LIFE
How I Calm and Release Intense Emotions of Anger, Sadness, and Frustration
“You don’t have to be positive all the time. It’s perfectly okay to feel sad, angry, annoyed, frustrated, scared, or anxious. Having feelings doesn’t make you a ‘negative person.’ It makes you human.”...
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How to Heal through Metaphor: Tap into the Secret Language of Your Brain
“As soon as I allow the Universe to replace my fear-based beliefs with new perceptions, I receive a miracle.” ~Gabby Bernstein
As I was packing up my mother’s nursing home room after her death,...
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Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life
Recently I came across a quote from Albert Einstein that struck a chord with me:“The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them.”I...
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4 Types of Regret and How to Leverage Them for a More Fulfilling Life
“Regret is not dangerous or abnormal, a deviation from the steady path to happiness. It is healthy and universal, an integral part of being human. Regret is also valuable. It clarifies. It instructs....
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How Following Our Instincts Now Can Protect Us from Pain Down the Line
“There is a voice inside of you that whispers all day long, I feel this is right for me, I know that this is wrong. No teacher, preacher, parent, friend or wise man...
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Maybe Your Family Doesn’t Care About Money As Much As You Do
It’s easy to feel underappreciated—especially as parents who work outside the home.We work hard in our jobs, often times putting in long hours and offering the very best we have. And we return...
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7 Comforting Thoughts That Helped Me Build Self-Confidence
“Today I want you to think about all that you are instead of all that you are not.” ~Unknown
I had done it again.
I had managed to talk myself out of doing something because...
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How Feeling Out of Control as a Kid Led Me to an Eating Disorder
In many cultures, food is an expression of love. Sometimes, as was the case for me growing up as a child of immigrants, food might be the only expression of love.
My parents were...