We all hear a lot about the benefits of giving thanks, especially during the holiday season. Indeed, people who express gratitude tend to be happier, healthier, and more able to cope with life in general. However, sometimes we just don’t feel grateful, and all of...
Everywhere we turn these days, there seems to be another article extolling the benefits of mindfulness, and with good reason. Adopting a regular mindfulness practice can help treat: depression anxiety substance abuse obsessive-compulsive disorder eating disorders such as bulimia, compulsive overeating, and anorexia emotional volatility...
Healthy self-esteem is comprised of self-worth, self-confidence, and self-acceptance. It does not mean that we are proud, arrogant, or think that we're inherently better than other people, but that we feel worthy of respect and as if we are of value. In this state, we're...
Look at every path closely and deliberately. Try it as many times as you think necessary. Then ask yourself, and yourself alone… Does this path have a heart? If it does, the path is good. If it doesn’t, it is of no use. Carlos Casteneda...
According to a study published in the January 22, 2014 on-line edition of the journal Neurology , the higher the level of fish oils in your blood, the larger your brain volume is likely to be, implying that such oils may slow down the loss...
There are few topics as loaded as addiction – especially if you’re talking with someone (perhaps yourself) who’s struggling with an unhealthy attachment to a substance (such as alcohol, drugs, or food) or behavior (gambling, sex, or shoplifting). We generally don’t like to feel as...
“Next to physical survival, the greatest need of a human being is psychological survival – to be understood, to be affirmed, to be validated, to be appreciated.” Steven Covey Most of us agree that good communication is essential for healthy relationships. However, when we think...
The manner in which we communicate with others has a major impact on the quality of our relationships. Yet we were rarely given a class in effective communication during our formal education, leaving us to wing it and learn by trial and error. Approaching someone...
There’s no getting around it – food is an essential and often extremely pleasurable part of life. (That is, unless you’re a breatharian, a concept I personally cannot understand.) Not only is food necessary for our physical sustenance, but it also figures prominently in many...
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.” (Mark Twain) Often fear can be like quicksand. The more we struggle and fight our fear, the more obsessed and anxious we can become, and then we just become more mired in the...