Category: Emotional Wellness

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Emotional Wellness

Two Words To Change Your Life

If you want to change your life, you don’t need a grand plan. A collection of self-help books to read every day. Or a fancy life coach to motivate you each week. You only need to keep two words in the back of your mind. These two words changed my

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Emotional Wellness

Why Buying Flowers For Yourself Makes You Happy

Whether it’s buying flowers for yourself, looking at flowers, picking, giving, or receiving flowers, there is just something about flowers that always brings me so much joy. Which makes me wonder… why? Why are we, as human beings, so drawn to flowers? What is the psychology of flowers? For me, there

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Emotional Wellness

Self-Esteem vs. Self-Confidence, And Which To Focus On

Self-Esteem vs. confidence: they may seem like synonyms, right? And in some ways, they are similar concepts. However, if you tend to put yourself down a lot, or feel like a complete failure when you make a mistake, focusing on cultivating self-esteem may be more effective if you want to

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Emotional Wellness

How To Get Good At Feeling Overwhelmed and Depressed

Are you feeling overwhelmed and depressed? If so, you’re probably very eager to move through this dark period and get back to your normal self. And I’m here to help you do that. But first, I want to remind you of a saying that has become very cliche, but is

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Emotional Wellness

How To Journal For Mental Health + Free PDF of 30 Prompts

If journaling is something you’ve been intrigued by, but just haven’t been able to bring yourself to do it, you’ve found yourself in the right place. Because this article right here, is the ultimate guide to get you to start journaling by getting the most out of your journaling with

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Emotional Wellness

Learn to Love Yourself By Being Okay With Yourself First

Learning how to be okay with yourself might not seem like a super positive approach to improving your mental health at first glance. But for many of us, there are times when simply being okay with who you are feels much more genuine and achievable than practicing full-blown self-love. Loving

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Emotional Wellness

10 Of The Most Powerful Self-Compassion Quotes

Have you ever come across a quote that activated hope inside of you and had the power to completely turn your day around? Well today my friends, if you’re in search of that kind of quote, you’re in luck. Because I’ve gathered my top 10 favorite quotes on self-compassion, to

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Emotional Wellness

“Never Have I Ever” Is Therapy For Your Teenage Self

Is it just me, or is Never Have I Ever one of the most relatable, therapeutic, and unexpectedly profound sitcoms you’ve ever seen? I really wish shows like this were on TV when I was a teen. Even now, as a 30-something-year-old, it’s still managing to nourish that inner-adolescent that

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Emotional Wellness

Why Creating Moments of Joy Is Better Than Being Happy

For many of us, being happy is the goal, right? But what does “being happy?” really mean? And is it realistic to think that you can “be happy” all the time? The answer is… unlikely. Humans just aren’t made that way. However, what you can do almost all the time,

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Emotional Wellness

Do This Core Values Exercise When Feeling Lost (+Free PDF)

If you’re feeling stuck or lost, it is likely that you are having some confusion about who you are and what you truly want out of life. I’ve definitely been there. For me, the most challenging periods I’ve experienced were when my life felt out of alignment with who I

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Coping With Anxiety

How Eckhart Tolle Teaches You To Feel More Alive

Last week I had the privilege of attending a talk with Eckhart Tolle at the NYU Skirball Center. His ability to command a room with stillness is a unique kind of magic, and I’m grateful to have spent 90 minutes in his presence. I was deeply impacted by his take

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