Tag: wellness
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New Year, New Me – 10 End of Year Reflection Prompts
As another year comes to its end, I find it important to reflect in a mindful way. Thinking of the highs and lows, all the adventures and solo times. Here are 10 end of year reflection prompts to help you reflect on your year and enter a new chapter. 10 end of year reflection prompts:…
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I am in the right place at the right time
“I am in the right place at the right time” is something I’ve been embedding in my spiritual journey and personal philosophy for quite some time. It’s an age old saying that means things are happening for me and not to me. That everything happens for a reason and that you can never really be…
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Guilt, shame and forgiveness
Let me tell you how forgiveness changed my life and can change yours too. More specifically, how forgiving myself changed my life. I used to be someone with a huge guilt complex – ask my close friends, they will tell you the same. Along with that, I was also a huge people pleaser, I held…
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Growth through discomfort
I hiked a volcano last month – yes, you read that right. I decided that in 2022 I will push myself outside of my comfort zone, and hiking Volcan de Acatenango was on that list. On January 1st of this year, I made a list of all the places I wanted to travel to and…
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5 Ways to Protect your Energy
How often do you feel that your energy is low or completely depleted? Many people spend time getting swept away by the energy of others; spending time to make others happy, or putting unreciprocated effort in to friendships/relationships — all to eventually have their energy sucked away. Being an empath and a highly agreeable person…
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Holiday Season Stress
The holiday season tends to stir up many emotions, and various research shows how Christmas time can negatively impact mental health. Whether you celebrate Christmas or not, the holiday season has been portrayed to be a time that families should spend together and make memories with one another. Cliché holiday movies always show big families…
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Mindfulness: The Future of Therapy
Did you practice mindfulness today? Mindfulness is a technique therapists use to promote the practice of good mental and physical health. Mindfulness practice has been said to allow people to be in greater control of their thoughts and actions, rather than being controlled by them. Mindfulness was first explored in Buddhism and has been spread…
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Flowers
Day by day, row by row, Like flowers, our love grows. Seasons change and sparks may die, But we push through to the other side. Where things are serene, thoughts are fluffy and clean, Only a special two can experience what I mean. Two souls that are intertwined, Just like a tall and healthy climbing…
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Unmotivated: How to find motivation using Self-Determination Theory
Have you ever had some of those days, weeks, or even months of feeling completely unmotivated to do anything? I know I definitely have times like this, it can be a terrible routine to get stuck into and is even more difficult to break free from. The best place to start is to question what…
