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5 Ways to Take Care of Yourself During Stressful Times
Stress is a killer. It can lead to inflammation throughout your body, triggering the onset of a number of undesirable health conditions. It also attacks your emotions and mind, which can lead to neurological disorders, emotional eating, detachment from friends and family, anxiety and depression. Unfortunately, stress happens to everyone. That means you need to know how to deal with stress effectively.
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6 Myths about Confidence
You want to have and experience confidence, just as much as anyone else does. However, it is also easy to trick yourself into believing that confidence is only for the elite and not something that everyone can achieve. What usually holds people back is that they believe the myths out there about confidence. This article exposes the myths about confidence that so that you can realize what beliefs might be holding you back. Myth #1: You have to be good looking and successful to be confident How successful and good looking you are has nothing to do with confidence levels. Many attractive and successful celebrities have admitted to lack of…
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How to Be Your Own Life Coach
It might seem strange that a life and business coach would publish an article on how to be your own coach. But change has to start with you, whether you have a coach or not. Here are some points to consider. You don’t have to have a personal trainer to get in great shape. You also don’t need an expensive life coach to take your life to a new level. A lack of funds doesn’t have to stop you from being your own coach. It’s nice to have an expert on your side, but you can become your own expert. Just putting your attention on making positive changes in your…
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Keys to a Successful Mindset in Business
When it comes to having success in business, it might well be that your mindset has more to do with your success or failure than you realize. You also may have a negative mindset and not be aware of it. Here are some keys to a successful mindset in business. 1. Focus Focus is definitely a key to a successful mindset. Continually remind yourself of what your business is about, what its purpose is, and why you’re doing it. Keep focusing on your goals by having them somewhere that you can see them. 2. Self-assessment To achieve a successful mindset, you need to ferret out that negative mindset you may…
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How to Overcome Negative Thinking
Many writers, preachers, and academics have touted the power of thinking positively. There is a giant industry built around self-help books and videos designed to teach us how to overcome negative thinking in order to build a more positive outcome in our lives. Alison Ledgerwood, a social psychologist at UCDavis, gives an insightful TED talk about the power of negative thinking. In numerous studies, she and her team found that negative thinking exerted an inordinate influence on the opinions and mood of participants. . She found that the negatives have a larger and longer lasting impact than the positives. Negatives tend to stick in our minds more than positives. Ledgerwood’s…
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How to Define Your Personal Empowerment Goals
Personal empowerment is about taking control over your life. There could be many areas of your life that you want to improve or feel more control over – for example, your finances, your career, your health and maybe even your love life. Instead of feeling like a victim or like circumstances control you, you can become empowered. The first step to empowerment is to begin to identify goals. Your empowerment goals help you take action and direct your life to where you want it to be. Identifying those goals can feel confusing and overwhelming. Your answers to the following questions will help you define and prioritize your personal empowerment goals.…
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Of Hospitals and Housekeepers: A Tribute to Healthcare Workers
As we’ve been spending time lately honoring and praying for the healthcare workers on the front lines against the coronavirus, I’ve been thinking about the members of my own family who were involved in healthcare in some way. My paternal grandmother was a nurse. I don’t remember much about her because she died when I was in kindergarten, but here’s what I remember. She had shockingly white hair, she loved to play the piano, and she never stopped smoking. I can still remember staring in fascination at the ash hanging off the end of a cigarette held firmly in her mouth as she played away on her giant (to me!)…
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How is your financial health?
Are you overdue for a financial health checkup? Do you dream about being financially independent, but struggle to believe that it’s actually possible for you? Are the bills piling up in your household? Are you afraid of the financial obligations that come with the next thing to go wrong in your life? Thankfully, there is hope. According to USA Today, nearly 2/3 of Americans are in debt. Of those, nearly half have stopped paying one or more of their credit cards. I don’t doubt the numbers are similar in Canada and around the world. If this is you, you might feel like your situation is hopeless. But there is always…
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The Components of Self-Empowerment
What do you think of when you think about self-empowerment? Many imagine a person that speaks up for themselves; others see a person who sets both personal and professional goals and works toward achieving them. Both of those definitions would be correct, yet they’re only part of the story. Self-empowerment is a broader concept that encompasses all areas of a person’s life, from the physical to the spiritual. Here are some of the components of self-empowerment. Physical Empowerment How do you feel about your physical self? Do you like the way you look and feel? Do you have the energy, vitality, and wellbeing that you desire or is something missing?…
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Personal Empowerment – Live The Life You Want To Live
Is your life what you imagined it would be? For many the answer is no. Life gets in the way, circumstances change, and you have responsibilities. Life doesn’t work like that. You just haven’t had your lucky break yet. Or maybe you’re waiting for the right moment. And so it goes on. Did you know that nothing changes unless you change it? If you want to live the life you imagine that you can live, should live, or want to live, then you have to be the one in control. It’s not always easy. If you don’t feel empowered to direct and control your life, it can get away from…
