Finding a balance for everyday life
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How to Stop Worrying in Less Than 4 Minutes
Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.― Corrie ten Boom I am...
Rewriting the Stories We Tell Ourselves
It’s easy to see these stories playing out in other people, much harder to recognise them in ourselves.
What unhelpful stories do I tell myself about what I can and can’t, should or shouldn’t do with my life?
How has my life been affected by stories I’ve absorbed from the society I live in? Be ready to rewrite your stories... Read More...
Grounding is Proven Helpful for Highly Sensitive People
If you are a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) It almost feels like this capacity to feel, to be so open is turning against you. Being excessively open can leave you feeling overwhelmed, almost drowning in a sea of sensations. Sometimes, it feels as if there is no way to manage this excess build-up of energy except by avoiding stressful situations... there is a way. 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...
Does Money Bring Happiness? Answered Honestly
When you ask children what they want to be when they grow up, they never seem to be short on ideas. Creative, far-fetched, and full of hope, they fearlessly tell you that they want to become: firefighters, superheroes, astronauts, athletes.
This is because their brains haven't developed enough to over-think each situation until paralysis sets in and saps their will to imagine... Read More...
One Thing You Probably Didn’t Know About Social Media
Social Media gave me false sense of a constant "presence" next to people I cared for. If you asked me about the most memorable text message or Skype conversation, I would probably fail to recall anything. Because all the fun, great and extraordinary things that we will remember are happening out there right now in the real and beautiful world. And I would find them only if I chose to look up. Read More...
Accepting Uncertainty Without Fear
When I was 22 years old, fresh out of college, with nothing more than a pocket full of change and a heart full of hope, I decided to move cross-country from Arizona to New Jersey for an unpaid, no-college-credit-receiving internship at a popular publishing company. "Brave" is what my family and friends called me, but that’s not what I was... Read More...
Being Who You Want to Be is Easier Than You Think
As someone who’s struggled with self-image, I’ve realized that there is a strange contrast between being someone and feeling like someone.
Some of us spend our whole lives waiting, training, studying, etc. in order to become someone. Some of us even sit around wishing to be someone, pitying ourselves, and not taking any action at all.
That “someone” isn’t always clearly defined. It varies for each person. Your ideal could be anything – a doctor, a traveler, a wife, or something more general, like a kind person. If you find the notion of becoming this person a distant pipe dream, maybe you’re looking at it the wrong way... Read More...
Effective Sleeping Pill for Your Restless Inner Critic
Have you ever been tortured by your relentless inner critic? Self-criticism is a habit that comes up with new "protecting" mechanisms that hold us back from reaching our fullest potential. See it as a hot air balloon that strives to lift itself up only to learn that it is stuck with a couple of sandbags filled with disbelief in its ability to fly..! Read More...
5 Ways to Balance Your Body and Your Life
Being in balance isn’t about restriction or holding back. It’s about aligning with the greatest source of power in our lives. From a state of internal balance, we can create a life that feels super-charged with passion, purpose, and vitality. I’ve learned some powerful practices for bringing our bodies and our lives into balance. Along the way I made some big mistakes. For the details on these and five of the best ways to balance your body and your life, read on. 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...
8 Productivity Habits That You Need to Know About
I have been backpacking around the world for 1 year now, and one question I often get from fellow writers is, "how are you so productive? How do you get so much writing done on the road?"
It wasn't always this way. At the beginning of my travels I was incredibly UNproductive - writing 1 or 2 measly articles each month.
It took time to discover and develop the habits that almost all productive people abide by - and the difference is enormous. Not only am I publishing daily these days, but I've found 100s of new readers and made ton of new friends because I'm finally a consistently high performer.
There are 8 essential productivity habits here that anyone can develop. Even by focusing on one or two at a time, you'll find your personal productivity takes a great leap forward. Read More...
Break Free From Negative Criticism: 5 Powerful Ideas
Shut Down the Critics! How to Break Free from the Impact of Negative Criticism.
Whether the critic was an acquaintance or a close relative, the common message was: “You’re not good enough.”
Have you been told that you lack certain skills or abilities? Has someone said you’re not “good at math” or “creative” or “organized”?
Have you been told you don’t match what’s “normal” and therefore something is wrong with you?
How many times did you try to prove to the people who criticized you that they were wrong, only for them to find other supposed flaws to focus on?
How many times the negative criticism you’ve received has popped into your mind when you’re facing a new project or a challenge?
Negative remarks can become part of what we believe is true about ourselves. We subconsciously adopt self-imposed limitations that prevent us from experiencing life to the fullest...
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Creating More Joy in Your Life Right Now
I recall a time when severe heart pains shot through my chest and startled me out of a deep sleep. This happened so often that I scheduled a doctor’s appointment. Surely, something was horribly wrong with my heart. Although my test results returned normal I didn’t feel fine. I had a beautiful life by society’s standards —a husband, 2 children, a house, and a “good” job. However, I worked long hours, I never saw my children, and my marriage was strained. My work no longer fulfilled me, my husband no longer fulfilled me, and my beliefs no longer fulfilled me. The song that sang inside of my head was sad and melancholic. Occasionally, what I thought was joy would surface but it would quickly dissipate into my dark and gloomy thoughts... I do whatever it takes to change my thoughts (sing, read, watch a good comedy) and when I shift my thoughts my mood follows. You can do this too. Read More...
How to Diffuse Any Argument: 3 Helpful Tips
Let's agree for a moment that arguments are pointless. Let's concede that there's not a single person in this world who thinks exactly the way you think, who knows and believes the things you know and believe, nor acts and responds to certain situations specifically in the same manner you would. Obviously, we need to remember this if we want to get along with people. 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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4 Reasons Why Being Alone Doesn’t Mean Lonely
Alone doesn't have to mean lonely. Having just moved to a new place where I only know a few people, I’ve spent a lot of time alone the last few months. At first, I was sad, lonely, even depressed without my friends around. But I’ve been learning that there’s an art to being alone and if you can work on it, it can bring a lot of positivity to your life! Society may tell you that you need a significant other, but I say, tune that out and read this list. Being alone might be just what you need! Read More...
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,...
No More Nightmares: Empowering Lesson From a Bad Dream
I had a dream within a dream today. Something that happens quite often.
Have you ever had the feeling that you should learn something, you know it makes sense (for everyone else) and yet you haven't experienced its magnitude on yourself?
"Learn to appreciate what you have before time makes you appreciate what you had". Read More...
