have an emergency tidying plan, for when it’s overwhelming you. For me, that might be sweeping everything off my desk into a big box and putting it under the desk. I know I’d have to pre-plan where I’d find a box too!! And note that even this may not be doable, it depends how far […]
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If I’m not finding the answer to a question, like “How can I feel better?”, try the opposite question eg “What would I have to do to feel worse?”, or even “What do I need to do to stay right where I am?”, or “What would I need to have done to get where I
Taken from Good Life Zen website, by Mary Jaksch The psychologist Nathaniel Branden, who is considered to be the father of the self-esteem movement, came up with a simple way to boost happiness: the process of question-completion. Here is how it works: You use an incomplete sentence, and then quickly jot down six ways to complete it.
What does this look like close up? From far away? In 10 years from now? What does this look like from your perspective? From the perspective of someone who loves you? From the perspective of a poor person in a slum in India? Bookmark0
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My daughter was so excited when she found out Simple Plan was playing up the road, then devastated when it turned out tickets had sold out. I expected she’d be miserable for days (but we ended up sorting it out). But it got me thinking … she’d have been happy if there hadn’t been the
Don’t seek happiness. If you seek it, you won’t find it, because seeking is the antithesis of happiness. ECKHART TOLLE, A New Earth Bookmark0
When you tell yourself that what you feel isn’t valid, that it doesn’t matter, you’re abandoning yourself. Don’t do it. You might like to read this post by LaShelle Lowe-Chardé. And whilst you’re there, read the rest of what she writes … she’s pretty awesome 🙂 Bookmark0
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You can increase positive feelings by incorporating a few proven practices into your routine. Lyubomirsky suggests you express your gratitude toward someone in a letter or in a weekly journal, visualize the best possible future for yourself once a week, and perform acts of kindness for others on a regular basis to lift your mood in the
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Exercise from the book Prescriptions without Pills If you were angry with someone or something other than yourself, who or what might it be? Who appears bigger, you or them/it? If them … Pump yourself up (like a balloon, or anything that works) until you’re the size you’d like to be, in comparison to them From