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How To Stop Feeling Guilty About Self-Care?
Have you caught yourself feeling guilty and ashamed for taking some time for yourself? Is your “me time” filled with stress and anxiety? You are not alone. And here’s a…
Read MoreWhy do you find it hard to apologize?
To apologize is to take ownership of something you did, to acknowledge and validate the other person’s feelings, to offer to make amends. To apologize is to show you care…
Read MoreBeing stuck in fight or flight – how to manage acute stress response
Do you feel agitated all the time? Do you happen to “lose it” over the smallest thing? Does it feel like you have to constantly defend yourself and your choices?…
Read MoreHow do emotions affect decision making?
Decision making is the process of making a choice. We usually think of decision making as a careful reflection and deliberation about the possible outcome. Making a decision would require…
Read MoreEmotional Awareness For Beginners
Modern researchers identify emotions as a pattern of reactions whose purpose is to adapt and react to a situation quickly and with minimal cognitive intervention. Emotions are our guidance system.…
Read MoreWhat does “being present” mean and how it can improve your life
What does being present mean? How can I not be present? There is only one time that is important – NOW! It is the most important time because it is…
Read MoreHow To Break The Habit Of Negative Self-talk
Words have power, the words we say to ourselves even more so. The way we communicate with ourselves shapes the way we see and experience the world. There is an…
Read MoreUnderstanding Emotions And Their Role In Your Life
When we think of emotions we rarely think of the actual purpose emotions serve us. What are emotions and why do we experience them? Emotions are rapid information-processing systems that…
Read MoreHow To Give Feedback Without Making Other People Defensive
When the person you are giving your feedback to gets defensive it is hard to actually work on the issue at hand. This often leads to conflict instead of resolution.…
Read MoreWhy You Get Defensive And How To Stop It
If you feel your abilities, competence or overall persona is being attacked, you get defensive. You impulsively react to the perceived threat of criticism by either counter-attacking (being sarcastic, being…
Read MoreDon’t take it personally, but…
When you take things personally your fight or flight response is triggered. You might feel obliged to defend yourself or you might close up and withdraw, feeling inadequate and ashamed.…
Read MoreThe Common Misconception About Procrastination
Procrastination is an active process, a choice. You make a conscious decision to do something else instead of the unpleasant task that you know you should be doing. Even though…
Read MoreDo you really need to get out of your comfort zone?
The comfort zone – less about comfort, more about fear “Get out of your comfort zone” is a phrase all of us have been told at one point or another.…
Read MoreHow To Mind Your Own Business And Why It Is Important
In today’s world minding your own business is a rare skill. Everything around us is designed to get you into some else’s business. With Social Media deeply integrated into every…
Read MoreDesign Your Environment for Success – Home Office Edition
There are numerous factors that determine how likely you are to succeed in achieving your goals. Motivation, self-discipline, consistency being top of mind. One factor that is often overlooked is…
Read MoreWhy Having A Routine Is Important & How To Easily Create One
What is a routine? A routine is a set of unvarying, regularly repeated actions. It usually consists of habits – a series of unconscious actions, convenient and predictable. Creating a…
Read MoreLearning To Respond Rather Than React
Why do we react? When there is an event that is perceived as threatening something called the fight or flight response kicks in. The fight or flight mode was developed…
Read MoreCreating To-do lists that actually work in 7 simple steps
What is a to-do list A to-do list is the cornerstone of productivity. You cannot expect to be productive without properly organizing your workload. Simply put, a to-do list is…
Read MoreDeveloping self-discipline – take control of your life
Understanding self-discipline Self-discipline is essentially the ability to control your actions and behavior, irrespective of your emotional condition. It is being able to delay gratification in order to focus on…
Read MoreMultitasking or multiple distractions – the productivity myth
It is a popular opinion that multitasking is the king of productivity. When you try to envision a highly productive person he usually does multiple things at once. Or so…
Read More3 Simple Time Management Techniques
What is time management and why do you need to get better at it? We all have 24 hours in a day at our disposal. Then why do some people…
Read MoreProductivity For Beginners – Two Simple Steps
Ever found yourself with so much going on in your head, so many things that you need to take care of, that you just… freeze? You’re trying to get some…
Read MoreMessy home, messy mind – how taking care of your household improves mental health
We all know that bad mental health affects how we take care of our home and body. Stress, anxiety, depression – they all have this in common. They make it…
Read MoreThe new new beginning
Here I go again. Like a smoker who’s attempting to quit for a hundredth time. A new beginning. A new attempt to create the me I’d be proud of. Again.…
Read MoreThe easiest way to start a good habit
To start a habit stick it to a habit you already have What is a habit? A habit is an automated action. An action you do not have to think…
Read MoreThe First Time He Hit Her
The first time he yelled at her she was shocked. Ann knew him as a kind and loving man. He was always very gentle with her. Yes, Ann had seen…
Read MoreThe Life I Never Lived
The hurt. The pain. The darkness. It drags you to its depths, to the never ending abyss. Drowning in sorrow. In broken dreams. In the life that never was. When…
Read MoreBeing your own best friend and how it helps you to become the best version of you
Our choices define us. Every choice you make shapes you, creates you as the person you are. But it also works the other way round – the choices you make…
Read MoreSelf-Motivation Through Daily Habits
What if I tell you you’re not lazy. You just lack motivation. Yes, you procrastinate even the smallest tasks, you slack at work, school and at home. You barely get…
Read MoreCreating yourself – the pep talk that started my self improvement journey
You don’t find yourself. You will not find yourself on a trip or in a group of people. You will not find yourself in a new job or in a…
Read MoreStick with it
Three days in I have nothing to write about. OK that’s not true. I have unstructured thoughts. I also have a lot going on in my day today and my…
Read MoreThe Easy Start
As I am embarking on this jourey I started searching for tips and best practises on writing. It seems a lot of people have trouble starting to write. I don’t.…
Read MoreIntroducing Myself
How should I start? I want to write. It has been in my mind for a long time. Over the years I’ve started a number of “blogs” with some or…
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