Changing ourselves is often the most difficult task we can face in life. How to become a better you? Believe it or not, everyone has gone through that phase where nothing made sense anymore and they forced themselves to become different, to become better. Change from within doesn’t come overnight,…
Our current life situation is largely a result of what we believe. When we face certain inconvenient truths, we can change our lives for the better. It's much easier in life to blame your spouse, boss, society, the government, big business, neighbors and so on for your current situation. The most…
Coping mechanisms are when the person uses certain strategies in order to overcome, get through or manage life’s problems. Many of us have experienced the loss of a loved one, a break-up which devastated us, the diagnosis in our immediate family of a terminal illness, or any kind of stressful…
When you are a narrow-minded person, life is a bit harder. If open-mindedness is a spectrum, are you aware of where you fall? People who are narrow-minded often struggle with surprises and differences. Anything outside of the “norm” is difficult to handle and this often steers them away from trying…
Psychologists agree, in theory, that extroverts are happier people than introverts. While happiness doesn't have a universal meaning, we find that in general, this statement is true, and various studies from the past few decades prove it. Here is some evidence that supports the notion that extroverts tend to be…
Let’s stop kidding ourselves, some of these self-help tips just make life more difficult. There’s too much pressure to be positive. I'm probably about to make more than a few of you angry at me, and the rest of you might just stand and applaud. None-the-less, I am about to…
I know how tempting it is to vent about your problems, but maybe you should keep quiet about some things. I get overwhelmed, I feel so alone sometimes, and I crave to tell someone what’s going on with me. The issues that I deal with are not simple things, they…
Many illnesses have their roots in our spiritual wellbeing. A spiritual illness affects us physically, but to cure it, we may need to work on our spiritual health. From a spiritual point of view, illness comes from an imbalance in our lives. It can often be a result of unhealthy beliefs…
