How to Begin Living a Mindful Life? It’s Really Simple
This article is aimed directly at those wishing to start their journey towards living a mindful life, providing you with 5 simple steps to do so. Read More...
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5 Effective Ways to Boost Your Emotional Resilience
Emotional resilience is that indefatigable quality that allows us to adapt to challenging, stressful or unforeseen circumstances and bounce back, rather than fall apart. It’s what enables some people to persevere in the face of significant setbacks and roll with the punches, while others fall at the first hurdle. Think of it as both a preventative and protective mental armor. Read More...
Can Yoga and Psychedelics Improve Your Mental Health?
Americans saw yoga and psychedelic drugs as equally valid routes to spiritual fulfillment and mental health. As the San Francisco Oracle put it in 1965: “Yoga and psychedelics. Different means, same end.” Supple bodies were related to healthy minds. Many felt that tripping out and artful poses led to new perspectives. Read More...
5 Amazing Places You Have to See in Sardinia
One of the great perks of living and traveling in Europe is that you can hop on a plane and be wherever you need to be in a matter of a couple of hours which is always handy when you live in a bustling city like London and crave a change of scenery now and then. And so one evening, after a particularly hectic week, I knew I needed a break; I've opened Google Maps and stared onto Mediterranean sea for a reason unknown to me. What caught my glimpse was Sardinia. I knew next to nothing about Sardinia, yet heard a lot of great things about this island; I wanted to learn more.
And so before the dust settles in, I've decided to sit down and share the fantastic experience of visiting Sardinia. Enjoy! Read More...
How to Overcome Risk Aversion in Life
What makes people prone to risk aversion in life? Recently I was speaking to a friend, in her early 40s, who commented that she gets older, the more she's scared of taking a risk. She figured that she has MORE to lose now, and the thought of doing something bold, like quitting her job, following her dreams, or taking bigger actions just became more and more daunting.
And it's a common complaint. We refer to people who are young as 'young, free and single,' and we tell them to 'do it while you can.'
But it's not a complaint I agree with. Read More...
4 Ways to Save Time on Your Morning Coffee Routine
Most of the time-saving tips that you will encounter on the web revolve around how you should avoid making your cup of coffee yourself and instead be a regular customer at your local coffee shop.
But what if you still want to make coffee at home?
Avoiding the potentially long line could save you time on its own. Here are the top four ways to save time on your morning coffee routine. Read More...
This Phrase Will Help You Overcome all Your Fears
Our desire to protect ourselves can be both our strength and growing edge, at the same time. My fear is my strength when it acts as an inner safety manager and allows me to protect myself from people and situations that might hurt me. My fear becomes my growing edge when I permit it to keep me from making career and personal choices that are life-giving. Our fear can serve us well in life, as long as we don’t let it control all our decisions. Read More...
7 of the Best Places in Florida for Cycling
Florida is not all hustle and bustle all the time with fast cars hooting and bullying people out of the road. In fact, there are some amazing cycling places with a lot of calm, safety and well-defined cycling paths. There are so many things to see in Florida from the top of your bike. Are you ready? Here are some of the best cycling places in Florida! Read More...
Why There Is No Other Place On Earth Like Sydney
Sydney is not only a city – it is an idea. It is a goal. Its infrastructure is something to look up to and its breathtaking cityscape is a place people from all over the world aspire to live in. Few cities in the world are as diverse, exciting, bustling yet spacious as Sydney is. It’s a destination I fall in love with every time I get a chance to visit. If you’ve never been to Sydney and yearn to find out why it is a place like no other, here are a few things you should know. Read More...
How a Simple Career Change Can Improve Your Life
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting things to change...
Navigating the Quarter-Life Crisis & How to Make Smart Career Choices
If you are in your 20s and you find yourself feeling hopeless, depressed, frustrated and in a way clueless about what you should be doing with your life, you might be going through a quarter-life crisis.
According to The Guardian, around 86% of millennials feel insecure, disappointed, and lonely. This is why the feeling you’re having is – unfortunately – nothing unusual. However, there are things you could do that might help you deal with the crisis, especially with the part about your career. So, if you feel like you could use some help getting through this period, here are a couple of things you should know. Read More...
5 Easy, Proven Ways to Relieve Your Work-Related Stress
It doesn’t matter who you are - a successful business leader, a factory worker, a homeworker, a politician, a famous celebrity, or the person who delivers the mail - we all get stressed, and it’s pretty much on a daily basis. Whether you’re trying to organize the kid’s summer camp or global disarmament talks with rogue nations, it can be the trigger that sends your own personal world into a tailspin. If you let it. Read More...
One Simple Reason WHY Most People Never Get What They Want
Your dream job. Financial freedom. More awesome mates. A great relationship. Location independence. A drop-dead healthy and stunning body. World peace.
I don't think many people would complain about being able to tick off the above list of accomplishments from their bucket list...but the percentage of people that have them is few, and having ALL of them, even fewer! Read More...
How to Start & Grow Something UPLIFTing that Never Stops Inspiring
‘Geometry will draw the soul toward truth and create the spirit of philosophy’ — Plato Read More...
How to Use Meditation as a Powerful Productivity Tool
From personal experiences during finals week in college and a fair share of office jobs, I can tell you that meditation is one of the best practices to implement into your daily life, not just to pursue self-improvement, but to increase productivity as well. Read More...
6 Home Remedies for Sinus Infection that Work
A nasty sinus infection can be one of the most debilitating conditions out there. It’s not only about the congested airways and the discomfort in your nose. For many people, a sinus infection also means crippling headaches and a pretty bleak outlook. We are talking about a few days in which you cannot really do anything, and that leave you drained and weak. But with the help of a few natural home remedies proven to work, it doesn’t have to be this way. Read More...
5 Reasons Limiting Screen-Time Will Benefit Your Health
In this day and age, nearly all aspects of our lives are digitalized. Everything must be recorded, Snapchatted, tweeted or Instagrammed. People are even obsessed with sharing pictures of the food they eat at restaurants (they won’t even touch their food without getting a picture.) It’s hard to put the finger on when we started being so dependable on our phones. But the fact of the matter is, we spend hours on end on our phones, and there are some deleterious effects of this habit. Read More...
How to Start a Meditation Practice: A Little Guide for Beginners
Another life-savior is mindfulness meditation. Meditation is arguably most effective and least expensive stress-relieving practices. It costs you absolutely nothing and the benefits are countless. Not only will you win your battle against daily stress you will also find yourself to be more focused, grateful, and peaceful. Read More...
Why Men Should Be Encouraged to Practice Mindfulness Every Day
As a man who has struggled with anxiety and the fear of living up to the archetypal male or model father, I couldn’t recommend mindfulness enough. It helps you witness thoughts, acknowledge them as just thoughts and then let them pass. Read More...
The Butterfly Effect: How to Make the Best Use of it in Life
The Butterfly Effect: How to Make the Best Use of it in Life?
This notion of being a culmination of experiences also implies that every second of time we progressively change. So after an interaction with a person, no matter how small, I am now a piece of that person, and a bit of that person is me. Read More...
7 Reasons Why Traveling is Good for Your Body, Mind, and Soul
Life is short, and the world is big! When you leave your little corner of the world you remember just how wonderful the rest of it is. When I’m old, I want to be able to look back on all the amazing adventures I’ve had whilst traveling. Read More...