Learning how to care for a sad person will help you be there for your loved ones and friends when they are down. People become sad, even those who are close to us. In this modern world, a lot of things can make us sad. Things like the…
I suspect you’d like to make decisions you won’t regret. Right? Especially since we make 35,000 decisions each day, according to various estimates, and most are unconscious. Most are trivial, but some are consequential; what to study, which career path to take, who to date or marry. The…
Well-being means being in the state in which our body and mind are in complete balance. We all have just one life, so let’s live it in harmony with ourselves, with the people around us and the environment in which we live. If you are not sure where…
Stopping being sad and starting to feel happier isn’t a one size fits all. And to many people, the secret to a happy life lies in fitting into society and subscribing to its unconventional dictates. Happiness is pegged on other people. We strive to impress other people and…
I count my blessings that I met Andrea Marcellus. I’m not the most disciplined person regarding my weight, in my eating habits, or in any exercise programme or even the most likely one to stick with new year’s resolutions about these things, if I made any that is. …
Can I be blunt for a moment? If you’re like most of us you probably need some tools to reduce stress and increase energy. The world we live in today is filled with pressure and stress, and as much as I don’t want to talk about it, sorry,…
Living in an endless loop of negativity isn’t great, because thoughts repeated often enough become the reality, regardless of whether they’re true or not! You know what I mean thoughts like: “I’m too fat. I’m just not good enough. I’ll never get promoted. I don’t have what it…
It’s crazy isn’t it. People don’t know if they’re in an emotionally abusive relationship or not. Why is that? It seems so obvious to those on the outside. But it’s not always that easy for those of us on the inside. It’s not like physical abuse which is…
If you’ve ever struggled with self-doubt and low self-esteem you know how hard it can be to accept who you are, let alone think highly of yourself. And as for giving yourself credit for where you are in life today, from where you were last year, well that…
Can you feel it? The holiday spirit is already in the air. Billed as “the most wonderful time of the year,” the holiday season represents warmth, fun, and joy. But for many, the season is often experienced as a time of stress and excess. If you’ve struggled to…
It’s easy to sabotage yourself when taking steps or making decisions about what’s best for you, for your life and your growth. Most of the time we tend to feel guilty about making a move, pursuing our dreams, or making decisions about our relationship, due to others point…
There’s a dizzying array of things that compete for our attention in the modern world. Our devices go off every few seconds with email notifications, news updates, Facebook comments, tweet mentions, etc. We are bombarded with thousands of advertisements every day. We are filled with internal conflicts about…
Admit it. You wonder how some people get so much done while others don’t. How did they achieve so much with their life and business in such a relatively short time? They must have developed some kind of superhuman power. Or is it just because you often find…
“Sometimes it takes a heartbreak to shake us awake and help us see we are worth so much more than we’re settling for.” ~ Mandy Hale “I need to talk to you.” Those were the words of my boss just before I got fired from my job a…
If you had asked me about priorities a few years back, I would have had a whole lot to say about my career. But I had it all wrong. At the time, I was working 50-hour weeks and putting 110 percent into my job. I wanted that promotion.…