My #ChaseHappiness journey started 3 years ago when I moved to London. I hadn’t realised back then that I was running away from my past and the mistakes I had made in my young 20’s, and was desperately looking for a way out of the whole I had gotten myself into. I know it sounds extreme but life didn’t have any meaning anymore. My problems were not even comparable to others because I had a roof over my head, a bed to sleep in and food on my plate but I lacked a meaning in life. I started thi ...
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Clearly defining my purpose - why do I voice my opinions, my beliefs?
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Short and very specific.
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A difficult question to ask yourself. A necessary question to understand WHY you’re living and for WHAT!
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In this episode the main subject is feeling FEAR. My dear reader, think about why you say “NO” to yourself. Cause every time you allow fear to win, you’re saying no to YOURSELF! Where does that feeling come from? Have your ever asked yourself this question???
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A little inside on why I started to turn my life around and what made me think about regret in the first place. I know it will help YOU understand yourself better 💚
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These 4 concepts are vital for my journey and I’m sure some of them, if not all, will answer some of your own questions. Thank you for joining me on my #RecoveryJourney 💚
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Today in episode 22 I’m expanding the affirmations subject. I think it’s important to talk about what makes us survive each day, especially because depression and anxiety is lived and sometimes suffered each day. Some pretty awesome realisations today so check it out 😉💚 Much love, dear listener!
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What happens when you listen to other’s opinions?
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YOU do YOU! What good will come out of listening to others? None — not for you anyway 💚
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Type of people I’ve encountered on my recovery journey
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When dealing with depression, there are certain things to expect and others you just don’t! People are always unexpected or — better yet — people’s reactions are unexpected. I’m talking about what type of people I’ve encountered while revealing publicly that I have depression and anxiety. I know this will help you understand that their reactions do…
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I can’t believe I held myself back from doing videos and posting more on social media because of this!!!
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Today I talk about how I got to the conclusion of building my own daily ritual and the why behind it. Please allow it to guide you for making your own personal ritual towards your #RecoveryJourney and adapt it to your own needs.
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Episode 17: My adoptive Dad and his role in my Recovery Journey
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Although intimate and personal, I think this part of my life is relevant to the journey of recovery from depression. Have a listen, let me know what you think 😉 I’m sending much love your way! 💚
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Reflective practice for depression and anxiety
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It doesn’t only turn into a great healthcare professional but also into an observer of your own anxiety attacks and depressive episodes. And that’s when the magic happens ✨
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What happens when you accept your depression and anxiety as part of your life?
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The title says it all and the answer is within yourself. If you’re having trouble finding your answer, I’ve recorded this episode to give you some hints and ideas of what to search for. But REMEMBER❗️Only you have the best answer for yourself 💚
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What do you do when anxiety kicks in? What’s your strategy to ground yourself? I talk about what I do and the 4 steps I take to approach an anxiety attack. I know it will help YOU at some point in time 💚
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I’m developing some questions around therapy for depression and anxiety patients. Remember this is from a patient’s perspective, as I don’t have any formal training for psychological therapy or counselling. I know this will help someone who’s indecisive about how, when, where and what type of therapy that should be doing, and even if they should do…
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What’s your go-to list to push yourself and thrive during a regular day of your life?
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This is my list of things that help me everyday, that’s my go-to list for accepting myself just the way I am. Not only this helps me get through the day but encourages me to continue fighting for a better tomorrow 💪💪🏻💪🏼💪🏽💪🏾💪🏿
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Regrets: how they affect a person who has depression and anxiety
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This episode was not planned like the others. I have no list or billet-points for this one. When listening, be patient and try to analyse it from the observer’s perspective: don’t analyse the content, try to look at the format, specifically the thinking format. Unfortunately this is how a depressed person’s mind works, and it’s exhausting! It doesn…
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Usually it’s difficult to find reason behind a conflict. The situation becomes even more difficult when it comes to our loved one. And on top, we have to deal with our own depression and anxiety, with our own efed up state of mind. And so, today I’m talking myself out of continuing the self-guilt. Find out how!…
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Overall, this is what my life is about at the moment, and comparing it to this time last year I’m definitely making the most out of my time today. It can be done, and your mental illness does not have to be the end of your happy life! 💚
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I love 💚 this subject because it’s made me grow so much over the years!!! When going through depression and anxiety, and suffering these metal illnesses, you have to be mindful of your failures. This is my experience of how I face it and I know it will help someone out there 🤩
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These are a few things that I do to detect at an early stage my depression & anxiety symptoms, and they work as ‘alarm bells’ to help me avoid getting into a full-blown depression episode.
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🚨 Please be mindful that there are triggers in this audio, as I’m talking about sensitive subjects. The solely purpose of it is to learn: learn and understand how depression manifests differently in a person, learn and understand there’s a recovery road for everyone no matter how deep your hole is! Much love to you all 💚…
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Going back to the basics means taking responsibility for your ‘old-self’, for who you used to be and decided to change.
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I’ve gathered a list of weaknesses that I now use as strengths, and have served me well during the time I considered them to be ‘weaknesses’. I’m not saying I didn’t want them to become ‘strengths’ but I’m saying I learned more from them when they were negative traits. I’m also saying I couldn’t have made them positive attributes if it wasn’t for t…
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Individual treatment means individuality as a person
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Depression manifests differently in every person. I’m explaining my choices of treatment, my conscious choices considering all the options available and what I wanted to try (aka experiment on myself).
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Lying about my condition and leading a double life
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I used to hide my depression and anxiety and pretend I was this perfect person leading a perfect life. Another aspect of myself revealed. I really trust this will help you on your own #HappinessJourney 💚
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I’m back with a new series of episodes, talking about my journey with anxiety and depression. I really wish this helps you, the one who’s listening, to #ChaseYourHappinessJourney 💚
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Got the courage to record an episode after more than 3 months of absence. 👋 Hi beautiful people!
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Când ne este greu să vorbim despre ceva care ne apasă pe suflet 🙇🏻♀️
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Am învățat să vorbesc despre tot și despre toate pentru că frica ne împiedică progresul. ❤️❤️❤️ #ChaseHappinessJourney
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Am învățat (sau reînvățat!) o lecție importantă. Te identifici cu povestea mea? Sper să te ajute și pe tine, drag ascultător / dragă ascultătoare, în drumul tău, în a-ți găsi fericirea! 🥳 #ChaseHappiness With Alex Vass ❤️💙💚
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Find out why I stopped listening to the biggest entrepreneur of all times ... you’ll be shocked!
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What’s stopping you from taking the first step?
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I talk about fear in this episode because I think it’s one of the biggest challenges each and every one of us has, sometimes not even acknowledging we are scared. I hope specific examples of my life will help your do something about your limits and limitations, and will give you that push to face your fears! #ChaseHappiness and do it for yourself ❤…
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What I’ve learnt from BossBabe CEO Natalie Ellis ❤️❤️❤️ and from her webinar
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Being consistent is a problem for me because I’m not, so I have to work on that. Natalie gave me a different perspective about helping and supporting women, women whom want to become strong powerful individuals and don’t know what they’re doing or how to start. I’ve tried to be inclusive of men as well but sorry fellas, after listening to the audio…
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Challenges and bumps in the road and how I’ve taken the 1st step towards my #ChaseHappiness journey
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Forgot to upload this episode on Monday, guys 🙈 #fail . We’ve all been through this, in one way or another, and we’ve all experienced it differently. Despite us being different, I would like to share my thoughts with you about how I felt when going through a bump, how shitty it was for me and what made me realise I was scared to move forward. I rea…
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Interviul lui Mircea Bravo pt emisiunea ÎN FAȚA TA m-a inspirat un pic ... 🙈
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Mi s-a părut foarte mișto interviul lui Mircea și am decis să vorbesc un pic despre cum învățăm în ziua de azi și ce schimbări a adus Internetul pentru noi, cei din generația ‘89. Nici eu n-am crescut cu YouTube pe coridoarele școlilor dar înțeleg că lumea evolutionează și dacă vreau să transmit ceva celorlalți trebuie să mă adaptez vitezei! Un mon…
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Do you, make your own journey, don’t give a shit about anyone’s opinion 😉
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Hi beautiful people! This was supposed to be a “welcome back” for September and ended up being a full energy rant about motivating YOU to do your own journey. 🛑 Stop bullshitting yourself with fake promises, be realistic and work on your strengths 💪🏻 ****Sorry for my high pitch in this audio, apparently I was toooo excited 😆 **** #ChaseHappiness an…
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GP appointment without any result, any guidance, any consideration for what I was asking.
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I recommend you not listen to this audio episode if you’re sensitive or very strong minded about having children and , as a woman, giving birth to your own children because I strongly believe the opposite. And this may be offensive to your beliefs so please don’t listen to it. I’m outraged and feel ashamed because of how dismissive my GP was with m…
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Why self awareness is 🔑 in following your #ChaseHappiness journey
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Today I talk about self awareness as a weapon and as a practical tool to enhance your journey. When you know yourself and have explored to understand what you’d love to do, then you’re making your way to that self awareness place from which you can start working and deploying patience on your final goal. Comparing ourselves and our dreams with othe…
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What does being an emotionally strong person mean⁉️⁉️
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During my #ChaseHappiness journey I’m learning about myself, about what I do and what I don’t do, where I execute and where I don’t and why that’s happening. I need to understand where I stand in order to continue my journey, I need to understand where my emotions come from and how to manage them so I can create my own path. One of the misconceptio…
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I hear people complaining all the time about not having money or time or just not having something.Time we all have but some of you dedicate it to scrolling on Facebook, money we can all make one way or another but some decide to be fancy and not accept a type of job because it’s not an office job, and everything else happens if you work for it. So…
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Just one of those days when there’s loads of negative thoughts on your mind and you don’t know what to do, how to react 🙇♀️ Stressful, willing to give up, tired from nothing, and all in between...... but there’s always a solution! Remember to lean in your loved ones and look for comfort in your own self-love. #ChaseHappiness even those crappy days…
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Fail from yesterday’s challenge, day number 5! Practicality in romantic relationships 😉
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We tend to believe romantic relationships will be fairytale stories and the reality is day-to-day activity and practicality has to be taken into the equation. Of course you’re expecting flowers and chocolates and strong feelings (especially during sex 🥰) but other activities are also part of your journey. If you want to build a life together, if yo…
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I’ve always felt happy and content doing my duties with SJA but today was something special ✨. I could see gratitude, relief and raw emotions from those who I’ve helped. I’m hooked on positivity, I’m hooked on being who I’m meant to be, I have a few more “thank you’s” to encourage my #journey ❤️. #HappySunday to you, beautiful people, and I encoura…
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How does volunteering as a First Aider make me feel 🧐
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Today I talk (very shortly) about how I feel when I’m on duty as a First Aider. I was helped to find my path and you, my dear listener, can be helped as well to find your #HappinessJourney . Rely and ask for advice to people whom love you. Listen to what they have to say and go 1000 % in for your happiness 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻…
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As I’m committed to my own challenge for this month of August, I’m doing a quick rant about my day and put in some good Friday vibes 😎. Perseverance is the key to success, don’t you think?!?! After learning about how to accept failure, I realised perseverance is my next step. Doing it gradually but doing it 😉: chasing my own happiness! Much love to…
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This month of August: a challenge for my birthday 🎉🎊
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As I’m turning 30 at the end of this month, I thought it would be fun to challenge myself a bit. Today I’m sending an application for a job but fingers crossed 🤞 it will turn into an apprenticeship! Why? I’m telling you all about it now ——> 😉
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This is how I get over inside negativity. Hope it helps 🙏🏻
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We all have those crappy days when everything seems too black & white, when nothing elevates our mood and we just want to be left alone. That’s what I’ve been through last week, a familiar feeling which my thoughts still attracts from time to time. Does that mean my #ChaseHappiness journey is f*** up?!?! See if my solution helps you understand your…
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Those days when you can’t stop yourself from dwelling over negativity, they pop out of nowhere .....
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It’s always hard to express yourself when you feel low, not motivated or out of energy. I haven’t discovered yet how to get over these moments quickly and to avoid turning them into nonproductive days but for now I noticed an improvement since before starting my social media journey: I am able to just snap out of it after a day or couple of days wi…
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I’ve started the process of being a childless woman.
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I felt interrogated today by two different people about my desire to remain a childless woman all my life. I’m looking to get a permanent solution for this and today I have started the process to make it happen. It’s going to be long, it’s going to be tedious and I’m not going to like it. I’m not going to like it because I have to give reasons and …
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