Stress Reduction Techniques You Can Use Every Day In today’s fast-paced world, stress often feels unavoidable, so we need easy stress reduction techniques to maintain balance and wellbeing. Deadlines, responsibilities, and constant connectivity leave many of us feeling overwhelmed. But the good news is that we improve our capacity to cope with several simple stress […]
Resilience quotes and words of wisdom on resilience to help you keep you cultivate and maintain a calm body, compassionate heart, and steady mind during difficult times. Resilience is the capacity to recover from difficult times and to face future difficulty with a greater sense of ease. Here’s to facing the hard days with greater […]
Grief Journaling – Writing your way through sorrow and into meaning Grief changes us. Whether we’ve lost a loved one, pet, our health, a relationship, a home, a dream, or a part of ourselves, grief touches every layer of our being—emotional, physical, spiritual. It can feel like walking through fog, or like living in a […]
Acceptance of Loss Healing grief through acceptance of loss does not always come easily. Human beings are averse to unpleasantness, and when we first learn of a significant loss, we may encounter shock and denial. I recall when I was 25 years old, arriving home from a Friday night out with friends. My roommate met […]
Grief Quotes Grief quotes to open your heart and soothe your sou To heal is to touch with love that which we previously touched with fear. — Stephen Levine Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak knits up the o-er wrought heart and bids it break. ― William Shakespeare Wanting things to be otherwise […]
Loving-kindness meditation is an ancient practice that has been shown to improve our relationships, reduce stress, and even boost happiness. This article will guide you in practicing loving-kindness meditation. Cultivation of loving-kindness is a significant aspect of mindfulness practice. The Pali word for loving-kindness is metta, which means acting with compassion toward all sentient beings […]
Creative Inspiration doesn’t just appear out of nowhere. Creative inspiration is a state of being that we cultivate through doing things that inspire us. For me, it’s a pretty simple formula: in order to feel inspired, I need to do what inspires me on a regular basis. People sometimes mistakenly assume that what I do […]
Mind body medicine and mindfulness can help to restore the mind and body to a state of wholeness. Wellness happens on a continuum. Healing sometimes brings about cure, and sometimes it does not bring about cure, but healing can restore us to a state of wholeness and increased inner peace, even if we have chronic […]
Do you have a fear of getting better? Is there something that you’re struggling with, physically, emotionally, or mentally, that holds you back? Does this struggle also keep you from doing something that you fear? Take a moment to imagine what your life would be like if the thing that you’re struggling with wasn’t there […]
Creating a compassionate heart of resilience can help to sustain us during difficult times. In times of uncertainty or difficulty, we often experience emotional pain. If we lack emotional coping skills, we may become entangled in and overwhelmed by these emotions, which may lead to increased anxiety, stress, anger, and other difficult emotions. Mindfulness and […]