self-care
Finding Your Worth in Self-Acceptance
Whenever Joyce looks in the mirror, she doesn’t much like what she sees. Especially over the last couple of years, Joyce has noticed more wrinkles and streaks of grey throughout her blondish hair. She has just been diagnosed with pre-diabetes, and her doctor has put her on a strict diet. While Joyce would hardly label
How To Craft A Life Worth Living
Even though you may be perfectly content with the status quo, transitioning from one life passage to another is inevitable. Be it graduating from college, getting married, or retiring from a career, all transitions require a certain amount of reflection and planning to design. Use these 12 simple strategies to transition into a productive and
Self-Care: An Act of Kindness
Most of us would agree that a little more kindness in our world is always much appreciated. Unfortunately, too many of us spend our days rushing around doing too many things while feeling frantic and overworked. This leaves little time to be kind to ourselves. Self-care is an important act of kindness that not only
Your Journey of Self-Discovery
Self-Discovery is a lifelong exploration of our inner self. It gives us clarity in terms of who we are and what we seek to achieve in the future. Understanding our purpose, passions, capabilities, and motivations will guide us towards opportunites that elicit a more fulfilling and stimulating lifestyle. The process of self-discovery can be broken
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
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
Caring For You
In the spectrum of life, where do you fall within your daily priorities? Do you put yourself at the top of your daily priority list or are you wedged among the many obligations that come with work, school, family, and social activities? The Importance of You YOU are important. Of all the people who come
How Strong Is Your Sense of Self?
Life is full of unexpected demands and challenges. We can easily find ourselves feeling overwhelmed and distraught as we attempt to tackle the hurdles tossed out at us day after day. Our sense of self plays an important role in how well we succeed in our daily lives. It signifies our identity, uniqueness, and self-direction
How to Determine and Boost Your Self-Esteem
Most of us have experienced gut wrenching times when our self-esteem suffers a crushing blow. At other times, it may seem that our self-esteem is low for no identifiable reason at all. Simply put, self-esteem equates to the confidence in one’s own worth or abilities. It is directly tied to our self-image, happiness, and ability
Take Time for You
Let’s face it. There is only one person who has constantly been with you for your entire life and that person is you. Given this history, doesn’t it make sense that you truly become your priority? So much of what we typically do over our lifetime is to focus on everyone and everything but ourselves.