How to Heal and Recover After Ending a Friendship

Nadene van der Linden

“Celebrate endings, for they precede new beginnings.” – Jonathan Lockwood Huie Some friendships end with a bang. Others dwindle away over time. Some we p... Read More...

Trust Your Path: When It’s Time to Break Free

Tara Massan

It’s easy to get swept up in the hype of what everyone else is doing. It’s even more easy to lose yourself when you’re in a group following a certain path. I was part of a group of people who enrolled in a personal development course, and while it was a powerful and life changing course, something inside of me felt off. It was time to break free.... Read More...

Loss & Grief: How I Found My Way Towards Healing

Cadi Lambert

All the literature on grief seemed to be telling me my life would be in tatters for years. I was determined not to accept this. Running away from grief was not an option, but I could cycle through it. My late partner had wanted to cycle the British coast to coast in one day; I would take on the challenge in his memory.... Read More...

When The Bottom Drops Out: How to Keep Living After Loss

Nadene van der Linden

Part of my role as a clinical psychologist working with someone who is grieving the loss of a loved one is to explain that the physical pain and sense of being lost are normal. It’s tough to handle, but it’s normal.... Read More...

How to Find Inner Peace that Endures

Tina Zarlenga

By Tina Zarlenga “Our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world as being able to remake ourselves.” – Gandhi How to Find Inner Peac... Read More...

4 Simple Ways to Break a Vicious Cycle

Jacky Exton

“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a happier world.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien They may not readily admit it, but most runn... Read More...

5 Bright Tips on How to Be Less Anxious

Having Time

  “I vow to let go of all worries and anxiety in order to be light and free.” – Thich Nhat Hanh  5 Bright Tips on How to Be Less Anxious 1. Act Like... Read More...

How to Overcome Difficult Family Relationships

Joanna Hulin

My experience is that the teachers we need most are the people we’re living with right now. – Byron Katie How to overcome difficult family relationships My ... Read More...

Accepting These 2 Things Will Improve All Your Relationships

Jacky Exton

By Jacky Exton Accepting These 2 Things Will Improve All Your Relationships I recently found myself at a gathering of friends and family. It was a rela... Read More...

How to Get Courage, Wisdom, Serenity When You Need it The Most

Amy Kay Watson

I suspect you have heard the Serenity Prayer before. It was written by theologian Reinhold Niebuhr in the early 20th Century. (Despite some controversy a fe... Read More...

9 Reasons We Are Unable to Embrace Criticism

Having Time

“Criticism is something you can easily avoid by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.” – Aristotle Why We Are Unable to Take Criticism? Not lo... Read More...

How to Find Time for Yourself: 6 Bright Ideas

Having Time

The most valuable thing that we can give to somebody is our time. We cannot turn it back or give it in advance. We can choose to be with someone here and now ... Read More...

One Helpful Thing For When You Are Dealing With Depression

Haley Tiffany

  By Haley Tiffany Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the ... Read More...

3 Quick Ways to Silence Your Inner Critic

Mike DiLeone

“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” – William Shakespeare Most of us have a hate-hate relationship with our inner critic. ... Read More...

5 Joy-Sapping Regrets and How to Avoid Them

Lesya Li

“Stay away from what might have been and look at what can be.” – Marsha Petrie Sue I was walking down the beach and couldn't help but wonder: what would ... Read More...

Four Effective Ways to Stop Bullying in a Family

Katherine Mayfield

Unfortunately, in some families, bullying is an accepted behavior—this usually occurs because parents don’t know any other way. And so they continue parenting their kids the same way they were brought up. But that doesn’t make it right.... Read More...

On Accepting, Feeling, and Releasing Painful Emotions

Stephanie Noble-King

By Stephanie Noble-King  The Only Way Out Is Through For those of you who had a penchant for listening to angry young songstresses, you may recall the Alani... Read More...

One Amazing Thing That Happens When You Share Your Story

Thea Baker

Change doesn’t come from some anomalous omnipresent superpower. It comes from regular people holding up their hands, using their voice and owning their story. I want to be able to have conversations that mean that in some small way emotional abuse isn’t ignored, brushed under the carpet and allowed to continue behind... Read More...

How to Get a Little Perspective When Bad Things Happen

Darius Ilgunas

We all know that life never happens like you want it to. The good and the bad have their own way of unfolding and it never happens when you expect it to happen. You can try with all your might, but you’ll never be able to control it. Although you don’t have much control over what will happen to you, the one thing you do have complete control over is how you interpret it – your perspective.... Read More...

What Happens When You Choose Judgment Over Compassion

Joanna Hulin

Recently I've been thinking about times when we are judgmental of others. Why does it take so long to recognise that if we are judging others there is a little part of us that wants to be more or less like them?... Read More...

Dealing With Difficult People: One Simple Reminder

Paula M. Jones

Dealing with difficult people never easy... The sooner we look through the superficial facts to the truth of one’s character, the better. It is too easy to be blinded by someone’s position, profession or by their life path.... Read More...