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5 Helpful Tips to Start Every Day on a Positive Note
One of the most important things to starting every day right and on a positive note is what are our last thoughts are we go to sleep and what are our first thoughts when we wake. Most of us don’t even give it a second thought, I know I never used to.. I just stumbled through life accepting life as it was and my mood was my mood. I didn’t realize then that I could control my mood that I could decide what mood I would wake up in! Read More...
5 Useful Tips For Instant Calm and Peace of Mind
Calm. Feeling anchored. That space from which you can choose clearly what to do rather than be reactive....
How to Alleviate Anxiety: Use These 5 Helpful Techniques
Everyone’s experience anxiety at least once in their lives and it can easily become paralyzing in the right conditions, making us feel like we’re out of control. Focusing on work becomes harder, traveling any distance is panic-inducing, and everyday tasks can feel like impossible tests. We are, however, able to pull ourselves out of these episodes by using grounding techniques. Read More...
4 Effective Ways to Eliminate Negative Emotions
At a certain point, I stopped counting the number of times people told me to “think positively” in order to cope with my sorrows. And while I admire those who have a predisposition towards such a state of mind that is naturally transformed from negative into positive, I’ve always found it almost impossible to achieve that peace of mind. Read More...
How to Speak Out: Why It’s Okay to Not be Okay
Through these apps and social media, many of us pretend that our lives are perfect. I’m not innocent either! So many times I have felt pressured to post on my Instagram just to keep up face even though I am having a real rough time. Whack a ridiculously filtered selfie up on your page, and everyone is none the wiser. But everybody knows – nobody’s life is perfect. So why are we striving so hard to pretend that we are blemish free when we all secretly know that some days we just want to crawl back into bed and cry all day? Read More...
A Helpful Guide for ALL Emotionally Sensitive People Out There
While everyone reacts to a situation in a different way, one thing stands out for some people; the amount of time they take to process and react to the situation. These emotionally sensitive individuals think and feel a lot more deeply than most people. Read More...
6 Ways to Overcome Your Social Media Addiction
I would never have thought that I would get hooked on social media! But here I am, struggling with my addiction. I became addicted about a year and a half ago, and I’m still fighting my problem. I had an account on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Heck, I even got one on MySpace (do you remember MySpace?). Read More...
Tackling Insomnia: How to Get a Good Night’s Sleep
Can't sleep? Thinking too much? If you’ve ever had insomnia you probably know how sleep problems can affect your wellbeing, in particular, your mood and anxiety levels. Thinking often plays a role in maintaining sleep problems, such as insomnia. Today, I’m going to walk you through what sleep problems or insomnia look like and then how to address problematic thinking styles that contribute to sleep problems. Read More...
How Acceptance Can Help in Coping with Chronic Pain
If you or someone you love has chronic pain consider utilizing acceptance-based strategies. Reducing the struggle with and having a more peaceful relationship with pain means better outcomes. Read More...
This is Why we Really Should Talk about Mental Health NOW
If you have never experienced a mental health problem, how can you understand what it’s like, properly empathize, or offer support? We all know the vital importance of good health. So why does this all disappear when it comes to mental health? Read More...
How to Develop the Freedom to Fail & Achieve Your Goals
Nike’s slogan has never worked for me. After excessively failing at my self-appointed objectives, I eventually realized that my failure was not in not accomplishing my goal nor in unsuccessfully creating a habit but in not setting myself up for success. My failure wasn’t after the fact but before it. I was setting myself up to fail by being impatient with myself and expecting too much out of myself too soon. I had the wrong mindset back then... Read More...
How Yoga Taught Me One Valuable Lesson I Will Never Forget
By Sara J. Weis “We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden.” – Goethe How Yoga...
An Open Letter to ALL Therapists
The World is different these days. I am in an abundance of information and I have instant access to it at the drop of the hat. I am constantly bombarded with messages, day and night that drown out my inner voice. I’m in a state of emotional hypersensitivity and I am terrified about it. At best I am coping. Safeguarding, by locking out all depth of emotion so as not to show my true self, because I am different, I am the problem. Or so I believe. Read More...
How to Start Feeling Confident, Worthy, and Relevant Again
By Lesya Li “The outer conditions of a person’s life will always be found to reflect their inner...
How to Lose Weight and Be Fit for Life by Changing These Thoughts
To have a fit body, you need to have the mindset of a healthy, active, optimistic person first. Read More...
I Wanted a Big Positive Change in my Life and Here’s What Happened
On March 9, 2016, I began a journey to get healthier by going to the gym. I have been every day, rain or shine, since. Yes, I know that I am not supposed to go to the gym every day as evidenced by the rolled eyeballs of any trainer with whom I've spoken. People are not supposed to go to the gym every day. I tend to be an all or nothing sort of guy so I committed to going every day. Whether I felt great or not I went for at least thirty minutes, at the very minimum walking slowly on the treadmill. Most of the time, however, it was far more intense than that for between thirty and sixty minutes. Read More...
Awesome Tips to Help You Recover from a Setback in Life
Think about the unhealthy behaviors in your life. Maybe it is food, an addiction, smoking, or negative self-talk. Now think about all the steps it will take to get from unhealthy to healthy. Feel overwhelmed yet? Read More...
How to Unpack Your Emotional Baggage in 5 Easy Steps
After facing a chain of traumatic events in a short space of time and having an outburst of emotions to deal with; I got curious and wanted to look closer into how we process our emotions in the Western society. I discovered that we seem to be polarized in our approach to dealing with our feelings. We either don’t validate them and adopt the position of “I’m fine, really, I’M FINE” through gritted teeth or we’re encouraged to wallow in them and make an identity out of the story, whilst in the background we’re told to shove some pills down our throat to ease the pain. Read More...
How to Keep Your Body and Spirit Nourished
By Theresa Brawner “When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and brings joy, care enough...
How to Get Through Hard Times & Turn it into Opportunity
What happens when you head to the doctor and later receive a call about the rest of your life?
That was my chapter of a book I believed was coming to an end. Yet despite all of my faltering emotions over the past weeks, I came out stronger and learned the most important lesson when you receive life-changing news… Read More...
Powerful Life Hack: How to Ignore Negativity & Achieve your Goals
If I look back, I would not be where I am and happy as I am today if I wouldn’t have had the courage to be different, authentic, deal with social pressure and go after my dreams, despite all the silly rumours about my life, and so many people trying to persuade me out of what I wanted, thinking that they “know” what would be the right decision for me. Read More...