Brain Health
Life Gets Easier by Managing Expectations
On Facebook the other day, I saw a post which read: “What screws us up most in life is the picture in our head of how it’s supposed to be.” For decades, I was the world’s best at fabricating this illusory bubble and criticizing myself mercilessly for not measuring up. Through eighteen years of marriage
The Measure Of Our Days
We would all be happier if we could learn to see each day as a “good place.” As Walt Whitman said, “not in another place but this place, not for another hour but this hour.” I’ve been trying to put this philosophy into practice for the last five years, one day at a time. My
The Benefits Of Self-Compassion And How To Get More
Not to be confused with self-pity, complacency or arrogance, self-compassion involves acknowledging your own suffering, faults, and mistakes and responding with kindness, caring, and understanding, without any judgment or evaluation. It’s talking to and treating yourself as you would a friend. It’s seeing your troubles and screw-ups as part of being human. To practice self-compassion
10 Anger Management Tips
Do you fume when someone cuts you off in traffic? Does your blood pressure rocket when your child refuses to cooperate? Anger is a normal and even healthy emotion — but it’s important to deal with it in a positive way. Uncontrolled anger can take a toll on both your health and your relationships. Ready
How Failure Can Lead to Happiness
There is much more failure in life than success. Of all the species that ever existed, scientists estimate that less than 0.1% are alive today. In 2010, the Cincinnati research agency AcuPoll found that as many as 95% of new products introduced each year fail. According to the researcher Richard Wiseman, 88% of all new year’s
An Easy Way To Learn From Experience
For every difficult encounter, there is a lesson to be learned. As part of your personal development, make a conscious effort to analyze, learn, and move on from these costly experiences. All too often, we find ourselves engaged in uncomfortable or challenging interactions with people who cross our paths. Such interactions might include dealing with
How To Be Your Own Best Friend
You look around one day only to realize that you’re playing a part you’ve locked yourself into – a role that is made up of everybody else’s expectations of you. It doesn’t fit anymore if it ever did. The you that the world knows is not really who you are, but you feel trapped and powerless to do
Positive Thinking: Stop Negative Self-talk To Reduce Stress
Positive thinking helps with stress management and can even improve your health. Practice overcoming negative self-talk with examples provided. Is your glass half-empty or half-full? How you answer this age-old question about positive thinking may reflect your outlook on life, your attitude toward yourself, and whether you’re optimistic or pessimistic — and it may even
Dementia: Warning Signs For Family Caregivers
From age 50 on, it’s not unusual to have occasional trouble finding the right word or remembering where you put things. But persistent difficulty with memory, cognition and ability to perform everyday tasks might be signs that something more serious is happening to a loved one’s brain. Dementia isn’t actually a disease, according to the
How to Use Mindfulness To Prevent Depression
Most of us welcome sadness and pain about as much as a root canal — without Novocaine. They’re uncomfortable, unpleasant, and just no fun at all, but let’s face it, negative emotions are an unavoidable part of life. When coupled with all the other things life throws at us, they can often lead to depression.