Disconnected

The only one who can abandon you is you. In a world filled with challenges and disappointments, there can be no truer advice.

Drawing from her own experiences in life, psychotherapist Kennedy Barrows helps people understand their own fears and overcome their own depression and addictions. Solutions, she reasons, begin with believing in yourself.

Take an inward approach to situations and resist the urge to blame others for your problems. Learn from your mistakes - yes, it's okay to admit mistakes - and move on. This is the start of personal growth.

As for the people around you, just watch. You will be amazed at how taking responsibility for your own life, making yourself accountable for your own feelings and your own actions - indeed, healing yourself - have a ripple effect.

Be true to yourself - and to others. The world will be a better place.