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- What is attitude? Why is it so important? - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2019 from Dada BhagwanAttitude is that little thing within that goes on to make a big difference both inside and outside. It determines how we experience every aspect of our life. Our attitude is very important when we have nothing and equally important when we have everything. Attitude defines us in the world. ...
Views: 193 - How Guitar Lessons Can Help You Fight Mental Depression - by Submitted on Nov 10, 2018 from kathy mitchellStress can lead to mental depression as well as can affect one's health. It can surely hamper our quality of life. Therefore it's crucial for us to find time to fight the stress. People can overcome mental depression if they can find time to play a musical instrument. It's not only ...
Views: 439 - Key Tips for Managing Stress in College in Colorado - by Submitted on Nov 09, 2018 from Tanvir ZafarAttending college is a big step, and it is indeed the pathway to a better career. Unfortunately, the college experience is sometimes quite stressful. Managing stress in college becomes easier when you use these tips for relief: DO: Use time management Planning out your ...
Views: 187 - States with Best Mental Health in the US - by Submitted on Nov 08, 2018 from Perfect Home DefenseMental health issues are very common nowadays. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, 1 out of 6 Americans suffered from a mental health problem in 2016. This means about 44.5 million U.S. population have a mental health issue. NIMH further says the commonest issues include ...
Views: 268 - The Best Piece of Advice I Can Give You to Reduce Your Anxiety - by Submitted on Nov 07, 2018 from Sheryl PaulOur era has been called the Information Age, the Technology Age, and the Digital Age. But it could also easily be called The Age of Anxiety, for anxiety is rampant and can manifest in so many ways: social anxiety, test anxiety, work anxiety, relationship anxiety, sleep anxiety, fertility anxiety ...
Views: 324 - Want to know if you’re going to be successful in achieving your goals and desires? - by Submitted on Nov 07, 2018 from M Nasir AzizWhat's more, in the event that you need to find the main 10 Tarot cards for a wide range of Tarot readings (love, back, achievement, travel and the sky is the limit from there), Take in the Tarot card implications and read Tarot with more precision and certainty! Here are my main 10 Tarot ...
Views: 164 - What Should You Expect When Starting an Addiction Treatment Program? - by Submitted on Nov 06, 2018 from MD Rasel MIahRehabilitation, just like drug addiction, does not happen overnight. It takes a long period. If you are in a critical condition, you may have to go for in-patient treatment. This means you have to spend nights and days in the rehabilitation center, just like a regular sick person. So, what ...
Views: 205 - Negative to Positive Mindset - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2019 from Dada BhagwanOur life feels so fulfilling when our mindset is positive, whereas negative thoughts and feelings drag us into suffering. So if our mindset is already negative, we should look at changing it into positive, at the earliest. What can we do to bring about this change? Let’s see… 1.Fight ...
Views: 219 - Why Mental Illnesses Require Attention Even When You Feel Well - by Submitted on Nov 05, 2018 from Brooke ChaplanMany people suffer from mental illness at some point in their lives. For some people, the illness is relatively short-lived, but many people must receive some type of treatment for their mental illness for many long years or even for the rest of their lives. Some people may be inclined to stop ...
Views: 293 - Cling Less, Love More - by Submitted on Nov 05, 2018 from Rick HansonAs a rock climber and a parent, I know some physical kinds of clinging are good - like to small holds or small hands! But clinging as a psychological state has a feeling of tension in it, and drivenness, insistence, obsession, or compulsion. As experiences flow through the mind - seeing, ...
Views: 200 - "Can We Ever Be 'Too Much'" - by Submitted on Nov 02, 2018 from Barry and Joyce VissellAt our recent retreat in Assisi, Italy, besides visiting powerful spiritual places, our group entered into an atmosphere of deep healing. Sometimes Joyce and I have the opportunity not only to lead the retreat, but also to participate in some of the exercises for our own continual healing, which ...
Views: 197 - Emotional Distress: How to Recover from a Traumatic Experience - by Submitted on Nov 02, 2018 from Dixie SomersTraumatic experiences can range from accidents to natural disasters, and they can leave lasting scars on the people who experience them. If you're one of these individuals, however, you don't have to let your trauma rule your life. You can start identifying, processing and working through your ...
Views: 283 - Here you can find why watching movies are good for your health. - by Submitted on Nov 02, 2018 from M Nasir AzizThey Can Ruin Your Health: Studies have demonstrated that adrenalin junkies get real pleasure out of being scared by horror films, but in an assortment of ways, they might be risking their physical and psychological health without even being aware of it. As soon as we see an extreme scene in ...
Views: 231 - “My Partner Isn’t Smart Enough” - by Submitted on Oct 31, 2018 from Sheryl Paul“One of the big traps we have in the West is our intelligence, because we want to know what we know. Freedom allows you to be wise, but you cannot know wisdom. You must be wisdom… The intellect is a beautiful servant, but a terrible master. Intellect is the power tool of our separateness. The ...
Views: 251 - The Art of Patient Loving - by Submitted on Oct 31, 2018 from Sheryl PaulPerhaps the area of our lives to suffer most from the increasingly fast pace of the culture is love, for the expectation of immediate results naturally leads to a belief that love should not only be easy, but that when there’s a problem, it should be remediated quickly. Love doesn’t work this ...
Views: 243 - You Can't Stop the Waves but You Can Learn to Surf - by Submitted on Oct 31, 2018 from Sheryl PaulAt the core of anxiety – whether health anxiety, death anxiety, relationship anxiety, or generalized anxiety – is the need for safety. As I’ve been writing about in my last few posts, left to our own unguided minds, the ego will latch onto our stories to try to gain a foothold into the ...
Views: 313 - What is the Work of Breaking Free from Relationship Anxiety? - by Submitted on Oct 31, 2018 from Sheryl PaulA coaching client recently said to me, “You talk a lot about doing “the work”, and I wondered for so long what “the work” was. I thought that if I understood anxiety intellectually I would feel better. And the first time I went through the course I did feel better for a while, which I know is ...
Views: 233 - Heartbroken Not Broken - by Submitted on Oct 31, 2018 from Sheryl PaulShame is often a placeholder for powerlessness and a protector against grief. Instead of feeling the rawness of grief, the mind latches onto a shame story that says, “I’m broken.” Instead of surrendering to the powerlessness of painful situations that had nothing to do with you, like your ...
Views: 184 - Positive Thinking – The Key to Absolute Bliss - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2019 from Dada BhagwanThere are many situations in life like ill-health, loss of job, lack of money, relationship issues, bringing up children, lack of appreciation or motivation at the office or home, harsh weather, car breakdown, heavy traffic and many more. How do we deal with such situations in our daily life? ...
Views: 197 - Why do Doctors prescribe Cannabis to PTSD Patients? - by Submitted on Oct 30, 2018 from Caitlyn BellSmoking tobacco is injurious to health. We all know it. We’ve always been told to say no to smoking and how 7,000 chemicals burn everytime you light a cigarette. It’s not just harmful, it’s worse. It’s cancerous. But do you ever wonder, ‘how about marijuana’? Is it the same thing? Well, not ...
Views: 297 - Pay Attention. - by Submitted on Oct 29, 2018 from Rick HansonMoment to moment, the flows of thoughts and feelings, sensations and desires, and conscious and unconscious processes sculpt your nervous system like water gradually carving furrows and eventually gullies on a hillside. Your brain is continually changing its structure. The only question is: Is ...
Views: 169 - Social Anxiety: Can Someone's Inner Critic Cause Someone To Experience Social Anxiety? - by Submitted on Oct 31, 2018 from Oliver JR CooperWhat someone may find is that it is only possible for them to relax when they are by themselves. Spending time around others is then going to be something that causes them to experience a lot of tension. It might not matter if they spend time around friends or family either, as they could ...
Views: 240 - Surviving (And Thriving) From Throat Cancer - by Submitted on Oct 28, 2018 from David HarmRecently I learned a former co-worker I knew in Nebraska was diagnosed with throat cancer. I wouldn’t wish any cancer on my worst enemy, but having gone through throat cancer I know first hand how difficult the treatment can be. My ex-wife hand breast cancer and I watched her go through ...
Views: 202 - So Much Evil News - by Submitted on Oct 28, 2018 from David HarmBeen kind of sad lately. Maybe even a bit depressed. I can’t see how anyone can not feel a bit down after reading or watching the latest news. What story am I talking about? On what day? It doesn’t matter, the stories don’t really seem to change, just the places and the names change. I ...
Views: 247 - Everything about hypnosis for losing weight - by Submitted on Oct 27, 2018 from Jaclyn TengOver the past few decades, the rate of obesity has increased dramatically around the globe; more than one-third of the world population is now assumed as obese. The obesity brings with itself a large number of inherent physiological and emotional issues and no doubt people have enough reasons ...
Views: 243(1 vote) - How can I stop worrying and over-thinking about everything? - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2019 from Dada BhagwanDo you think you are trapped into a habit pattern to worry and over think about everything? If so, by now, you may have already tried out various techniques, and made your best efforts to release yourself from this habit. And at times, you may have experienced some relief too during the ...
Views: 227 - Depression is now a Pandemic! This is Why! - by Submitted on Oct 26, 2018 from Taryn DeCiccoThis article was originally posted at https://www.apple-a-day-clinic.com/Health_and_Nutrition_Blog?m8:post=depression-is-now-a-pandemic-this-is-why Depression is now a global epidemic. It is the main factor behind suicide, which now claims more than a million lives per year worldwide. One in ...
Views: 226 - This Strange Journey of Aging - by Submitted on Oct 26, 2018 from Nicole AI'm in my late twenties, and that feels strange to write. For so long, I was the youngest everywhere I went. The youngest in my classes, the youngest in my workplace, the youngest of all my friends. I've always been told that I'm mature for my age. That I'm "wise beyond my years." That I was ...
Views: 207 - ***Staying Positive in a Negative World - by Submitted on Oct 25, 2018 from Judi MoreoWhen the nightly news is filled with the major tragedies of today, it is very hard to stay positive and upbeat. Even if these terrible things weren’t done to us or to someone we love, they still affect us. They are all around us. They are being done to people who are like us, who have ...
Views: 211 - 5 Essential Tips to Resolve Conflict in the Workplace - by Submitted on Oct 25, 2018 from Ronald WolfThe workplace is like a second home, and the people there are like a second family. After all, you spend half of your days with them in the office. Though it may be a functional and loving family, it’s bound to have some conflicts once in a while. This is a normal occurrence in any group ...
Views: 302 - How to deal with tough terrains of Life? - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2019 from Dada BhagwanLife is all about ups and downs, its very nature is like that. ‘Where there has been puran (input) there is bound to be galan (output)’ -this is the universal principle that is found in everything that increases and decreases; be it our wealth, our health, our body, our mind or any other aspect ...
Views: 184 - Texas Mental Health Stats & Quick Tips - by Submitted on Oct 24, 2018 from Perfect Home DefenseAccording to Mental Health America (MHA), the total population of Texas is above 26 million. There are 72.9 percent adults in TX; while 27.1 percent are below 18. More than 6 million Texans have a mental issue. This number includes 1.4 million kids. The estimate further shows that more than 1 ...
Views: 193 - Leave the Red Zone. - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2018 from Rick HansonThere I was recently, my mind darting in different directions about projects in process, frazzled about little tasks backing up, uneasy about a tax record from 2010 we couldn’t find, feeling irritated about being irritable, hurrying to get to work, body keyed up, internal sense of pressure. Not ...
Views: 140 - The Impact of Exercise on Brain Health - by Submitted on Oct 19, 2018 from habib ahmed mithuWe all know that exercise is good for us. Though some of us enjoy it more than others, the benefits of regular exercise are numerous. We tend to think of physical exercise as solely for physical health, but did you know that exercise is key for brain health? According to Harvard Medical ...
Views: 159 - Family Safety: Ensure Mental Health during Disasters - by Submitted on Oct 19, 2018 from Perfect Home DefenseHome Emergencies and natural disasters have a severe impact on your mental health According to a recent World Health Organization (WHO) report, natural disasters and emergencies have a bad impact on the mental health of an individual. Catastrophic situations and home accidents can even ...
Views: 169 - JUPITER IN SAGITTARIUS: The Kingdom of Heaven is Within the Heart of the World - by Submitted on Oct 18, 2018 from joan pancoeTo view in your browser and see all the images and activate all the links CLICK HERE: http://joanpancoe.com/page-newsletter-details.php?nl=130 “There’s no situation in which you can be without a partner. If you have no human partner, then the whole of phenomenal reality is your partner.” ...
Views: 409(1 vote) - How can i avoid negativity - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2019 from Dada BhagwanNegative thoughts take away all the good and happiness that we experience in our daily life. The negative things that the intellect shows is actually of no use to us. Highlighted below are few of the ways to combat the negativity that may arise in you: 1.Drive out the Negative ...
Views: 177 - The Gift of Projection - by Submitted on Oct 17, 2018 from Sheryl PaulProjection is one of the most important concepts to understand when you’re stuck in relationship anxiety or any manifestation of anxiety. It’s a psychological term that essentially means we’re stuck in a story about someone or something else with the belief that it’s true, and that if the person ...
Views: 224 - At the Heart of Anxiety - by Submitted on Oct 17, 2018 from Sheryl Paul“The final stage of healing is using what happens to you to help other people. That is healing in itself.” – Gloria Steinem “Why me?” people often ask when they’re dragged into the underworld of anxiety in any form. “Why do they have it so easy? Why does it look like everyone else glides ...
Views: 275 - 5 Red-flags Signs - The Potential Cosmetic Surgeon Is Unsuitable for You - by Submitted on Oct 17, 2018 from Kim SmithIn hiring a service provider or selecting a doctor, you get total freedom to choose without any need for network or referrals to confine your options. If you are planning a cosmetic surgery then the choice of surgeon is crucial. The experience will live for life. Successful procedure can root ...
Views: 315 - 5 Surprising Traits from Parents Most Adults Will End up Inheriting - by Submitted on Oct 17, 2018 from M Nasir AzizYour ancestors can have a tremendous impact on who you end up becoming as an adult. Click here to learn which surprising traits from parents you will inherit! "That's exactly what your parents would say!" It's something most of us have heard at one point or another. Whether it makes you ...
Views: 2232(1 vote) - Life saving tips that can help in almost any natural disaster in US - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2018 from Perfect Home DefenseHurricane Michael, the sturdiest storm in decades, pounded Florida Panhandle and moved to Georgia, recently. The storm caused severe loss as the initial reports predicted. It forced about half a million homeowners to evacuate their houses. More than 3 million homes faced power outage and it ...
Views: 169 - How to overcome the fear of death - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2019 from Dada BhagwanWe all know that death is inevitable; whether we like it or not, we all have to die one day. Yet many people in this world have fear of death, for death is a mystery, a mystery of ‘What happens to me next?’... When one learns about the facts related to death, his fears get eased.The mystery ...
Views: 189 - Be Benevolent. - by Submitted on Oct 15, 2018 from Rick HansonBenevolence is a fancy word that means something simple: good intentions toward living beings, including oneself. This goodwill is present in warmth, friendliness, compassion, ordinary decency, fair play, kindness, altruism, generosity, and love. The benevolent heart leans toward others; it ...
Views: 172 - How One Addiction Treatment Center is Changing How Alcohol and Drug Rehab Looks in Kansas City, Missouri. - by Submitted on Oct 15, 2018 from Scott McKinney“Patients are able to get high-quality care that works around their schedule, has effective outcomes, for as long as they need it while using their in-network health insurance benefits.” There are Typically Three Types of Alcohol and Drug Rehab Centers. Alcohol and Drug Rehabs typically ...
Views: 196 - Psychiatric Emergencies - by Submitted on Oct 14, 2018 from Jonathan WilsonOne of the most frustrating and difficult medical emergencies to handle is the psychiatric emergency. It is a condition in which family members or bystanders will have to use mostly their wits, not only to save the person affected but also themselves from trivial to mortal injury. Many of us ...
Views: 189 - Avoid Seeking Confirming Evidence to Make Smarter Decisions - by Submitted on Oct 11, 2018 from Kare AndersonThis trap is the bias that leads us to seek out information to support our existing point of view while avoiding information that contradicts it. This bias not only affects where we go to collect evidence to reinforce a current stance or perspective, but also how we interpret the evidence we ...
Views: 218 - Avoid Seeking Confirming Evidence to Make Smarter Decisions - by Submitted on Oct 11, 2018 from Kare AndersonThis trap is the bias that leads us to seek out information to support our existing point of view while avoiding information that contradicts it. This bias not only affects where we go to collect evidence to reinforce a current stance or perspective, but also how we interpret the evidence we ...
Views: 196 - Child Abuse: How Can Someone Develop A Sense Of Safety And Security After Being Abused? - by Submitted on Oct 11, 2018 from Oliver JR CooperIn the same way that a house will need strong foundations, a human being will also need strong foundations. When strong foundations are laid down for a house, this part will be strong enough to handle the other levels that are added, and, when it comes to a human being, strong foundations will ...
Views: 271 - Top Tips for Caring for Your Mental Well-Being - by Submitted on Oct 11, 2018 from Pie chanGenerally speaking, the phrase mental well-being describes how well a person can cope with his or her everyday life. Caring for your mental well-being is possibly the most important thing you can do. A positive mental well-being can make you feel safer in your own body and help you to make ...
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