In this post, we’ll guide you through a simple deep breathing exercise you can try right now. Whether you’re dealing with a challenging situation or just looking for a way to boost your overall mental health, deep breathing is a technique that can help you feel more calm, centered, and in control.
Three Ways to Turn Goals into Accomplishments
It’s been said “Failure is not the worst thing in the world. The very worst is not to try.” What have you tried lately that has added dimension to your life? How often have you seen concepts or ideas put into place by others that you had and thought about implementing?
There are many ways we spend our time that prevent us from truly fulfilling the goals and aspirations that once gave us significance and meaning.
Three Ways to Handle “Failure” in the New Year
For many of us, when we fall short of sticking to these resolutions it can feel like a deep personal failure.
Grief and the Holidays
Here is a list of ways to help manage grief during the holidays- a time that may be particularly hard when dealing with the loss of a loved one.
Getting the Sleep You Deserve
Choosing to prioritize your sleep is vital to your health, especially in a culture that overemphasizes the value of work.
When Rest is Challenging
For some of us, it can be difficult to shut down our productivity mindset and rest. So what do we do if we suspect this drive to avoid rest has some unhealthy roots?
How to Rest
Rest: How to do it and strategies to achieve it! The key to each of these activities is to find the balance within yourself to enjoy, relaxing into the activity without striving or performing.
Exploring Gratitude
I was doing some nerdy reading recently and stumbled on a scholarly publication called “The Journal of Happiness Studies.” Yes, please! Basically these scholars review and approve articles all related to Happiness. Turns out study after study has been done to try to break the code on how to make us happier.
The Definition of Gratitude
We often interchange the words “thankfulness” and “gratitude”. And while they are related in definition, if we look closer, we can see a few differences.
Cultivating Gratitude in Your Kids
Many parents today face a struggle in how to help their children develop a true sense of gratitude. Not just around the holidays, but throughout the rest of the year as well. One of the biggest ways to help your kids be grateful is to model gratitude yourself in your everyday life.
