways to honor my mental state" Within the small communities where MFP has been introduced, the Mood First Productivity tool has been opened 1406 times and counting, offering over 500 recommendations with...

24 days ago • 1 min read
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Achieve, Heal and Discover Issue #22 A biweekly newsletter for dreamers, builders and creators to achieve (get things done), heal (fix what’s broken) and discover (learn something new). If you are a creator, writer, artist, or dreamer, you need to hear this: Work less. Steal more. I took this away from one of my favorite books, “Steal Like an Artist” by Austin Kleon. The defining principle behind this: There is no such thing as an original thought. Everything created today is inspired by...

11 months ago • 2 min read
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Achieve, Heal and Discover Issue #21 A biweekly newsletter for dreamers, builders and creators to achieve (get things done), heal (fix what’s broken) and discover (learn something new). “If something is a tool, it genuinely is just sitting there, waiting patiently. If something is not a tool it’s demanding things from you. It’s seducing you, it’s manipulating you, it wants things from you.” - Tristan Harris, co-founder of Centre for Humane Technologies The internet is made up of “tools” that...

about 1 year ago • 3 min read
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Achieve, Heal and Discover Issue #20 A biweekly newsletter for dreamers, builders and creators to achieve (get things done), heal (fix what’s broken) and discover (learn something new). How boundless would you feel if you were able to get things done with no friction? It’s possible but you’ll need grapple with 3 limiters: Internal Resistance External Pressure Time Management If you search, you’ll find mountains of resources that offer exhaustive solutions to each of these 3 limiters. To get...

about 1 year ago • 3 min read
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Achieve, Heal and Discover Issue #19 A biweekly newsletter for dreamers, builders and creators to achieve (get things done), heal (fix what’s broken) and discover (learn something new). Today does not have to repeat the ongoing chaos you dealt with yesterday. I advise that you accommodate chaos while allowing control over the flow of your moments. If you are going to strive, you have to dig into how you can best utilize the moments within your days. Here I give you an action plan on how to...

over 1 year ago • 3 min read
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Achieve, Heal and Discover Issue #18 A biweekly newsletter for dreamers, builders and creators to achieve (get things done), heal (fix what’s broken) and discover (learn something new). In the absence of a therapist, your journal can do the work. Therapy surfaces unspoken and unresolved issues with precision, it leads you towards insights that give you a pathway forward. Metacognition or the ability to think about thinking is the fundamental skill that makes therapy possible. Introspection...

over 1 year ago • 3 min read
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Achieve, Heal and Discover Issue #17 A biweekly newsletter for dreamers, builders and creators to achieve (get things done), heal (fix what’s broken) and discover (learn something new). Control brain chemistry = win the day! Our day rides the wave of our schedule → Schedules ride the wave of our body → Our body rides the waves of our emotions and → Our emotions ride the waves of our brain chemistry. Therefore…maybe.. if we can control our brain chemistry, we can win the day!! Here are some...

over 1 year ago • 3 min read
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Achieve, Heal and Discover Issue #16 A biweekly newsletter for dreamers, builders and creators to achieve (get things done), heal (fix what’s broken) and discover (learn something new). Manage your pain, don’t run from it. Our biggest battle with pain isn’t the experience of it, rather it is the avoidance of pain. In an 1973 interview, Dr Maya Angelou highlighted 3 Possible outcomes of pain: 1. You seek relief by numbing it and/or inflicting it on others 2. You deny your pain, and pass it on...

over 1 year ago • 3 min read

Achieve, Heal and Discover Issue #15 A biweekly newsletter for dreamers, builders and creators to achieve (get things done), heal (fix what’s broken) and discover (learn something new). “Life is pain, highness. Anyone who tells you differently is selling something.” - William Goldman If there is anything commonly shared in the human experience it is that, we will experience hardships. But in our comfort-first society we work to minimize our problems in the pursuit of stressless happy lives...

over 1 year ago • 3 min read
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