What Quote Has Actually Stuck With You & Changed Your Life?

We all carry little snippets of wisdom around with us — quotes from authors, philosophers, or other figures who inspire us and whose words left a mark on our minds. What are yours? Source: People Were Asked: ‘What Quote Has Actually Stuck With You & Changed Your Life?’ | Collective-Evolution I do love a good quote!…

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Stress: It’s Not in Your Head, it’s in Your Nervous System

How to release traumatic memory that could be stored in your body. Source: Stress: It’s Not in Your Head, it’s in Your Nervous System Unprocessed stress becomes traumatic memory that lies dormant in the body. A present day trigger can cause the stored memory to resurface. Understanding what is happening inside our body and brain,…

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Connecting with your values

Get ahead of the game this New Year by focusing on your personal values Think of your values as the rudder of your personal boat. They steer you towards what and who is important. Your values are personal to you and can give you a sense of wholeness and solidity in who you are and…

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Is Your Therapy Working as it Should? | Psychology Today

Good therapy should feel like work that is paying off. Source: Is Your Therapy Working as it Should? | Psychology Today Great to find an article raising the very important questions around the effectiveness of therapy. I really like how it highlights that “good therapy should regularly feel uncomfortable if not frankly anxiety provoking.” You’re investing…

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Anger and hatred can make us feel happy

People have higher life satisfaction if they feel emotions they desire – even if they are unpleasant. Source: Anger and hatred can make us feel happy, says study – BBC News Interesting research on the positive impact of so-called negative emotions. What I really like is the call to feel your feelings in an appropriate way.…

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Resilience Is About How You Recharge, Not How You Endure

Try really hard, and then stop, recover, and repeat… Source: Resilience Is About How You Recharge, Not How You Endure   The tide is turning. Or so I believe anyhow. People are far more willing to voice their health concerns and worries for themselves and others, over the outdated belief that we humans should endure.…

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How to release the stress stored in our bodies

There is one muscle in the body that often stores trauma. Here’s how to joyfully release the Stress.   Source: How to Release the Stress stored in our Bodies “If you spend as much time stretching your psoas muscle every day as you just did reading this article, you will notice some big changes in your…

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Is positive thinking making us depressed? 

We should not ‘sugar-coat’ the negative aspects of life, says author Svend Brinkmann Source: Is positive thinking making us depressed? – BBC News Great podcast on making room for ALL of our feelings and the problem with positive psychology, in its many forms. What I like is the acknowledgement that, as a culture, we seem…

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Why Chipping Away At Your Problems Beats The Quick Fix

As with putting on a fresh coat of paint, long-term change generally won’t stick unless we first chip away at existing layers that could undermine our efforts. Source: Why Chipping Away At Your Problems Beats The Quick Fix Anyone who’s worked with me over the years will be familiar with my desire to address the…

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