Brianna Wiest
Thought Catalog
Pennsylvania, United States
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Recent articles by Brianna:
If You Don’t Find A Way To Release Your Emotions, They Will Quietly Control Your Life
Maybe we figured out something about who we are, something we didn’t know before. → Read More
Small Businesses That Fail In The First Year Always Have These 3 Things In Common
The founder wasn't ready to assume risk or step into a major leadership position. → Read More
You Will Start Feeling Like Enough When You Decide What Is Enough For You
You’ve had less and still the sun shined every morning. → Read More
This Year, Learn To Stop Taking Everything So Personally
This year, learn to stop taking everything so personally. Learn that everyone exists within their own understanding of the world, and what doesn’t fit neatly within that image must be judged … → Read More
Pooja Parikh Traveled Across The World For The HS Diagnosis That Changed Her Life Forever
“I sometimes think back to that moment and of how blissfully unaware I was of what the next decade would look like for me,” Pooja Parikh, an Oklahoma City local and years-long HS suffer… → Read More
This Is What It Really Means To Be Kind To Yourself, Because It’s Not As Easy As You Think
Being kind to yourself is often doing the thing you least want to do. → Read More
This Year, Please Stop Fighting Battles You Can’t Win
Eventually, you have to decide that you care enough about yourself to stop fighting battles that are unfair to you. → Read More
9 Mental Shifts You Must Make Before You Can Become Highly Successful
You may assume that achieving high degrees of success is a matter of what you’ve done, when in reality, it’s more a matter of how you think. → Read More
Chrissy Stockton’s New Journal Is The Only Breakup Guide You’ll Ever Need
Over the many years I have been following Chrissy Stockton, her writing has done the rare magic of consistently opening my mind to new ways of thinking and guiding me at times when I couldn’t… → Read More
How Bec Hansen Is Using Her Platform To Promote Endometriosis Awareness
For Bec Hansen, a photographer from Brisbane, Australia, being diagnosed with Endometriosis didn’t quite come as a surprise — but that doesn’t mean it didn’t sideline her life. Fo… → Read More
Laverne Cox Says Her Work As An HIV+ Advocate Is About “Celebrating Everyone’s Humanity”
Laverne Cox has spent her life breaking through barriers. Now, she wants to help break another: the stigma and misunderstanding surrounding the HIV+ community. Like so many people, Laverne’s … → Read More
You Aren’t A ‘Before’ Picture, You’re Worthy Of The Life You Want Right Now
Nothing convinces us of our worth until we make an intentional, daily commitment to seeing it. → Read More
Your Authentic Self Has No Competition, It’s Only A Struggle When You’re Trying To Be Someone Else
I know it’s easy to feel like it’s you against the world. → Read More
Remember That Everything Will Feel Impossible Right Before A Huge Shift Takes Place
When we hit our breaking point and assume we are more lost than ever before, it’s not because everything has spontaneously gone wrong. → Read More
The People You Envy Are Not Your Enemies, They Are Your Mentors
Instead of allowing their lives to be proof that what we want is possible, we instead deny that they could possibly have achieved that which we are so convinced we ourselves could never have. → Read More
The Honest Truth Is That Good Relationships Don’t End, And Romanticizing The Past Is Only Keeping You Stuck
If your relationship was everything you think it was, it wouldn’t have ended in the first place. → Read More
You’re Not ‘Crazy’ For Getting Attached, It’s Crazy That We Treat Dating So Casually Now
You know what’s “crazy?” Thinking that it’s normal to connect with someone so deeply and then just not care about it. → Read More
5 Organizations Supporting The Poz Community That You Can Donate To This Year
It’s that time of year again: gifts abound, families and friends reunite, and we all begin to contemplate the ways in which we might be able to give back to our communities. Though there are … → Read More
Make 3 Goals For 2020 — No More, No Less
Make fewer goals, and you'll achieve a lot more of them. → Read More
Why Am I Not There Yet?
No matter your progress, there’s a reason why it never quite feels like enough. → Read More