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You Deserve It: Why You Must Give Yourself Time to Heal (and How to Do It)

Healing, Spirit

Living in this day and age has slowly made us believe we can have anything we want, whenever we want it. Groceries delivered in the middle of the night, video calls with someone ar the other end of the earth for free, an instant answer to any question at the touch of a fingertip.

And while technology has certainly sped up our lives, or bodies and minds are still made of that extraordinary fabric they were always made of – and they don’t move at light speed.

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How to Embrace Productivity Culture – By Rejecting Bad Productivity Advice!

Personal Growth, Spirit

‘Productivity’ isn’t just for over-driven ‘yuppies’ and fat cats! The concept may have been co-opted by the over-zealous professional self-development industry, but folk with a more spiritual approach to life and work still need to get things done, too. At its simplest, productivity means getting more done, better.

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15 Quotes About Suicide

Healing, Spirit

Every year in September, the United States observes National Suicide Prevention Week, a campaign to spread awareness about this social ill, its prevention, and the warning signs. It aims to promote a better understanding of suicide to the general public with a view to erasing the stigma associated with it, encouraging people to seek mental health treatment and counseling and providing support to people who have had attempts at ending their lives.

National Suicide Prevention Week
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How to Turn Negative Feedback Into Something Positive

Inspiration, Personal Growth, Spirit

One of the hardest things in the world to deal with is negative feedback. We all like to hear positive things about ourselves to boost our self-esteem and confidence, but negative feedback can play an important role in our development too. This only works if you can take that feedback in the spirit it was meant in, rather than being hurt and offended, but how can you get better at not taking things personally?

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Why and How to Be Still

Meditation, Mind, Personal Growth, Spirit

In this modern and always-connected world, it’s become a challenge to be still. Being still, you see, is more than just not talking or not moving.

But even without talk and motion, our media-laden world has deprived us of opportunities to be still, albeit with our consent. Left alone, we’re on the internet, fingers on the keypad, texting, chatting, emailing, playing games or listening to music on our smartphones. Being still also goes beyond being motionless, because we can be stationary, but our minds are filled with noise and thoughts.

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