How to Relate to Yourself

Imagine you are walking down the street in a town. You see a man walking towards you. He’s wearing a really heavy backpack and in his hands, he’s carrying heavy items. You can see that he is very tired, weary, stooped over. You look...

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A Stoic Practice

I recently purchased an app called Commune - a course platform for personal and societal well-being. On this app, I learned something from Jeff Krasno that I am sharing with you, here. It is a form of stoic mediation that helps to change your...

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How to Ease Someone's Suffering

It is incredibly difficult to witness someone suffering. You want to take the suffering away, you may even wish to take it on yourself. You may try to fix the problem for them, but usually you can’t. You feel so helpless.

What is there to do...

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A New Term

Moment of truth: other people’s opinions bother me. I try not to let that happen, but it still does. I am working on it and I am making progress.

There’s a term, a made-up word, that I heard somewhere - I can’t remember where....

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Your Relationships

Relationships have the potential to be a source of great stress. They also have the potential to be the source of great support and sense of belonging - a great stress relief!

Dr. Gary Chapman, the author of “The 5 Love Languages”,...

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3 P's of Pessimism

I used to think it was as simple as “pessimists see the glass as half empty and optimists see the glass as half full". But I learned that there’s more to it. The following is information taken from Mind Over Medicine, written by...

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Compassion Meditation

It doesn’t matter if you use the word God, Universe, Creator, Higher Power, Love, or All-That-Is, there is no denying that we are all connected by something. Science and research is showing the truth of this: we are all one.

Brené...

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Well-Meaning Positivity

Have you ever told someone about a negative experience you recently went through? 

And have you ever felt worse after hearing the “positive-spin” response from that well-meaning person?

Sometimes, we tell ourselves these similar...

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Judging Value

I recently received this in an email from one of my blog readers. It was good food for thought and I want to share it with you:

“Most of us strive to be at our best, but sometimes we falter in that attempt. Unfortunately we tend to be...

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Receiving: The Gift

For many people, myself included, giving is much easier than receiving - whether it is compliments, gifts, help, advice, or anything like that. Why?

I feel better when I am giving rather than receiving. Receiving makes me feel uncomfortable....

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