Imagine you’re at work, sitting at your desk, struggling to meet an unrealistic deadline. Before you can deal with the matter in front of you, a text arrives from your husband or wife about an unfolding drama at home. You sit up straight and try to focus, but then an email alert from a credit […]
Recovery from drugs and alcohol is a difficult challenge for anyone. It’s therefore a good practice for those learning to live a drug and alcohol free lifestyle to set goals for their recovery. Goals are important for staying on track, and measuring success, but it’s not always enough to simply set goals. There are good […]
There’s a great line in the film, American Beauty, where Lester Burnham (played by Kevin Spacey) is talking about his daughter Jane (Thora Birch). He says, “Janey is a typical teenager – angry, insecure, confused. I wish I could tell her that will all pass. She wasn’t always like this. She used to be Happy. […]
More and more scientific research is backing up what eastern medicine has known and practiced for years; Meditation is a powerful healing tool. This is especially true for people receiving treatment for anxiety, depression, or substance abuse issues. Depression and addiction are complicated brain diseases that alter the brain in very fundamental ways. The practice […]
“I’m a crusader for being yourself and loving yourself but I’ve found it hard to practice,” pop music star, Ke$ha, wrote on her Facebook page in early January 2014. “I’ll be unavailable for the next 30 days, seeking treatment for my eating disorder…to learn to love myself again.” Hearing that another celebrity has entered treatment […]
What began as one of the seven factors of enlightenment according to Buddhist teachings, Mindfulness Meditation is quickly spreading throughout Western society as a way to become more focused and relaxed mentally. Scientific research has confirmed many of the benefits of Mindfulness, including motivation, empathy, and the regulation of emotions. People of all ages and […]
How much time have you already spent worrying instead of doing something you love? What if you just had one more day, what would you do? Most of us take life for granted, that we have plenty of time left to do the things we really want to do. So we put off until tomorrow […]
When changing your lifestyle, not only do you want to improve what you do but how you do it. You want to feel better about who you are, and one way to do that is by eating healthier. Granted, fast food and junk food is easier to mess with but when it comes to upgrading […]
Everyone’s been subjected to the mantra of gym coaches and fitness gurus that stretching is a virtual cure-all for muscle injury. In fact, if you listened to all the advice out there on stretching, you’d be stretching after you wake-up, before workouts, after workouts, while you’re watching TV, before you go to bed and probably […]
Exercise is healthy for your body. Everywhere you look, people are talking about getting healthier by exercising, eating right and making changes in their lives. Building a healthy body is important to a happy life. But what you don’t always hear people talk about is exercising their emotions. Emotions play a part in every aspect […]
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