Remember to give yourself a reason every day on why you are capable! You are stronger and bigger than the circumstances. Instead of feeling crushed, decide that you're going to crush it, and allow life to touch you.

This week, it might be tough, but try to let go of situations you can't manage. Focus on how you take them in, and how you react to them instead. We miss out on so many opportunities to let loose and grow if we're stuck overthinking and overanalyzing circumstances that are beyond our control.

Each day, we have a chance to make things better. In many aspects, a chance to do better, feel better and live better. Changing and reframing your mindset can help make it happen.

What do you do to create space for yourself? I asked one of my good friends Ynna Vistal about how she commits time for herself through her love of spoken poetry amid the pandemic. Creating space doesn’t only apply to the physical location and environment. It could also mean ways of creating emotional security within ourselves when we feel like things are too much handle.

The very moment you wake up, what is it that you say to yourself? What do you tell yourself as you begin another shift at work? How do you speak to yourself when you encounter an unexpected problem or challenge? Sometimes we may feel sad, frustrated, lonely, and heartbroken, and we may also have all the reasons to feel that way. The question is, how do we not allow negativity to become an infestation? The first word I associated myself with was optimism. Positive self-talk can teach you to see the possibility instead of the problem. There is a heart in the hurt, grit in the grind, and faith in the failure.

Welcome to Dear Little One, the podcast. My name is May Anne Deseo and I have to admit I don’t always have my emotions in check. Some people express and handle their emotions a lot better than others.

One thing that’s helped me is positive self-talk – it’s how “Dear Little One” started. The Dear Little One podcast is meant to help start your week on the right foot with words and quotes of inspiration that will encourage you to live life with positive self-talk and self-compassion.