What are 6 Proven Ways to Approach Emotional Healing?

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If you found this article, you are likely in search of emotional healing. And, you are probably asking yourself, is it even possible. As I will explain, yes—emotional healing is a very real possibility if we take deliberate actions to tackle our pain instead of numbing it. 

5 Key Ways to Create an Optimized and Healthy Brain

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Have you ever wondered what it is in your physical body that enables you to comprehend the world in which you live and make everyday decisions? Are you curious about how you can generate thoughts and ideas that eventually translate into physical realities? Have you considered what organ drives your behavior and causes you to […]

What Are the 7 Keys to Ultimate Self-Acceptance?

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What if I proposed that I could provide you with more independence, more joy, more kindness, less fear, improved mental health, a growth mindset, and an increased sense of self-worth? Would you want it? What if I told you that all of this is possible, but the path to this involves self-acceptance. Self-love of the […]

How to Unlearn Fear: Why Fears Are Not Just Passively Forgotten

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 A Japanese proverb states, “Fear is only as deep as the mind allows.” This proverb does a great job of illustrating that fears only exist in our minds and will only grow as much as we allow them to and the essential reason why we must unlearn fear. Fear is a complicated thing. Even though […]

What Is Learned Helplessness and How Do You Overcome It?

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Do you know people who never seem to take action to change their negative situations for the better? For example, an alcoholic may repeatedly try and fail to quit drinking. Have you ever felt you had no promising future? Do you ever feel out of control and unable to address the unpredictability of your life? […]

What Does a Healthy and Balanced Life Mean to You?

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I recently released an interview on Passion Struck with John R. Miles with the author Susan Cain where we discussed the importance of balancing joy and sorrow, bitter and sweet, and work and life. It got me thinking about what a healthy and balanced life really means.  Today, much in our world demands our constant […]

The Science of Learning: It’s Vital For Your Success

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In order to learn anything, whether it is math, a foreign language, or how to dribble a soccer ball, you need to create and strengthen pathways in your brain. Think about the first time you tried to kick or throw a ball. Your first time doing it, you didn’t have a pathway for that movement […]

How Do You Create Success? Life Lessons From Barbara Corcoran

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We hear the term success all the time, and it carries considerable weight today in society, both in how others perceive our success and how we define it for ourselves. Many people believe they create success by earning a degree, buying a house, a car, or a yacht. It can also be determined by their […]

The Power of Empathy is the Greatest Gift to Human Beings

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According to former President Barack Obama, “The biggest problem we have in our society and the world right now is a lack of empathy. We are in great need of people being able to stand in somebody else’s shoes and see the world through their eyes.” The gap that President Obama alludes to is only […]

Cultivating Healthy Esteem: What Are the Ten Keys?

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Famous Greek philosopher Epictetus once said, “It is not what happens to you but how you react to it that matters.” At some point in our lives, we’ve all had times when we felt inadequate and imperfect about ourselves, whether due to a physical flaw, how we perceive ourselves, not reaching our goals or a […]

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