By Holli Richardson For busy parents, professionals, and caregivers trying to keep life moving after a loss, coping with grief can feel like carrying a heavy weight through every ordinary task. The emotional challenges of loss often show up as anxious thoughts, tightness in the body, low energy, … [Read more...] about Mindfulness Practices to Help You Heal and Manage Grief
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How Parental Anxiety Shapes a Child’s World
By Amber Speck www.writeaboutrecovery.com You do not always see it coming. It starts with a child hesitating at the classroom door or fidgeting through a playdate that used to feel easy. Parents, often so focused on smoothing the road ahead, sometimes miss the way their own unease spills into the … [Read more...] about How Parental Anxiety Shapes a Child’s World
How to Control your Wandering Mind
How do you feel when you can't pay attention to a pressing task because your mind is wandering somewhere else? How do you keep at bay those repetitive, circular and mostly negative thoughts that often cloud your mind? To master how to FOCUS YOUR ATTENTION, let's begin understanding the Default Mode … [Read more...] about How to Control your Wandering Mind
How to Identify and Overcome Social Anxiety
If you feel butterflies in your stomach when meeting new people or just shopping in a busy store… try to focus on the ‘future moment’ and leave behind the anxiety of the ‘present moment.’ Everyone is confronted with situations outside their comfort zone. If feeling nervous and anxious happens in … [Read more...] about How to Identify and Overcome Social Anxiety
The Meaning of Life: Happiness, Success, Compassion?
Have you ever asked yourself, “What is the meaning of life?” It’s not just philosophers, it’s everyone who should wonder about the purpose of life. Let’s stop for a moment and reflect about what makes us “unique”, instead of just living a “normal” life. Those who follow their own life’s principles … [Read more...] about The Meaning of Life: Happiness, Success, Compassion?
The Amazing Superpowers of Smiling and Laughing
If there’s anything the pandemic has taught us, it’s that life can be tough on us. Whether it be unforeseen work, financial, personal or family issues, or just everyday pressures. These challenges can be quite stressful, unless you take them with a grain of salt… The Benefits of Smiling and … [Read more...] about The Amazing Superpowers of Smiling and Laughing
