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How Does Positive Thinking Reduce Stress?
How Does Positive Thinking Reduce Stress? You’ve heard positive thinking can have an amazingly powerful effect on your life, but maybe you’re not buying into all that “good thoughts” power stuff. You need proof. Exactly how does positive thinking reduce stress? What really happens inside your body when you adopt a positive as opposed to negative way of thinking? Let’s take a look at positive thinking and stress. The Mayo Clinic reports that using positive thinking as a stress management tool can lead to the following benefits: You live longer Instances of depression and anxiety are reduced Your natural defense system is boosted You do not catch as many colds…
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Five Ways To Boost Productivity
If you often feel there is more you should be doing but you just can’t seem to get it done, you’re certainly not alone! Whether it’s in the workplace or at home, a low level of productivity may be the result of a number of factors. What follows below is a list of five ways to boost productivity. One or more of them may make a big difference for you. Divide Your Tasks Sometimes, when you know you should be working but find yourself procrastinating instead, it could be because you are feeling overwhelmed by the work ahead of you. You can help turn down the temperature on these feelings…
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Do You Live with Seasonal Affective Disorder?
Do you find you feel a less energetic during the fall and winter months? If so, you may be living with seasonal affective disorder. I know I used to really feel differently then. I remember being at home when I was growing up. Yes, I was very young when I began to experience it. In my bedroom, the light changed, the shadows were different…longer. I just didn’t feel great. I struggled with depression from the age of twelve until several years ago when I changed my eating lifestyle and gave myself a new lease on life. During these past few years, I occasionally still notice I can feel a bit off…
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Get Out of a Rut and Start Fresh!
Here are 5 tips to help you get out of a rut and start fresh! Do you feel like life has become predictable, unfulfilling, and boring? Maybe it’s time for a fresh start. Deciding to make a change doesn’t mean you have to turn your life upside down, but it is an opportunity to stand back and make some adjustments! Whether it’s a lifestyle, location, or career change, there are some simple things you can do right now to get yourself out of your rut and get some positive energy back into your life. Journal About What Makes You Happy Have you ever sat down and ruminated about what makes…
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How to Find the Motivation to Eat Healthier
How to Find the Motivation to Eat Healthier Eating healthy is made to be much more complicated than is necessary. There’s so much conflicting evidence about what a “healthy diet” even consists of, never mind finding the motivation to eat healthier and stick with it. Here are some suggestions for easy ways to eat a healthier diet without unnecessary struggle and angst. Take Weight Loss and Aesthetic Goals Out of it While your long-term goal might be to eat more healthfully in order to shed a few pounds, it’s best it this isn’t your primary goal. It’s been shown time and again that dieting doesn’t work, so put weight loss…
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Being an Entrepreneur
What does it feel like being an entrepreneur? To answer this question, I decided to write down the first five words that came to me in rapid succession. These words to describe being an entrepreneur are: exciting, creative, boundless, scary and challenging. Allow me to expand a bit on each of these words to better explain my experience and perception of being an entrepreneur. Exciting Every day is new and different. There is no “same old” unless you choose it to be so. This comes with a down side believe it or not. Sometimes there is comfort and familiarity in repetition, especially if you are anything like me and depression…
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Sharing My Story
The Importance Of Sharing My Story With The World We all have a story to share. I decided maybe sharing my story has the power to help you overcome difficulties, deal with failure, believe in your self-worth, and change your life for the better. You may not be comfortable sharing your story with the world because of fear of rejection, of being judged, or simply because you may be ashamed or embarrassed by your story. The truth is, your story has the power to help someone else overcome a challenge, make better decisions as well as avoid making mistakes. I felt my story had this power if I put it…
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Staying Hopeful
Life isn’t always written the way you would write the story, and sometimes staying hopeful can be a challenge. Just spend some time listening to the news or checking online, and you will confirm you live in uncertain times. The job you thought was safe might not be there tomorrow. There’s always some natural disaster somewhere. Too often, people seem to be more cruel than they seem to be kind. It’s easy to get caught up in a negative spiral of self-doubt and anxiety. How do you stay hopeful and positive when negative messages and fear swirl all around you? Here are three suggestions to help you deal with all…
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Habits to Improve Your Health and Well-Being
Habits to Improve Your Health and Well-Being What is a habit? What do you think of when you hear the words “habits to improve your health”? If you’re like most people, you may very well hear the word habit and associate something negative with it. Smoking, overeating, and always being late, for instance, are negative habits. However, habits can and do show up as something positive in your life. A habit doesn’t have to have negative connotations. Many people, in addition to thinking habits are bad, also think breaking old habit and replacing them with new habits is painful. This does not have to be the case. Let’s look at…
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Adjust Your Sails
Adjust Your Sails in Challenging Times “When you can’t change the direction of the wind – adjust your sails,” is a quote from inspirational writer, H. Jackson Brown, Jr. It’s a quote that has depth and meaning if there are things going on in your life that you can’t control. Right now, that’s true for most of us. The only things you can change are those over which you have control. It follows that you need to find a way to get on with your life (adjust your sails) and look to the future rather than spending more time spinning your wheels on what’s not working. If a sailor knows…
