Spring has sprung and new signs of life and renewal are everywhere! As the winter begins to fade away, it is a great time to check in on your brain and clear out the cobwebs! Read More
Much like secondhand smoke, whining and complaining comes at a cost and can affect stress hormone levels, job performance, job satisfaction, and our interpersonal relationships. Stress hormones can harm neural networks involved in cognition and problem solving abilities. It has been found that the less a person complains the more likely they are to be happier, satisfied, and feel productive. Doing a complaining fast can be a very beneficial thing for all of us. Much like trying to break a swearing habit, it can be difficult to immediately change complaining behavior. We get used to our habits whether good or bad. However, like any habit, the more we increase our awareness of our habit, the easier it becomes to change that habit. Read More
We can all tell when it feels like the fizzy water inside us is building up pressure and when we are about to explode. Working on what we feel and why we feel it can help turn that soda into water inside us and will allow us to sail over the waves of life without getting drowned. Read More
Brain and body work can help to release these traumas from our tissues. Working out our past traumas and setting free our tissues can help us to get rid of stresses and pains that have plagued us. Imagine realizing that you’ve been carrying a backpack full of heavy useless rocks around your whole life. Then imagine being able to drop each rock from your pack and continue forward. In time your shoulders and spine hurt less, your step feels lighter and your mind will be more at ease. All of us carry around things not meant for us. Read More
Caring for something outside of yourself is one of the best and fastest ways to care for ourselves. Getting a houseplant or tending an entire jungle inside your home, when done mindfully, can help increase our well-being. Read More
For many, receiving a compliment makes us uncomfortable and we feel the need to downplay the compliment, dismiss, or otherwise neutralize it. Learning to accept compliments graciously can help enrich our lives and lead to happier, healthier relationships with others and ourselves. Read More
Saying “I love this” can be a game changer for people. They are able to adapt to life’s challenges and even thrive better by viewing things more positively and also by integrating changes into their narratives with positive feelings and vibes. A lot of the torment we experience in this life as human beings is due to not letting go or refusing to accept what has already occurred. This does not mean that those occurrences were not important, crucial, or traumatizing, but changing our outlook and processing them with a sense of love can help us to embrace change and grow. Read More
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Most of us are master procrastinators! Let’s celebrate that… tomorrow. We tend to put things off and off until it is nearly the last viable second to do anything about said task. Once we break down what we are procrastinating into smaller chunks or steps our brain automatically starts preparing to check off those steps. Read More
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The chemicals, hormones, emotions, and feelings that we experience from traumatic experiences (both physical and psychological) can lock up or be locked up within muscles and tissues. Focusing your mind on a time that brought you joy or happy moments helps you to infuse happy chemicals into your bloodstream and reset these tissues. Read More
Any time we are able to identify and dissect what exactly is making us fearful or anxious, we are then better able to face it. Many times the fears and anxieties dissolve away as we reassure our brains and bodies that we are okay and that what we are worried about is not a threat to us. Read More
