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How to Be Selfish and Happy at the Same Time
Being selfish (in a good way) is a conscious choice you can make to refrain from any action or interpretation that is harmful to you.
The reality is that to be truly happy, sometimes you need to put "you" first. So, if you decide to take extra good care of yourself and be happier, become more selfish in the way you treat your Human (emotions, body, and mind.)
That’s the kind of selfishness I think we can all embrace. Read More...
How to Find a Perfect Soulmate in Unexpected Places
And by "soulmate" we mean soul mat.This is an interview with Natalia Klimova – an aspiring yoga teacher that traveled the world and found her peace by relentlessly unfolding her yoga mat. Here's what she has shared with us.
Natalia, tell us about yourself. Where do you currently live & how it is different from where you’ve lived before? Read More...
Reaching Out for Help When Life Gets Tough
I am strong and independent, though, I fell apart. I didn't know how I would ever survive the betrayal or the heartache. I grieved the loss of my marriage, my life as I thought it was going to be and the home I had put so much love and time into making our dream home. I had to start all over again... Read More...
Best Night Ever: Fight Insomnia and Win the Battle
I wish I’d found a better way to manage my insomnia early in life. I can say this now because recently my attempts to improve my sleep have met with fair success. But in the years when I was prone to ferocious bouts of insomnia, the way out of my predicament was a mystery. Read More...
How Depression Works & How to Kick it OUT Now
How Depression Works Depression derives from the Latin word “depressio” – that means suppression. Worthless, sad, guilty, hurt...
How to Stop Worrying and Start Feeling at Peace
Worrying is like a rocking chair: it gives you something to do but never gets you anywhere. Read More...
5 Great Songs You Definitely Should Listen to Right Now
During my whole life, from childhood to what is now around my mid-life point, assuming I live an average life, music has been the one constant that I use to help me in changing my mood and even healing myself from tough times. Read More...
Fighting Migraine Is Hard, But Here’s a Natural Solution
A migraine refers to a neurological problem that triggers recurrent headaches which are moderate or severe. It usually...
5 Tips to Help You Never Skip a Workout Again
Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live. – Jim Rohn After years...
Turning Regrets into Positive Change
A few months ago, I decided I would turn my feelings of regret into a positive change. I took my previous failures and sought out to ensure that I don’t make the same mistakes again.
I cannot change my past, but I can change myself and my actions in the here and now. Read More...
How Eliminating Grains From my Plate Changed my Life
I had no idea the source of my pain were some of the very foods I linked to health and longevity! I had no idea I was hurting myself with the way I was eating and treating my body. So I began to shift my diet and my body began to heal. As I witnessed my own body change, I became inspired... Read More...
Here’s Why Self-Care isn’t Selfish, but Essential
Do you take care of yourself? Are you kind to yourself? Do you love yourself as much as you love your best friend, your siblings, your parents?
Or do you spend your time looking after others? Taking care of everyone else? Happy to give, but uncomfortable in receiving? Here's why Self-Care isn’t selfish...
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The Mind-Body Connection That Helped Me Lose 40 Pounds
There are many habits that are destructive because they negatively affect people around them. Many of them may not be physically harmful but instead emotionally, spiritually, or mentally destructive to themselves or those around them. In general, we neglect the connection between anxious thoughts and the action we take to cope with those thoughts. The actions actually become part of who we are... Read More...
How Yoga Taught Me to Embrace Change Slowly
Regardless of what our transitions look or feel like, one thing is for certain —they're an inevitable part of the process.
It's natural to want to skip ahead to the next chapter, but by doing so, we're ultimately depriving ourselves of the opportunity to enjoy the present and appreciate the transition... Read More...
5 Daily Practices to Help You Worry Less
How to Worry Less. After years of beating myself up over my anxiety, I’ve found ways to help cope with those persistent thoughts that run through my mind. These 5 daily practices have helped me worry less... Read More...
An Amazing Life Lesson From a Brain Tumour Survivor
2 years ago I had brain surgery. Now some people might say I am lucky to be alive and I am, but when I was faced with it I framed it as an opportunity. It was scary at first but one the initial shock wore off I thought “how can I go through this and still thrive?” I took it as a positive and not a negative. A chance to grow as a person even though the next year or longer of my life was going to be more different then I would ever know it.
How many things have happened in your life that if you were to frame them a little differently the outcome would have been more positive? Read More...
4 Helpful Tips to Get Back into Yoga After Taking a Break
In my entire life I have never met a yogi who wouldn't take a break from his practice. There comes a point in time when even the most amazing relationships hit a pause. Naturally we go on hiatus and mingle with other issues. I took a break from my yoga practice and wasn't sure if I would ever return to yoga.
Sure enough my yoga mat was gathering dust under the bed for months! But then, something had changed which led me back into my yoga practise... Read More...
5 Convincing Reasons You Should Get a Massage Today
How to Love Your Body. Some people hear massage and automatically begin to daydream about being on the table and having that soothing feeling of blissful joy and relaxation take over your being. Others hear it and think, OMG! No one is putting their hands on me. Hopefully, I will be able to change your mind to the latter and increase your reasons for going to the people who are already texting their massage therapists...
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Preventing Burnout on the Way to Success: 3 Smart Steps
For most of my life I was an achiever. I pushed through, made the grade and impressed – or tried to. It made me feel important and valuable. Worthy.
It gave me purpose.
I was going after success. In return for my exceptional loyalty to productivity and achievement, I expected a kind of happiness like the people in those commercials walking across a lawn of green grass, all white teeth smiling and glowing health. I expected that. I expected the feeling that makes one feel sure footed and vital in this world.
But I didn’t get that! So how do you break that cycle? Learn to preventing burnout on the way to success... now.
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7 Tips to Create Less Stress and More Joy
By Lesya Li When you try to control everything, you enjoy nothing. Sometimes you just need to relax,...
Discovering Happiness: Life-Changing Advice That You Need
Currently we are all being inundated with new ideas on what we can do to feel happier. There are so many concepts to pursue and test that it's not surprising that we freeze in the face of all this information.
What we need is to use what we know about lean thinking and apply it to our personal happiness... Read More...
