What happens when The Helper needs help? You're so used to being there for everyone, but what about when you're the one in need of help? Are you able to ask for it? If you're a Helper who needs help right now, this letter of encouragement is for you, my friend. If you'd like to listen to the audio version of this post, click here. Dear Friend, I am incredibly thankful for you and your heart. You do SO much for other people. When someone is in need, you're the first to drop what you're doing to help them. For you it is not a burden but … [Read more...]
Lessons from Spider-Man: Far From Home
I’m Matt, Irish and since I was about 5, convinced I was Spider-Man. That all fell apart when Tom Holland was cast in the role, as I am about a year older than him, so I can no longer be everyone’s favourite sarcastic web-head on the big screen! But, that doesn’t mean there aren't lessons that can’t be learned from the new Marvel Blockbuster, Spider-Man: Far from Home. As with all films, you have a choice when you go in to watch it: do I want to see what is right in front of me, or, alternatively, do I want to pick up on the themes and … [Read more...]
How Doctor Who Helped Me Conquer Social Anxiety
In this guest post Misa Buckley of Stars and Sprinkles shares her story of how Doctor Who helped her to conquer social anxiety. The Empty Child I grew up on a steady diet of Doctor Who and Star Trek; a child so fascinated by the stars I could name the minor constellations and recite the names of Apollo astronauts. This existence was fine until I turned 11 and moved up to secondary school. Suddenly, my disinterest in fashion and make-up became an issue and I was picked on mercilessly. It didn't help that I fitted the stereotype of geek: … [Read more...]
What Naruto Taught Me About Self-Acceptance
In this next post in our series, A Geek's Guide to Life, I pass you on to your new guide, Jeremiah Ukponrefe of Novel Cave, to show you the lessons he learned about self-acceptance from Naruto. Naruto is the story of a boy with a 9-tailed demon fox sealed inside him and chronicles his journey as he strives to become Hokage while facing off against powerful enemies. The journey that he takes throughout the series is one of self-acceptance which is a journey that I found myself taking along with him. There are two characters within the show … [Read more...]
Lessons from X-Men
To continue our series, A Geek's Guide to Life, I want to discuss what we can learn about human nature, differences, division, and unity from the X-Men. I will mainly reference the movies throughout this post, but these are common themes we can also see in the comics and television shows. One of the things I both love and hate about X-Men is the connections we can see between fiction and reality—is the way humanity handles mutants any different from how people would handle it today? What lessons can we learn to keep from following down this … [Read more...]
Personal Growth Lessons From Playing Pokémon
I have so many good memories involving Pokémon. I grew up watching the television show, collecting the cards, and playing the games. It might even be what inspired me to design my own made-up creatures as a kid (it was my goal back then to make more than Pokémon had, and, not to brag, but I totally creamed them). I would daydream about being a Pokémon trainer. I had so much fun playing Pokémon Stadium with my brother and friends. Pikachu was a go-to in Super Smash Bros, and I was completely obsessed with Pokémon Snap (it combined my 2 favorite … [Read more...]
A Geek’s Guide to Life
A new series has begun on TheReelAnna.com! The past few series have taken a lot of research, preparation, and emotional energy on my part, so to take a little break (and have some fun!), I bring you A Geek's Guide to Life where I will use fandoms, stories, and geeky pop culture as analogies for teaching lessons about personal growth. If you have a topic or theme that you'd like covered, comment below! And if you're interested in contributing a guest post for this series, check out this page. Here is the image for the series. Let me … [Read more...]
Lessons from Avengers: Endgame
How do you handle loss and failure? This is a theme we see in the first part of this beautiful conclusion to the Infinity saga, Avengers: Endgame. In this blog post I'll discuss how the 6 remaining Avengers deal with their loss and failure. ***SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers!*** If you haven't seen the movie yet and don't want any spoilers, then save, bookmark, or pin this post so you can come back to it later after you see the movie! In the beginning part of Avengers: Endgame we see the aftermath of the snap that wiped out … [Read more...]
6 Lies You Tell Yourself About Others
In part 1, we discussed self talk and 6 lies you tell yourself about yourself. Make sure to check that out if you have not read it yet. In this post I want to bring 6 thoughts to your attention that you might be telling yourself about others and why it matters. If you'd prefer to view this content in video form on YouTube, then click here. 1. "I have to defend and explain myself to them." This is the lie that comes from THE NEED TO DEFEND YOURSELF. You're unable to let it go when someone makes wrong assumptions or has inaccurate … [Read more...]
Advice for Overcoming Perfectionism
I asked Twitter "What advice do you have for someone struggling with perfectionism? What have you learned from your own journey?" and 14 people responded with such lovely encouragement and wise advice for overcoming perfectionism. Check out their responses below. "Perfectionism, to me, is the mask of fear. Fear that others won't accept our work, that it will be judged in a way we don't want to see. It's the cousin of procrastination, which too resides in fear. It's only through putting our ideas out into the world that our ideas grow … [Read more...]
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