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Make the Most of Your Time in Quarantine, Overcome Boredom, & Build Your Brain
Make the Most of Your Time in Quarantine, Overcome Boredom, & Build Your Brain
Many of us are stuck at home right now, and all our usual activities are either cancelled or forbidden. So, how do we make the best of a difficult situation? How do we turn our stress and anxiety into productivity?When we focus on ways to build our brain, instead...
3 Mental Self-Care Habits of the Happiest People
3 Mental Self-Care Habits of the Happiest People
We live in a world where it is easy to think that happiness is something external: a product, a pill, or a lifestyle—it is all out there and ready for consumption. Yet, the happiest people are not those with lots of nice things or lots of likes on social media....
How to Recover from Trauma and Deal with the Hard Stuff in Life
How to Recover from Trauma and Deal with the Hard Stuff in Life
We are not meant to live in a dead zone of feelings, yet we often prefer not to feel, especially when it comes to negative emotions. We sometimes will do anything to avoid pain, boredom, sadness, insecurity, or emptiness. Why can’t we just be happy all the time?...
How to Deal with a Difficult Person + Protect Your Mental Health
How to Deal with a Difficult Person + Protect Your Mental Health
I’m sure you either know someone personally or are related to someone who just seems to keep making the wrong decisions, no matter how much you try to help. I know how frustrating it can be when they just don’t want to listen, and I know how annoying it can be when...
People Pleasing: How It Can Damage Your Mental Health and How to Stop
People Pleasing: How It Can Damage Your Mental Health and How to Stop
It is natural to want people to like us—no one wakes up wanting to be shunned or hated. But when does this natural longing turn us into people pleasers? When does our desire to be loved turn toxic, and make us do and say things that are not true to who we are, or...
Why Failure is One of the Best Things to Happen to Us
Why Failure is One of the Best Things to Happen to Us
Failure, as much as we hate to admit it, is part of life. But failure, like Winston Churchill said, does not have to be fatal. In fact, the way we perceive our failures can actually help us succeed in life! Yes, you read that right. Our failures can help us succeed...
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