E-Kris Inspirations

The Freedom Formula: Why External Approval is the #1 Barrier to Your Success (And How to Break Free) Part 1: The Silent Prison No One Talks About Let's start with a question that might make you uncomfortable. When was the last time you didn't do something you wanted to do not because of money, time, or ability but because of what someone might think? Maybe it was: Deleting social media apps because people would wonder why you disappeared Not applying for that promotion because coworkers might think you're getting "too big for your britches" Keeping quiet in a meeting when you had the perfect solution, because you didn't want to seem like a know it all Wearing what you actually wanted to wear, but changing at the last minute because "people will stare" Not starting that blog, YouTube channel, or small business because "what if people laugh?" If any of these sound familiar, you're not alone. You're also not "too sensitive" o...

 Building a Foundation for a Winning Day A great morning routine isn't about waking up at 4 AM or forcing yourself into a rigid, punishing schedule. It's about intentionally designing the first 90-120 minutes of your day to set the tone, energy, and focus for everything that follows. It’s the launchpad for a successful day. Think of your mind, body, and spirit like a smartphone. Overnight, it's been on "low power mode." A successful morning routine is how you deliberately charge it to 100%, update its software (your mindset), and open the right apps (your priorities) before the day's notifications and demands start flooding in. Here is a flexible, principle-based blueprint for building your own morning success ritual. It's divided into three pillars: Mindset, Body, and Purpose. PILLAR 1: MINDSET – WIN THE INNER GAME FIRST Your first thoughts and emotions create a filter for your entire day. This pillar is about establishing control over your inner state...

After enough hurt, a terrible equation presents itself: Feel everything and be destroyed. Feel nothing and survive. This is the false choice that trauma offers. It is not a genuine dilemma but a trick of a wounded mind a binary imposed by pain that has exceeded its healthy limits. Yet millions of people spend their entire lives trapped within its logic, oscillating between overwhelming intensity and protective numbness, unable to find the third option that actually exists. We have all known people who chose the first path. They remain wide open, exquisitely sensitive, unable to metabolize their experiences. Their pain leaks into every conversation, every relationship, every moment of peace. They are not healing; they are hemorrhaging. We have also known people who chose the second path. They have learned to seal themselves so effectively that nothing penetrates. They do not grieve, but they also do not celebrate. They do not trust, but they also do not connect. They are not healed; the...

Kindness is the first virtue we are taught and the first we forget how to practice. As children, we are instructed to share, to be nice, to consider others' feelings. These lessons are delivered with the purest intentions: we want our children to be good people, to contribute positively to their communities, to be loved and valued by others. We teach kindness as an unqualified good more kindness is always better, and there is no such thing as too much. This teaching is incomplete. What we fail to teach, what we perhaps do not even understand ourselves, is the distinction between kindness freely offered and kindness extracted. Between generosity that flows from fullness and accommodation that flows from fear. Between the pleasure of giving and the exhaustion of being taken from. Without this distinction, kind people become ideal targets. Not because kindness is weakness it is not but because unexamined kindness lacks boundaries, and boundaries are the only thing that separates genui...