Not bacon, cream, or the usual suspects. I’m talking about a steady diet of negative influences that makes us feel lousy to the core. Such as:

1. Fake news in all its mean, snarky iterations
2. By extension, only getting news from one point of view. It’s important to hear what the other side is thinking, too — but not so much that we start hurling things at the TV
3. Following the minutiae of celebrities’ pretend-perfect lives
4. Inactivity
5. Living in the past, whether you have good memories (those glory days as a high school athlete) or bad (your dysfunctional family)
6. Envy
7. Social media that makes us feel our lives aren’t as glamorous, exciting, happy, or satifying as other people we know
8. Obsessing. Make a plan, take action, move on
9. Seeing the glass half-empty
10. Tunnel vision
11. Influencer unboxings. Hey, many times they didn’t even PAY for the stuff!
12. Holding on to anger
13. Not cutting ourselves enough slack : our finances, weight, wrinkles, job, house, parenting skills etc.
14. Forgetting that you are good enough just as you are