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    22 More Ways To Develop Resilience

    February 23, 2024

    If there’s one skill we all need in this unpredictable world, it’s resilience. Try as we might, and however hard we work, life will not always go our way. Some people respond to challenges and setbacks by bouncing back even higher, like a superball. Other people are more likely to land like a lead weight. […]

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    22 More Ways To Develop Resilience

    February 23, 2024

    If there’s one skill we all need in this unpredictable world, it’s resilience. Try as we might, and however hard we work, life will not always go our way. Some people respond to challenges and setbacks by bouncing back even higher, like a superball. Other people are more likely to land like a lead weight. […]

    Filed Under: Courage, General, Happiness, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Personal Growth Tagged With: forgive, resilience, self-compassion

    12 Ways To Develop A Growth (vs. Fixed) Mindset

    January 19, 2024

    Do you often say to yourself things like, “This experience means that I’m not a good person”, “I’m not good at math”, or “I’m not worthy of my husband [or wife]”. If so, this is a clue that you may have a fixed mindset, in which you see things fatalistically, as if certain qualities of […]

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    12 Ways To Develop A Growth (vs. Fixed) Mindset

    January 19, 2024

    Do you often say to yourself things like, “This experience means that I’m not a good person”, “I’m not good at math”, or “I’m not worthy of my husband [or wife]”. If so, this is a clue that you may have a fixed mindset, in which you see things fatalistically, as if certain qualities of […]

    Filed Under: Acceptance, Courage, Emotion Regulation, General, Goal Setting, Mental Health, Personal Growth Tagged With: brain, forgive, growth, mindset, opportunities, perseverance

    4 Key Questions To Ask Yourself Each Day

    January 5, 2021

    Personal change and growth are healthy and in fact optimal approaches to life. We may fall into the alternatives of stagnation and regression from time to time, but to engage in these patterns on a regular basis isn’t likely to do ourselves or other people any favors. So, how do we get ourselves off auto-pilot […]

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    4 Key Questions To Ask Yourself Each Day

    January 5, 2021

    Personal change and growth are healthy and in fact optimal approaches to life. We may fall into the alternatives of stagnation and regression from time to time, but to engage in these patterns on a regular basis isn’t likely to do ourselves or other people any favors. So, how do we get ourselves off auto-pilot […]

    Filed Under: General, Goal Setting, Happiness, Personal Growth, Self-Compassion Tagged With: forgive, grateful, personal growth

    15 Facts About Forgiveness

    October 10, 2019

    “How dare she do such a thing?” “I’ll never get over this!”  “I want him to pay for his actions!” “I’ll never be able to trust him/her/anyone again.” When we’ve been hurt by someone, any or all of these thoughts can plague us. We’re filled with (and tormented by) anger, resentment, tension, anguish, anxiety, and […]

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    15 Facts About Forgiveness

    October 10, 2019

    “How dare she do such a thing?” “I’ll never get over this!”  “I want him to pay for his actions!” “I’ll never be able to trust him/her/anyone again.” When we’ve been hurt by someone, any or all of these thoughts can plague us. We’re filled with (and tormented by) anger, resentment, tension, anguish, anxiety, and […]

    Filed Under: Acceptance, Emotion Regulation, General, Mental Health, Peace, Personal Growth, Relationships Tagged With: accept, forgive, forgiveness

    30 Ways To Increase Your Happiness In The New Year

    January 2, 2019

    Whether or not you set resolutions for the New Year, you probably would like to maintain or increase your happiness quotient. If so, the following tips may prove to be helpful: Write down three positive things that happened to you each day and think about how and why they occurred. Maybe they seemed to happen […]

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    30 Ways To Increase Your Happiness In The New Year

    January 2, 2019

    Whether or not you set resolutions for the New Year, you probably would like to maintain or increase your happiness quotient. If so, the following tips may prove to be helpful: Write down three positive things that happened to you each day and think about how and why they occurred. Maybe they seemed to happen […]

    Filed Under: Emotion Regulation, General, Goal Setting, Happiness, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Personal Growth, Relationships Tagged With: exercise, forgive, gratitude, happiness, mindfulness

    Why and How to Forgive

    May 16, 2016

    Life is precarious, people aren’t perfect, and so it’s inevitable that at some point we’ll be hurt or injured emotionally by somebody’s words or actions. The offense may be something relatively mild (making a thoughtless remark) or horrendous (child abuse). The question is how do we heal? Should we forgive, and if so, why? And […]

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    Why and How to Forgive

    May 16, 2016

    Life is precarious, people aren’t perfect, and so it’s inevitable that at some point we’ll be hurt or injured emotionally by somebody’s words or actions. The offense may be something relatively mild (making a thoughtless remark) or horrendous (child abuse). The question is how do we heal? Should we forgive, and if so, why? And […]

    Filed Under: Acceptance, General, Personal Growth, Relationships Tagged With: forgive

    How To Become an Optimist

    July 20, 2014

    “If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change some past or future event, then you are residing on another planet with a different reality system.”  William James In his book Learned Optimism, Dr. Martin Seligman explains, “The defining characteristic of pessimists is that they tend to believe bad events will last a long […]

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    How To Become an Optimist

    July 20, 2014

    “If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change some past or future event, then you are residing on another planet with a different reality system.”  William James In his book Learned Optimism, Dr. Martin Seligman explains, “The defining characteristic of pessimists is that they tend to believe bad events will last a long […]

    Filed Under: General, Happiness, Self-Compassion Tagged With: forgive, optimist

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