It’s human nature to project our thoughts, feelings, and frustrations onto other people. Here’s a rule of thumb: You tend to admire other people for whatever you most admire in yourself. And you’re most likely to despise them for the things you don’t like about yourself. The next time you feel impressed by or annoyed with […]
Boost Your Mental Health
Sometimes it feels like we’re going through life on autopilot. When you make an effort to pay more attention to your thoughts, you might be surprised by how often they take a negative turn. Studies have shown that most people are fixated on pessimistic thoughts 70 percent of the time. The first step toward clearing […]
How to Calm Down
Worrying can be helpful when it alerts you to a real problem. But when you can’t find a solution to that problem, worry turns into something much darker and more damaging: anxiety. Anxiety can take many different forms. It can slowly cook up throughout the day until it keeps you awake at night. Or it […]
Thriver or Striver?
We want the best for our kids. But wanting them to be good at everything can actually impede their intellectual growth—and introduce stress and anxiety into their lives. Children can become self-confident when they’re given the chance to solve their own problems. By overcoming obstacles without your help, they’ll have the power to tackle bigger […]
Feel More Alive
As adults, it’s easy to lose touch with the value of the things we do just for enjoyment. There are shelves full of self-help books about how to monetize our hobbies and passions, but remember: engaging in an activity just for the love of doing it has incredible value of its own. There’s a misguided notion […]
Start Practicing Mind Management
Everything you say and do starts as a thought. Often our worst habits start as negative thought patterns. Mismanaging your brain can lead to chronic mismanagement in every area of your life. Your brain is constantly changing—a phenomenon known as neuroplasticity. Whether that change is for the better or for the worse is a choice […]
Free Yourself through Fasting
A few extra hours without food isn’t going to hurt you. In fact, it might just improve your life. Intermittent fasting isn’t about self-denial, like a diet for weight loss. It’s more about changing your eating habits to feel calmer and more in control. When your body gets a break from digestion, your cells have […]
Learn Anything in 5 Easy Steps
Everyone has what it takes to push past their limitations and learn something new. You just need to have a plan. These five steps have been designed to help you teach yourself any about any topic. Step 1: Learn more. Choose five books on your chosen subject. Start with a book that’s approachable and popular, then […]
The Predator Inside
We each contain multitudes. Delving deep into the magic of old stories, Clarissa Pinkola Estés taps into the eternal wisdom of global fairy tales. She examines world literature and oral traditions in her bestselling book exploring feminine archetypes. “Wild women,” as Estés calls the characters from these stories, are a lot like wolves—instinctive, passionate, and filled with ageless […]
The War on Satan
Do the thoughts you’re thinking truly belong to you? Are you sure? In Battlefield of the Mind, Christian author Joyce Meyer writes that each of our minds is a battleground for the epic forces of good and evil. Satan can take control of our thoughts in a slow, imperceptible manner. But we can wrest back control, […]
