By Morissa Schwartz I recently learned that it takes 66 days to form a habit, and your thought process shapes your overall mood and productivity. Humans have a natural negativity bias: The bad parts of life weigh heavier on our minds than the good parts. You must experience five good things to overcome the effect one terrible thing…
This Simple but Effective ‘Positivity Challenge’ Will Completely Change Your Mindset
Just Start—Reducing Anxiety
Did you know that anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the U.S.? In fact, anxiety affects 40 million adults in the United States each year, aged 18 and older. Or, to put it another way, 18.1 percent of the population each year. And, the COVID-19 pandemic has only further impacted our mental…
Living Forward
The most cherished mementos we have from loved ones are carried inside us.The minimizing process is often done in layers. Famed tidying expert Marie Kondo suggests reducing possessions in stages and starting with easy items like duplicate kitchen utensils and finishing with sentimental items like photographs. The sentimental layer of minimizing has been the most…
A Back Porch Legacy
Craig Dierksheide is a man people will remember. I had met Craig many years ago at a movie theater. Life was different now for each of us, but especially for Craig. He had been diagnosed two and a half years previously with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. The average life span…
Breathing Away Food Binges
Around the world, masks are coming off and people are enjoying full, deep breaths once again. Those deep inhalations may be more important than you realize. While breathwork was once seen as the purview of ancient yogis and new-age gurus, scientific evidence now suggests that it can be used for a variety of common physical…
How to Stop From Spinning Into Meltdown
If you tend to get overwhelmed by negative emotions and fall victim to rage, shutdown, or anxiety attacks, life can be difficult. A small frustration or upset can escalate into an emotional reaction that ruins your entire day. If this is you, know that you’re not alone. This happens to a lot of people, in…
Revisiting Minimalism
What do you think of when you hear the word “minimalists?” Perhaps you imagine, as I once did, a person with one outfit and a cot in a tiny one-room house. Their boring lives, deprived of pleasure, feature drab routines and blank walls, right? Haha! Wrong! Permit me to shift your thinking as we look…
Wise Habits: A Guide to Letting Go of the Past
When we start to let go of the past, we have emptied our cups and allowed them to be filled up with the present.
6 Productivity Hacks to Avoid Distractions and Stay on Task
By Brian Buffini Does this scenario sound familiar? You start the day ready to accomplish everything on your to-do list, but then, somehow, you drift. Social media, email, text messages, and other disruptions get in the way, and before you know it, it’s mid-afternoon, and you’re wondering where the day went! This sort of drift can…
A 5-Step Approach to Managing Imposter Syndrome
By Robin Buckley Imposter syndrome is a debilitating pattern of thinking that inhibits optimal functioning. Not only does it undermine confidence, but it also produces a need to prove yourself by achieving unrealistic standards —standards that you, the person with imposter syndrome, create for yourself. In the process, imposter syndrome reduces creativity because the person…
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