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Using Journaling to Cope & Thrive During Social Distancing
READ MORE ABOUT JOURNALING HERE: 9 Tips to Make Journaling Part of Your Daily Routine 10 Journaling Styles Why Journaling Is Good For Your Mental Health While staying safe at home during quarantine, it’s perfectly normal for you to go through a gamut of feelings. You may experience fear, loneliness, isolation, uncertainty, hope, ambivalence, and a whole host of other emotions. These feelings and emotion can be difficult to deal with. This is when a daily journaling practice can become massively helpful. Getting your thoughts and feelings out on paper is a great way to release all of those things you’ve been holding on to. It’s also a great way…
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Now Is The Time To Prepare For Something Great
Considering that over ⅓ of the world’s entire population is currently under some kind of quarantine order, it’s highly likely that you (like me) are coming to terms with the reality that we are going to spend a LOT of time at home in the coming weeks. The level of concern and uncertainty we are all currently experiencing is unprecedented. It is a challenging time, for sure. But you know what’s great about challenges? They are meant to be met and overcome. Challenges force us to grow and look beyond ourselves. They provide an opportunity to rise up and break through the perceived limits of our strengths and capabilities. So,…
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4 Mindfulness Practices You Need Right Now
In the middle of the chaos of the world right now, what can we do to take care of ourselves? Let’s talk about a handful of simple mindfulness practices that can be helpful. Breathe deeply into the belly. This is one to start with, no matter where you are or what you’re doing. We get caught up in our heads, stuck in a cycle of thoughts that are rarely very helpful. So to get out of our heads and into our bodies, we can do deep breathes, into the deepest part of our bellies. Do several breaths like this, maybe for 30-60 seconds if you have time. This not only…
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Staying Productive & Positive While Working At Home
In these unprecedented times, we are all experiencing a major disruption to our daily lives. Whether that’s working from home for the first time, helping our kids get in a full school day from home, or just finding the mental fortitude to get through another day of disheartening news, we have to adjust to a new, albeit temporary, normal. There are three key things you can focus on to keep your days running productively and positively, regardless of your current situation. Maintain a daily schedule and routine. Focus on what you can control. Stay mentally and physically engaged. Maintain a daily schedule and routine. Maintaining a daily schedule and routine…
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Productivity Tips to Build Your Dream Life
Learning to be more productive is a great way to increase your happiness and satisfaction. As human beings we’re often too inconsistent in how we invest our time and energy. We are easily distracted and often fall into the trap of living by different priorities every day. Most people are overwhelmed with the amount of things they have to do and all the interruptions they experience during the day. As a result many people feel that while they work hard and for long hours, they are not accomplishing much, or nothing significant, which leaves them feeling unhappy and frustrated. One solution is to structure our days in a way that…
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How to Change Your Current Reality
Did you know that you are capable to change your current reality? A little work, a little intuition, a a slight paradigm shift are all you need. Let’s consider four different variations on the title of this post, each emphasizing a different word. Shift your perspective to change your current reality YOU Can Change Today You are the driving force of change in your life. You don’t have to wait for something external to happen first. You don’t need anyone else’s permission. If some part of your life is going to change, it’s up to you and you alone. This is a reminder to take responsibility for your situation. It’s…
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How to Build a Positive Mindset
Do you have a positive mindset or a negative one? In times of uncertainty, it’s more important than ever to mind your mindset. Keeping feelings of negativity away can go a long way toward improving your overall well being. Check out these resources to help you build a positive mindset to assist you now and in the weeks and months ahead. Nurture a Positive Mindset “Every day has something positive in it. Some days you just have to look a little harder. Here are seven things you can do to bring positivity and happiness into your life.” …read more at 7 Tips for Staying Positive on PsychologyToday.com “One of the very first things I…
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The 21 Principles of Goal Setting by Brian Tracy
Here are the 21 most important principles of goal setting and goal achieving ever discovered. Your regular review and practice of these principles will enable you to live an extraordinary life. Nothing can stop you now. 1. Unlock Your Potential Always remember that your true potential is unlimited. Whatever you have accomplished in life up to now has only been a preparation for the amazing things you can accomplish in the future. 2. Take Charge of Your Life You are completely responsible for everything you are today, for everything you think, say and do, and for everything you become from this moment forward. Refuse to make excuses or to blame…
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How to Commit to Creating Lasting Change
Creating lasting change in your life is not always easy. Sometimes it requires commitment and a fierce resolve. Many people recognize the need for a change at a certain point or phase in their life. In many cases it is a result of some traumatic event or a “wakeup call” they received from life. It may be a sudden illness, breakup in a relationship, loss of a close friend, etc. For others it may be a feeling of emptiness and lack or happiness. Or they may just not feel satisfied and fulfilled with the current life anymore. Most people resist change and are afraid of the unknown. They would prefer to…
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6 Powerful Habits to Try Again
We try to form some powerful habits, and they work for a little bit, until they fall off. But we can always come back. In fact, coming back to a habit might be the most powerful habit of all. Coming back, over and over again, just like we return to the breath, over and over again, after letting our minds wander. It’s the nature of our minds to fall off habits. Sometimes it takes a dozen attempts before it really clicks. Sometimes more. Falling off the habit isn’t a problem — it’s just a part of the experience of shifting patterns. The problem is that we think we should never fall off…
