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- Understanding Stress, Anxiety and Depression The Modern Epidemic Despite modern life offering unprecedented technological benefits, and medical science being able to cure or alleviate many more physical ailments than ever before, somehow "happiness" seems more elusive than ever for a growing number. Stress, anxiety and depression are a modern epidemic affecting literally millions. The effects of these debilitating conditions are ...
- Your Comfort Zone – Haven or Prison? Your comfort zone is that set of circumstances and tasks in which you feel completely at ease, ie you are able to operate with little need of conscious thought or will. Essentially you are on autopilot and your mind can continue in its preferred state of slumber. The comfort zone is not a fixed region; ...
- How to Live a Beautifully Exotic Life in a World of Mediocrity By Prachel Carter exotic adj. Intriguingly unusual or different; excitingly strange: What does it mean live an exotic lifestyle? Exotic living can mean different things to different people, but in the context of this piece, it means to live life in a true and authentic way. To the outside world, this type of transparent living may seem ...
- Rapid, Side-effect Free Ways to Reduce Depression Yes, There are Rapid, Side-effect Free Ways to Reduce Depression. By: Dr. Scott Terry, clinical psychologist; David Shapiro, M.A. Founding President of Alliance for PTSD Recovery For Michael Phelps, depression is both a problem that many athletes face and also a personal challenge. Despite being the world’s most decorated swimmer and the Olympian with the ...
- Can I Change My Destiny? What is Destiny? Our destiny is the tentative future path that lies ahead of us at any given now, subject to everything that affects us continuing along its current trajectory. Of course, we cannot possibly know our destiny even if that condition of continuance were satisfied because we cannot possibly know about everything that affects ...
- Seek Experience, Not Perfection Are you a perfectionist? Do you demand perfection from yourself, from the rest of the world, or both? Perfectionism has its good side. It drives you to give your best, to constantly aim bigger, better, higher... But the perfectionist is inevitably destined for frustration. We are flawed beings living in an imperfect universe Physicists believe ...
- Why Mindfulness? Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. Viktor E. Frankl Mindfulness, at essence, means being focused on the present. Jon Kabat-Zinn, founder of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), defines it as: “awareness that arises through paying ...
- Seeds of What? by Cheri Neal The book "Seeds of Joy, Growing Zinnias and Your Zest for Life" may have an interesting title, but what does it REALLY mean? What do Zinnias have to do with Zest? And what does any of it have to do with You and ME? Zinnias are filled with rich metaphors, bringing out the ...
- What I Believe and Why The true nature of reality is unknowable Descartes defined the limits of certain knowledge with 'I think. therefore I am.' Beyond this all is speculation. My entire experience of reality is mediated by the senses, I experience nothing that doesn't enter by these channels, including my study of accumulated knowledge. Perceived reality behaves extremely consistently ...
- When Life Seems Too Much - Prioritize! Isn’t life wonderful? Like a County Fair with so many attractions and activities all vying for - and demanding - your attention. So much to see, so much to do. The trouble is, you're only human. That means you're limited, with only so much time and energy to give. It can be overwhelming. And that's why stress ...