(Hugo Huyer) We all have those days when we’d much rather go back to sleep. We may feel tired, exhausted, worn out, fatigued, and no amount of coffee seems to help. But work needs to get done, so how do you increase your productivity when you’re running on an empty tank?
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How to Master Your Emotions in Five Simple Steps
(Darren J. Gold) To lead an extraordinary life, you need to be the master of your emotions, not a slave to them. You can either react to events — and let your emotions drive the outcome — or control your circumstances and decide how you’ll respond. However, to make this change happen, there are five fundamental steps you need to regularly practice.
Relieve Pain Caused by Tight Hips with These 10 Hip Stretches
(Grace Olson) A tight hip refers to the build-up of tension in the muscles around the hips. This condition usually stems from long periods of sitting and inactivity, but people who are regularly working out can experience it as well.
Five Keys to Giving Emotional Support
(Exploring Your Mind) Providing the right kind of emotional support for someone in need can be tricky.
Secrets of a Counterintelligence Agent: How to Increase Your Situational Awareness
(Graywolf) One of the things we constantly got in trouble for in the Army was lack of attention to detail. Missing a spot on your inspection boots (back when we used to have to shine our boots), an incorrect alignment of ribbons on your uniform, or forgetting a detail in the instructions you were given for the day could get you extra physical exercise or duty – or sometimes worse.
How to Argue Happily: Bank Easy Successes First
(Nikki Harper) Relationships are not easy. All couples argue, whether they’ve only just met or have been together for decades. Even the most stable couples are still two individual people, who will have different views, wishes and ideas at least some of the time during their relationship. However, new research suggests that the happiest couples tend to argue in a distinct way, which could account for their ongoing happiness.
9 Tips for Surviving Toxic Family Members at Christmas
(Nikki Harper) It’s nearly Christmas! What a wonderful time of year for getting together with family members we don’t see nearly often enough! Happiness, joy, laughter and memorable togetherness all round – right? Perhaps. If you’re lucky. Christmas truly is a joyful time for many families – but for many others, the presence of toxic family members can turn Christmas get-togethers into something to be endured at best, or at worst even feared.
How to Have a Loving Relationship When You Don’t Know How
(Ronald Frederick, Ph.D) By the time I was 20, I already understood that there was more to this thing called love than meets the eye. While falling in love was easy, the staying there and making it work proved elusive.
7 Effective Yoga Asanas for Curbing Anxiety, Stress, and Insomnia
(Vivek Roy) Do you find yourself getting too anxious or stressed out? Or are you unable to get a peaceful sleep at night? Well, most of us these days lead a sedentary lifestyle. With hectic work schedules all day round, many of us find it so difficult to even eat a timely and a proper meal. Women especially need to juggle between work and kids which makes it further stressful for them. An increase in stress and anxiety results in our mental health getting affected. Physical health is often taken care of when people find time to hit the gym, but what about our mental health?
7 Ways to Fight Well in Your Relationship And Tips to Avoid Them Proactively
(Mike Matthews) I had one of those really intense arguments with my partner recently, and it made me realize the importance of knowing how to fight well in a relationship.
How to Detox the Lymphatic System
(Prepare for Change) If you are constantly sick or tired, your lymphatic system may have stopped working properly. Your lymphatic system, comprised of your lymph nodes, spleen, thymus and vessels that carry fluids that protect your body from disease, can become sluggish when you do not exercise, eat the wrong types of foods or endure a prolonged, serious illness. However, you can learn to detox your lymphatic system by adhering to a few simple, but highly beneficial, health-enhancing steps that benefit your lymphatic system and your overall health.
How to Add More Joy to Your Days
(Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S.) It’s safe to say that most of us would love more joy in our lives, particularly when it feels like the hours blend together into one big blur, and we find ourselves feeling blah.
40 Lessons To Teach Your Kids Before They Leave Home
(Daisy Luther) “Millennials” have been the butt of a million jokes about incompetence. The generation born between 1981 and 1996 is considered entitled, ultra-liberal, and naive about how life works. But maybe they’ve gotten a bad rap because what no one ever points out is that maybe the issue isn’t with these young people but with how they were raised. I know that my own millennial daughter is competent, frugal, and independent.
4 Simple, Effective Ways to Release Unwanted Thoughts and Feelings
(Anna Hunt) The chatter of the mind is never more noticeable then when you are bombarded with unwanted thoughts or feelings that create conflict within you. A simple thought can sprout into dozens of hypothetical stories in the mind that leave you fearful, overwhelmed or confused. Better yet, an emotional reaction you have to a situation can fester for days, completely distracting you from enjoying life.
8 Creative Activities to Discover Your Values
(Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S.) Your values are the foundation of everything you do—and are. As author Jennifer Leigh Selig, PhD, said, “values are the essential core of a human being… My values—and my struggles and successes in attempting to live up to them—tell you who I am.”