Learn about Positive Thinking

Being Positive Is An Essential Ingredient In Our Daily Life 9 Ways to Overcome Negative Thoughts and Think Positively Negative thoughts are like cancer to your spirit. They slowly eat away at you until there isn’t enough left to support your hopes and dreams. Negative thoughts are damaging because they affect everything that comes afterward. This includes your decisions, goals, actions, and results. Negative thinking can impact every area of your life. It limits your effectiveness and poisons your outlook on life. If the time you have to spend on self-development is limited, dealing with your negative thinking is a good way...

What is Emotional Self- Control?

Having emotional control takes practice; it’s a skill that you have to work to develop. It doesn’t just happen overnight. Developing emotional control is an important part of human development, as well. In order to function as an adult in society, you have to have emotional intelligence and emotional control. Through this article, we’ll explore the topic of emotional control; what it is, how to strengthen it, and why you should bother. What is emotional control? The term “emotional control” is pretty self-explanatory; it refers to the skill that can be practiced, strengthened, and developed over time to help you...

How To Cultivate a Growth Mindset

Two approaches to learning 1) Fixed mindset Dweck states, “Believing that your qualities are carved in stone—the fixed mindset—creates an urgency to prove yourself over and over. If you have only a certain amount of intelligence, a certain personality, and a certain moral character—well then you’d better prove that you have a healthy dose of them. It simply wouldn’t do to look or feel deficient in these most basic characteristics” (p. 6). From this perspective, it’s easy to let ego be your motivator and to shy away from challenges for fear of failure or appearing “less than.” Who wants to...

10 Therapeutic And Effective Ways To Manage Difficult Feelings

When life gets hard it can be overwhelming. We know that 2020 is a hard year for everyone everywhere. Dealing with all the events of the year can bring up difficult feelings in life. Facing difficult feelings can be tough. Check out these tips for therapeutic and effective ways to manage difficult feelings. 1. Good Vibes Only Keep it positive when confronting challenging emotions. Staying positive means keeping the attitude that you are strong enough to face any feelings or emotions that you must in life. You are not weak. You are smart and capable. Positive thoughts affect all areas...

10 Ways To Find Peace During High-Stress Times

Peace is a precious commodity in 2020. We know that 2020 is a hard year for everyone everywhere. You can get pulled down into chaos by the pace of life – or you can create your own peace in your environment. Keeping peace in your life when things are stressful will keep you healthy and happy. Check out these tips for 10 ways to find peace during high-stress times. Find Peace During High-Stress Times 1. Positivity Brings Peace Keeping a positive mindset helps your outlook and perspective. Positive thoughts affect all areas of life. Make a conscious choice to look...

Celebrate You ~ What Makes You Shine?

BACKGROUND: How do you shine? What gives you character? How are you a gem? We created this tool to help you appreciate yourself – in all your uniqueness and difference! While we’re all more similar than we realize, it helps us truly value ourselves when we recognize what makes us uniquely who we are. INSTRUCTIONS: Set aside 30 minutes to celebrate you! Find somewhere relaxing where you can sink into this exercise. Start by brainstorming your unique qualities, knowledge, skills, and experiences below. Some tips: ·  No judgment please – there is no “good” or “bad” here, there is just...

Is Your Glass Half Empty or Half Full

A spirit of positivity infuses my life. Life brings knowledge, wisdom, and contentment. I have the power to make my life positive. Regardless of what happens to me today, my positive nature prevails. I remind myself to think happy thoughts and reflect on everything that is good, wholesome, and fruitful in my life. When I concentrate on sharing my positivity with others, it not only lifts my spirits, it shines on to the world. At home, I acknowledge the positive behavior of my children. When I verbally praise them, their eyes light up and they smile. Whenever I see my...

What Is Emotional Self-Control

Having emotional control takes practice; it’s a skill that you have to work to develop. It doesn’t just happen overnight. Developing emotional control is an important part of human development, as well. In order to function as an adult in society, you have to have emotional intelligence and emotional control. Through this article, we’ll explore the topic of emotional control; what it is, how to strengthen it, and why you should bother. What is emotional control? The term “emotional control” is pretty self-explanatory; it refers to the skill that can be practiced, strengthened, and developed over time to help you...

What Exactly Is Mindfulness Meditation

Mindfulness is the act of paying attention to the present moment in a particular way; on purpose and non-judgmentally. The Present moment experience you choose to pay attention to can be an internal or external experience. For example: Internal = Paying attention to your emotions, thoughts, breath, or silently reciting a mantra. External = Placing focus on external stimuli. Aka an anchor. E.g. Candle meditation or sound meditation. Mindfulness is cultivated by engaging Mindfulness is cultivated by engaging in self-regulation practices [exercises] that train your ability to channel attention and awareness, in order to bring mental processes under greater VOLUNTARY...