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Opening to Your Creative Flow
It has been proven that creativity is an important part of establishing and maintaining well-being, and mindfulness is a part of the process. When people are actively creative every day, in even a very small way, they report feeling more up-beat and happy. Creating something new can be as small as driving a new way…
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A Mindful Experience of Growth
When you are forced by circumstances to step outside of that well-known comfort zone, you usually feel ill-at-ease, or, logically, uncomfortable. All experiences which trigger painful emotions are teachers, even when you are unable or unwilling to recognize that. Difficult emotions are always an opportunity for learning. The breakup of a relationship can create self-discovery…
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Why You Should Create a Curious Life
“Curiosity killed the cat” is an unfortunate and inaccurate adage. Curiosity is instead the impetus for acquiring knowledge. The child without healthy inquisitiveness would never learn to walk or talk! Being inquisitive is its own motivation; when you are curious about something you are motivated to learn about it. You would tend to delve deeply…
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The Value of Play in Well-Being
Humans are creatures of thought, emotion and physicality. While such practices as mindfulness and meditation enable us to connect with Spirit, our own Soul Wisdom, the “spirit” component is also fed with play. And yet many adults either do not make time for recreation in their lives. Far from being trivial, unimportant or non-productive, play for…
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Why Am I Always So Tired?
When you have been physically active for a period of time, it is easy to understand why you feel tired. Did you know that there are many other potential reasons for feeling fatigue? When you feel tired without any particularly stressful activity, you may wish to review your diet and sleep patterns. Insufficient nutrients and…
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What Does it Mean to Trust?
“Trust the process.” “Keep the faith.” These aphorisms have become commonplace, but do they have validity in our lives? How exactly do we “trust the process”? Trust is, for the most part, developed in early childhood. The infant learns whether his or her physical and emotional needs are being met, and therefore whether the world…
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Seasons of Change
We all know that nature has a rhythm – a time for planting and for harvesting, a time to hibernate and a time to become active. Consider that your body and soul have seasons as well, natural cycles of life. We are always changing and evolving, according to our beliefs and the circumstances those beliefs create.…
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How to Change “Why” to “What”
It is common in times of stress to ask “why.” Why did he leave me? Why did I say that? Why is the world so chaotic? “Why” is a natural response to a lack of understanding, and knowing the answer may be comforting. Asking and answering this question can be important in many situations. Being…
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What to Do When “Should” Takes Over
We are surrounded by countless sources of input – friends, family, coworkers, the media, even billboards and print materials. How much of that input is based on “should”? You should buy this drug so you don’t get this disease. You should think this way because I do. You should go to this church because I…
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Parenting in the Digital Age
In an earlier post, I discussed Cyber-psychology and the shallow, virtual relationships that develop in our modern, digital age. What effect does digital technology have on parenting and the family? According to a national survey by the Center on Media and Human Development, School of Communication at Northwestern University, parents do use technology as a…
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How to Recognize “Gaslighting”
“Gaslight” is a movie which was released in 1944, the story of the systematic, gradual psychological manipulation of a wife by her husband to cover a murder the husband had committed. One of his many techniques was to dim the gas lights in the house, yet insisting to his wife that the footsteps she heard…
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The Digital World vs. the Real World
One of the modern world’s greatest inventions – the digital device– can also be one of its greatest downfalls. As with so many other developments of the technical age, smart phones and tablets can be used in a healthy or an unhealthy way. An entire branch of study is developing: Cyberpsychology. Anyone with a smart…