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5 Things to Focus on When Your World Turns Upside Down

1. Everything is temporary.

Everything. When you cut yourself, you bleed, nurse a wound for a while, and then it heals. When a flower blooms, it’s beautiful for a while, and then it dries up. When there’s a storm, the rain and thunder may rage all night. But that passes, too.

In the middle of your world-changing experience, it may not seem like it’s going to end soon, but remember that everything is temporary – and your upside down world will right itself in time. [Read more…] about 5 Things to Focus on When Your World Turns Upside Down

Originally posted on August 6, 2014 @ 8:48 am

6 Small Steps to Big Benefits for Self Improvement

Everyone wants to be a better person, but what if you don’t have an extra two hours in the day for navel-gazing and working in a soup kitchen? The good news is that self-improvement doesn’t have to feel like a chore, otherwise you’re going to end up feeling like you’re punishing yourself instead of feeling and becoming better.

There isn’t a single plan for self-improvement; it’s more of an a-la-carte option.

Start by identifying the five biggest things you’d like to improve about yourself, and write down why. Maybe you want to practice more empathy because when a friend tells you her troubles, you don’t quite know how to act. Maybe you’d just like to pay your bills on time.

No matter what you’re after, here are seven small steps that can drastically boost self-improvement. [Read more…] about 6 Small Steps to Big Benefits for Self Improvement

Originally posted on August 2, 2013 @ 6:28 am