6 Stress Prevention Strategies
“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.” – Marcus Aurelius It is inevitable that we all experience stress in some form or another. When stress is experienced as motivating…
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How to Develop Mindfulness
“Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Suffering follows an evil thought as the wheels of a cart follow the oxen that draws it.” – Buddha The choice to live a mindfulness-based life does not happen overnight, nor does it come “easily.” Like all skills, mindfulness requires practice. The rationale…
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Cultivate a State of “Flow”
“A good life consists of more than simply the totality of enjoyable experiences. It must also have a meaningful pattern, a trajectory of growth that results in the development of increasing emotional, cognitive, and social complexity.” – Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Many people have experienced a state of “flow” when they feel alive, fully present, and meaningfully connected…
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Choose to Put “We” Before “Me”
“True happiness is found in unselfish love, a love which increases in proportion as it is shared.” – Thomas Merton A romantic relationship is the combining of two individuals with their own unique sets of traits, preferences, and dreams. A vast array of conscious and unconscious factors play into our initial attraction towards another person. We are…
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“Doing” Mode vs. “Being” Mode
“You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.” – Henry David Thoreau Most of us spend a large amount of our daily lives working towards “doing stuff” and “getting things done.” We may even become extraordinarily efficient and skilled in our ability to multitask and accomplish…
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Set Your Intentions & Live Deliberately
“Think like a man of action; act like a man of thought.” – Henri L. Bergson Intention is all about purpose. It is your directed attention and the hopes that you wish to achieve through an action. If you’re cooking dinner, your intention is likely to eat that dinner. If you’re driving to work and…
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Mindfulness & Your True Self
“The outward man is the swinging door; the inner man is the still hinge.” – Meister Eckhart What qualities make up who “you” truly are? When you reflect on your concept of “self,” what ideas, traits, or qualities come to mind? The way that you define your identity and deep-seated sense of self affects your…
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Dealing with Disappointment
“The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way.” – Robert Kiyosaki We all know the feeling of disappointment. Sometimes it is experienced as an emotional blow to the stomach, taking your breath away. Other times it might…
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7 Ways to Choose Happiness
“Most folks are about as happy as they make their minds up to be.” – Abraham Lincoln There are plentiful opportunities in life to be happy or unhappy. While we don’t choose everything that happens to us, we choose most of it in some way or another. When life feels difficult, stressful, or upsetting, there is…
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Protect Your Heart with Stress Reduction
“The mind has great influence over the body, and maladies often have their origin there.” – Moliere Today’s HEALTHbeat newsletter from Harvard Medical School discusses the importance of reducing stress to your overall cardiovascular health. An abundance of research suggests that many psychological factors affect your heart health. Different types of stress can contribute to…
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