This category relates to practical things to do for yourself. Exercises, quizzes and surveys, all aimed at encouraging reflection, skills development, insight, and learning.
I have just published my FREE course, Guided Relaxation – Quick relaxation techniques to help you restore balance in your life.
How do you start your day? Get it right and start with your mind in the right gear and things can flow more naturally and positively as you cruise through your day.
Feelings can be difficult to control, they can seem overwhelming. If that's a problem for you, this simple technique might help.
I've recorded a couple guided relaxation downloads. These short exercises will help you train yourself in the essential skill of relaxing on-demand.
One of the greatest challenges that a person can face is that of learning to accept the things that they don't like. A core component of the healthy and resilient mindset is acceptance. Though the challenge of learning acceptance can be more insurmountable than the original problem, the payoffs are huge. Writing a post on acceptance is another challenge, it means opening a can of worms... Some concepts don't lend themselves to being written down like recipes.
While we are usually sensitive to the power of words we are less so in what we say and think about ourselves. A simple exercise demonstrates this.
A friend in Canada recently told me about Stephen Pressfield's book, Do the Work. I recommend it. If you have a project you haven't been able to get off the ground this little book will give you some perspectives on why that might be, and what to do about it.
When anxiety gets a hold it can be a bummer, but it doesn't have to stay that way.
Our beliefs and the explanation we give ourselves have a huge impact on how we experience life. Even, in some cases, if we live at all. Explanations rule when it comes to how we respond to events, that's why multiple explanations can make us more resilient. But take your time.
A 'success' doesn't mean saving someone's life or completing a work of art, it can be anything, great or small, that worked for you or has benefitted others. Training your mind to do this and reap the benefits.
