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How Blogging Can Save You From Depression

Mental Health, Mind

Anxiety and depression affect almost every human being on earth. Sometimes, we are lonely, sometimes it’s an emotional trauma, whatever the cause, the cure is in most cases to become proactive and establish deep personal relationships with other people. Technology can be a double-edged sword in the fight against depression. If used for escapism, it can make you feel even worse. If you use it the right way to connect with people and communicate, then it can definitely heal you. Blogging, for instance, can be an effective vent of your feelings and emotions. The question is “How to start a blog that you can use for healing and monetization at the same time?“

Starting a blog is no longer something that a company or certain expert does in order to sell their product. A personal blog can help you heal, in fact, writing and expressing your self can improve your mental health. [Read more…] about How Blogging Can Save You From Depression

Originally posted on March 26, 2018 @ 9:05 am

Mindfulness as a Tool for Forgiveness

Healing, Mind, Mindfulness, Spirit

Rejection. Betrayal. Shattered dreams.

It’s a rare being who hasn’t or won’t experience one or the other in a lifetime. They are life’s trials that can make us stronger or break us down. Breaking down is normal. What it shouldn’t be is permanent. Learn to forgive the person who has hurt you by being mindful.

Minor irritations are easy to get over with, like the driver who cuts you off in traffic, or the rude sales clerk. It’s the soul-crushing incidents that linger in your heart and mind that leave you feeling hurt, angry, and vengeful. A partner who deceives you, a co-worker who maligns you to get that promotion, a friend you thought would have your back when you needed them. Even more horrible, it could be a stranger who has assaulted you or a loved one, with disastrous or even fatal consequences. [Read more…] about Mindfulness as a Tool for Forgiveness

Originally posted on March 5, 2018 @ 11:00 am

The Mindfulness Struggle

Mindfulness

We should be mindful. We should seek ways to achieve mindfulness. Mindfulness boosts health – both mentally and physically.

We read and hear this everywhere.

What isn’t always clear is that how much of a struggle it can be to be mindful.

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Originally posted on February 27, 2018 @ 11:00 am

Finding Clarity in Solitude

Mind, Personal Growth, Spirit

Some people find it difficult to be alone. Often, being alone is equated with loneliness, but this is one equation that does not always compute. While there have been times that I’ve been alone and lonely, I often find that solitude has a way of bringing showing me what I need.

Being a remote worker, I am fortunate enough to be able to change environments from time to time, and for the past week, I have been staying on a small island in the central Philippines. [Read more…] about Finding Clarity in Solitude

Originally posted on February 22, 2018 @ 11:00 am

When You Get Stuck in a Moment

Inspiration, Mental Health, Mind, Personal Growth, Spirit

Once in a while, we find a song that means more than all other hit songs. It embeds itself in the recesses of our brains, so much so that upon hearing the first few notes, all sorts of emotions bubble up to the surface. That, or they explode like a pressure cooker with a clogged release hatch. Not once. Not twice. Maybe not even three times. No, more often than we’d like.

For me, that song is U2’s Stuck in a Moment. [Read more…] about When You Get Stuck in a Moment

Originally posted on January 26, 2018 @ 11:00 am

How You Can Help Your Child Better Manage ADHD Through Mindfulness

Family, Life, Mental Health, Mind, Mindfulness

It can be difficult to find the perfect treatment for children with ADHD, but recently, a form of meditation called mindfulness has become an increasingly popular addition to traditional treatment. When done correctly, mindfulness can fit into strategies for helping children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

A growing body of research shows that mindfulness can actually physically alter the brain to improve concentration, self-control, and other cognitive difficulties that are common in ADHD. And children, whose brains are highly malleable, may gain much more from the practice than their parents. Although there is research that supports mindfulness as a supplemental form of treatment for ADHD, in order to prove that these approaches can improve outcomes for children when ADHD more studies are needed.

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Originally posted on January 18, 2018 @ 7:00 am