by Florina Lungu | Mar 2, 2025 | Empowerment and Personal Health, Mental Health, Mindset, Personal Growth
I want to share a story with you. A story about airplanes, mental gardens, and how the smallest changes in your daily habits can transform your life. Imagine an airplane taking off from New York, bound for Los Angeles. The pilot adjusts the heading by just one degree...
by Florina Lungu | Feb 19, 2025 | ADD / ADHD, Empowerment and Personal Health, Mental Health, Mindset
Let me take you to a scene I’ve witnessed countless times in my work. Imagine a middle-aged professional – let’s call her Anna – sitting across from me. Her posture is tense, her hands fidgeting with a pen. Her voice trembles as she confesses, “I’ve always...
by Florina Lungu | Feb 16, 2025 | Empowerment and Personal Health, Mental Health, Mindset, Stress and PTSD
Clara sat across from me, her fingers wrapped tightly around her coffee cup. She looked exhausted. Not just physically, but the kind of exhaustion that settles deep in your bones. The kind that comes from living for everyone except yourself. “I should be happy,” she...
by Florina Lungu | Feb 10, 2025 | Addiction, Mindset, Nutrition, Personal Growth
The smell of warm cinnamon rolls filled the kitchen. My friend Ana had been talking about her diet for weeks. “No more sugar,” she had said confidently. Yet, here she was, standing in front of the oven, eyes locked on the golden pastry. “I’ll just have one bite,” she...
by Florina Lungu | Feb 3, 2025 | Empowerment and Personal Health, Mental Health, Mindset, Stress and PTSD
Life has a way of testing us. Problems grow like shadows, stretching larger and darker, eclipsing the light we once relied on. When you’re in that place—lost in the overwhelm—it’s easy to wonder: Is help even for me? Is therapy for me? Let me start here: therapy isn’t...
by Florina Lungu | Dec 30, 2024 | Empowerment and Personal Health, Mindset, Personal Growth, Stress and PTSD
Ten years ago, I had a brush with mortality that changed the way I see life. I was in a car accident. My friend was driving her car on a highway in Romania. It was a rainy day, the kind where the world outside the window feels blurry and muted. We were heading to a...