Every year, we clean our homes in the spring to prepare and sharpen for the year ahead. Have you ever done the same thing with your mind, which is the body’s most important organ? Decluttering your brain is just as important and this blog will provide you with 10 easy tips for how to do so!
Read MoreYou may have read part one to this blog series, which began discussing the detrimental nature of negative thinking and offering interventions and suggestions for getting out of the unhealthy spiral. Part II shares some continued things that you can do to work against this corrupt thought process.
Read MoreRecently, I listened to an insightful podcast titled “The Anatomy of Gratitude” with David Steindl-Rast, a ninety-three-year-old Benedictine monk and teacher on the subject of gratitude. He makes useful distinctions about experiences that are “life-giving” and “resilience-making.”
Read MoreI know I’m not the only one who is quarreling with quarantine and disappointed and shocked at how 2020 has turned out thus far. Watching people arguing in the grocery store about toilet paper is something I never expected to see.
Read MoreGrowing up, we all have big dreams and create pretty massive shoes for ourselves to fill. What do we want to do, who do we want to be, and what are we going to do to add value to this world? According to Oprah, sometimes we learn and realize that “the dream you have for yourself can’t compare to the dream that life has for you.” In order to find our groove, we have to lean into life in order to make the right decisions and be successful within work and life.
Read MoreWe’re better suited to focus on gratitude year-round, not just in the month of November, as being grateful has a positive effect on our behavior. It has a way of shaping our lives and “making us more honest, increasing our self-control, enhancing our productivity at work, and our relationships at home.”
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