Have you spent a lot of time trying to help people who very clearly aren’t ready to accept help? This is called the “baby bird syndrome” where you pick the wounded animal off the ground and try to slowly nurse it back to health. But what if all that baby bird does is resist yourContinue reading “Baby Bird Syndrome”
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Make Time for Things You Love
Two of the all-time biggest reasons or excuses people use when it comes to not living a life of passion and fulfilment are: Time and money. We’ve heard this over and over again. Make time for the things that make you happy and for people you love. Time flies and you don’t want to lookContinue reading “Make Time for Things You Love”
7 Ways to Avoid Gossiping and Be Happy
Gossiping comes naturally to ALL of us. We see a lot of it in the media around famous personalities. But we gossip even in our day-to-day lives, very regularly. You may be a victim of it or you may participate in it. You may tell a friend or a co-worker something in confidence (you think).Continue reading “7 Ways to Avoid Gossiping and Be Happy”
Create your own Happiness
How would you define a happy person? Most of the research in the field of psychology defines a happy person as someone who experiences frequent positive emotions, such as joy, interest, pride, and sometimes infrequent (though not absent) negative emotions, such as sadness, anxiety, and anger. Happiness has also been said to relate to lifeContinue reading “Create your own Happiness”
How to Improve Work-Life Balance
Work often takes precedence over everything else in our lives. Our desire to succeed professionally can push us to set aside our own well-being. Creating a harmonious work-life balance or work-life integration is critical, though, to improve not only our physical, emotional and mental well-being, but it’s also important for our career. In short, work-lifeContinue reading “How to Improve Work-Life Balance”
Why should you let life surprise you?
The struggle with life results from trying to control conditions beyond your capacity. We feel we are in control because it gives us command over our lives. Yet, unseen forces are at work in the background which include: conscious and unconscious thoughts and free will. Struggling is pointless because it doesn’t change outside circumstances, itContinue reading “Why should you let life surprise you?”
The Battle Between Mind and Heart
It is a tough situation when your heart says go for it and your mind says “No” it is wrong. You do accept the things happening in your life and you want to create a new life which is better than what you are living today. Sometimes your heart tells you to help someone findContinue reading “The Battle Between Mind and Heart”
The Secret of Happiness is Less Expectations
How many times in your life have you experienced hurt, disappointment, anger, or stress, from the difference between your imagination and reality? We’re very creative creatures. And when we set out to do things, we always expect that everything will turn out exactly the way we want. Does this sound familiar? “I’m going to finishContinue reading “The Secret of Happiness is Less Expectations”
Solitude: How & Why to Spend Time Alone
When was the last time you were alone? Not lonely, or isolated, or missing someone. But alone, happily, by choice? If you’re still thinking, it’s been too long. Modern society has developed some negative associations with the idea of being alone. When kids misbehave, parents send them to their rooms to sit in silence asContinue reading “Solitude: How & Why to Spend Time Alone”
Own your Flaws
We see our physical imperfections every time we look at ourselves in a mirror. We sometimes reflect on our shortcomings or imperfections of character after we fail to respond to a situation in an emotionally-balanced way; When we realize we were untruthful to ourselves and to others, or when we harshly criticize ourselves for notContinue reading “Own your Flaws”
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