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When I'm depressed, I can't think. I stand in the middle of my kitchen in despair, looking at all the ...

Free Audio from Russ Harris (ACT) How to Increase Your Joy of Life: 5 Ways - Loretta Breuning(?) Free Mental ...

You can call it God, the universe, karma, or whatever you like — the point is to have faith. Keep ...

Question it - is it true? Can you absolutely know it's true? etc (Byron Katie - The Work) Question it ...

Would doing something be helpful right now, or not? ...

There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because ...

It took me a long time to realise what "Choose love" actually meant. I thought it was something spiritual, esoteric ...

What happens when you begin to feel uneasy, unsettled, queasy? Notice the panic where you instantly grab for something. That ...

Instead of blaming our discomfort on outer circumstances or on our own weakness, we can choose to stay present and ...

You are a function of what the whole universe is doing in the same way that a wave is a ...

“There is vitality, a life force, energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is ...

“When I was 15, I spent a month working on an archeological dig. I was talking to one of the ...

When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside of you as fate. - Carl Jung ALSO seen as ...

Use NVC Find Peace (my free online tool for getting to clarity and peace) Questions If this was the first ...

Here's a simple yet effective exercise for challenging or changing negative beliefs. In my experience, affirmations by themselves don't work ...

Complex systems have emergent properties – that is, the system has properties that are NOT part of the sub-components. (from ...

Here's a great article: The 5 Steps to Spiritual Surrender, by Gabrielle Bernstein (author of The Universe Has Your Back) Highlights: “Your ...

You Will Lose EverythingYou will lose everything. Your money, your power, your fame, your success, perhaps even your memories. Your ...

Having yet again had it pointed out to me (thanks, Life!) just how completely wrong I've been (Jonathan, Sharon Key, ...

Stop trying so hard!! Just NOTICE what's happening!!! Before enlightenment, I used to be depressed; after enlightenment, I continue to ...

Heard on podcast: Under anger is always "a collapse into shame" ...

There are two kinds of anger. There's the anger in the moment - that's lizard brain, fight or flight, a ...

The important thing is to bring out the awareness of your anger to protect and sponsor it. Then the anger ...

I just read Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It, by Kamal Ravikant - short eBook, currently $2.99, plus ...

by Megan Devine of Refuge in Grief in this post You can’t heal somebody’s pain by trying to take it away from them ...

Many years ago, as a teenager, I despaired of ever finding a way out of the pain I was in ...

Think the world isn't kind enough? Be kind. Think people aren't honest enough? Be honest. Want more connection with people? ...

Can't cheer yourself up? Maybe cheer up someone else. Here's some ideas: Find some awesome quotes and use paper-clips or ...

There are always a million things I could be grateful for. My happiness depends on me noticing them ...

"Don't just do something, stand there!" - Marshall Rosenberg The biggest mistake people make is thinking they have to DO ...

"When we are overwhelmed and can’t hold presence for ourselves, nature offers itself as a grounding force. The deep silence ...

"The order of change - We may begin deep listening with the hope that something inside that is angry, scared ...

As I come out of this latest depression, I notice all those others I'm seeing on facebook who've been struggling, ...

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To find the courage to reach out for help, and then NOT get it, is agonizing. Most people don't know ...

You live one step from oblivion. ... Your only security is to embrace insecurity. - Andrew Boyd, Daily Afflictions I ...

Be honest. When an unexpected situation arises, you stress about whether to help out or not. Maybe it involves a ...

Seriously, I can't watch this without grinning and crying ...

Try this exercise: focus on something really close; then focus on something far away. Focus on the whole room, and ...

An online interactive thing for moving to better thoughts ("vibrations"). Focus wheel process by Abraham-Hicks ... website by Jeff Tretsven Video ...

I can tell you my life story and make it sound like I've had the most amazing and wonderful life ...

It's hard for me to catch a thought when I'm depressed. I'm so identified with them that they don't even ...

OK, so you've worked out what your faulty thinking is ... but no matter what you do, it still keeps ...

Sometimes, depression is just depression. Other times, there's something going on. I usually have no idea which is which, and ...

Talk with someone before it gets so bad that I can't talk to someone! Well self: make a list of ...

Focusing {link} “I’m sensing something in me that feels depressed … and I’m saying hello to it … “ “I’m ...

Whatever you’re feeling, your brain only knows you’re feeling it because your body is reflecting it – it’s not actually ...

Those who love you are not fooled by the mistakes you have made or the dark images that you hold ...

Sadness brings you eye to eye with your desires. Appreciation is fuel for change. Love gives your sadness the energy ...

Having breakfast, with complex carbs and protein, within an hour of waking up, can make all the difference to my ...

There's lots of basic things that can make a difference when I'm feeling awful, that simply don't occur to me ...

There's plenty of evidence to show how gratitude makes us SO much happier ... but when we're depressed, it's hard ...

Look around the room. Notice 5 things. Do it before reading on. What did you notice? The un-vacuumed carpet? The ...

The best advice I got was from Dain Heer, who said to keep a gratitude journal for my body. At ...

Fuck unconditional love. You can't do it. It's an impossible goal that makes you violent inside. But you can embrace ...

Having negative events happen to you, the study found, decreases your happiness but increases the amount of meaning you have ...

Idea for my sometimes-depressed friends (including myself): We need to make a kit for those times we go down that ...

1. Brain dump - just get it all out on paper, all the shit you're trying to get done 2 ...

Focusing - Something in me wants to do X, and something in me doesn't ...

"The way I see it, every life is a pile of good things and bad things. The good things don't ...

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have an emergency tidying plan, for when it's overwhelming you. For me, that might be sweeping everything off my desk ...

If I'm not finding the answer to a question, like "How can I feel better?", try the opposite question eg ...

Taken from Good Life Zen website, by Mary Jaksch The psychologist  Nathaniel Branden, who is considered to be the father of the ...

What does this look like close up? From far away? In 10 years from now? What does this look like ...

My daughter was so excited when she found out Simple Plan was playing up the road, then devastated when it ...

Don't seek happiness. If you seek it, you won't find it, because seeking is the antithesis of happiness. ECKHART TOLLE, ...

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 ...

You can increase positive feelings by incorporating a few proven practices into your routine. Lyubomirsky suggests you express your gratitude toward someone ...

Exercise from the book Prescriptions without Pills If you were angry with someone or something other than yourself, who or what ...

Instead of "I'm feeling ... ", try "Something in me is feeling ... " (thank you, Anne Weiser Cornell!) And ...

Our trauma is there to give us our life mission, it's there to show us how people are suffering throughout ...