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Being Positive: Daily Affirmations Soothe the Soul
Remember the movie “Groundhog Day”? Each and every day is the same. You wake up, go to work, come home, eat dinner, and then go back to bed. Sounds pretty unpleasant, right? You wouldn’t be very happy. We are constantly surrounded by negativity in society. People are quick to judge or criticize anything that is not mainstream. But the only way to break out of this cycle is to take responsibility for your own thoughts and actions. Positive affirmations can change your life by giving you a positive outlook on situations – and life in general. A few examples of positive affirmations are: “I am creative”, “I have love in…
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Make Your Own Mood Journal
If you have been noticing that you find yourself easily triggered, falling into certain negative moods, or that you can’t seem to change your mood when you need to then you may need a mood journal. Mood journals can help you determine not only what put you in a certain mood, but also what to focus on to remove negativity from your life and reduce bad moods. If this sounds like something you want to do, here are some ways to create and use a mood journal in your daily routine. What’s In a Mood Journal? A mood journal can be set up in various ways. One way that people…
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Journaling for Anxiety
There are many methods and tools people use to help with their anxiety, whether it is autumn anxiety during the fall season, to anxiety throughout the rest of the year. One of our favorite tools is using a journal, which has a long list of benefits for your mental health. Here are some tips for using a journal to help combat your anxiety. Getting Started with a Journal Why journal for anxiety? The act of writing in your journal is very therapeutic and helps reduce anxiety for a number of reasons. First, it can help you get those anxious thoughts and fears out of your head. Anxiety worsens when we…
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Get Back on Track with Your Health
When life gets chaotic and schedules are full, health goals tend to be the first thing to go. If you have been feeling lately like it’s time to get back to those healthy habits and goals you set out for yourself, here are some tips that can help. Don’t Start on a Monday One of the worst things you can do is start on a Monday or the beginning of a month. This creates multiple issues when it comes to staying on track. First of all, all those days leading up to the official start date tend to be over-indulgent where you get even further from your goals than you…
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Work-Life Balance: Reasons to Get Organized when Working from Home
Previously Published: March 26, 2020 Updated: August 26, 2021 With more and more people working from home, I thought it would be a good time to republish the series of posts on Work-life Balance. Working from home can throw a monkey wrench in everything. You can find yourself working too much with little balance in your life. You may find that you have problems with productivity. There are ways to fix that! This post looks at organization as a way to help with work-life balance. There are links to more posts in this series at the bottom of this post. Getting organized is not just a good idea because your…
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Get Back on Track: Create Healthy Habits
Healthy habits are the cornerstone to a healthy life. They help you to create a routine in your life that allows you to find a balance between your responsibilities and reaching whatever goals you have. But if you have lost your way and need to get back on track, it is about finding that inspiration again. Create the Habit Without the Rules When you lose your inspiration for keeping up with healthy habits, it’s a lot harder to pick them up again if you start off with a long list of rules. You need to put all those rules and restrictions aside, and just focus on the habits themselves. For…
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Getting Back on Track: Find Your Creative Spark
If you have been struggling with a creative block, it not only feels like you don’t have the inspiration to do something creative, but it can feel like your life has lost a big part of its spark. It’s important to get back on track with your creative endeavors in whatever way you can. That will help you find more fulfillment in your life. Why Creative Burnout Hits You So Hard For creative types, burnout can be especially difficult to deal with. Why is that? A big reason is that your creativity and artistic nature is often a considerable part of your identity. You feel close to it and like…
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Will This Ever End? Keeping Focused on the Future
Caregiver burnout is a real thing. It can cause you to age prematurely and could lead to depression, anxiety and if you’re married — marital problems. When you are in the thick of the sandwich generation between ages 35-54, it may feel like it will never end. Hold on and stay focused on the future. Real Talk: Kids grow up Your children are as young at any given time as they will ever be. That means you only have to survive toddlerhood and the teenage years for a short time. Hold on and stay focused on the future. Unless you decide to live a multi-generational lifestyle, your kids will surely…
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6 Tips to Get Back on Track
Falling off track, whether with your health and fitness, goals, or creative endeavors, is completely normal and common. The problem is that it can be really hard to get back up and on track again. Here are some tips for getting back on track, no matter what you have fallen behind on. Start Right Now, No Matter What Getting back on track shouldn’t feel like a grand decision. It is the small steps you take that will get you back on track with whatever goals or habits you have fallen behind on. This means starting right now, making at least one choice today that gets you a little closer. Put…
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The Sandwich Generation: Tips to Keep from Losing Yourself
When you became an adult, you likely focused on your education, career, and starting a family. Being a new parent and learning how to manage a young family takes a while but in time things settle down and life finds a rhythm. Just when you think things are running smoothly, you may begin to see your parents needing more and more support. Before long, you are juggling work, sports, and your parent’s health care. In the blink of an eye, you are overwhelmed and start to lose yourself. STOP! Amongst the stresses and strains of life, supporting kids and aging parents, there needs to be space to care for your…
