Forgiveness is a process where someone who has been wronged, makes a choice, to let go of their anger and resentment. Forgiveness does not mean we forget, or condone the wrongdoing, grant legal mercy, or reconcile a relationship. We can forgive a person while in no way believing that their actions were justified or acceptable. …
Why Him changing, won’t make You Happy
Sometimes we believe that things outside of us have to change, before we will be happy. For example, we may think, I will be happy; when I lose weight, or when I get a boyfriend, or when I buy a house, or when my husband stops drinking etc, etc. We put off being happy until …
Change your life in 17 minutes
If we spend 100 hours learning to do an activity that interests us, we would expect to have gained quite a lot of skill in that area. But the amazing thing is, that 100 hours is just 17 minutes a day, for one year. 17 minutes a day does not sound at all significant. But …
Overcoming Overwhelm
Overwhelm. We all know what this feels like, right. Our mind are full of decisions we need to make, emotions we have not dealt with, lists of things we feel like we “should” do and much more. We are trying to balance home, work, health, and often kids. And sometimes it just feels like TOO …
The Power of Words
There is real power in words. And some of the most important words we will say in our life, are the words we say to ourselves, about ourselves. What are the labels we give ourselves? Did we choose those labels, or were they given to us by someone else? Up-lifting positive words, can change lives …
Have More Happiness
We all want to have more happiness in our life. We often talk about “pursuing” happiness as if it is something concrete, that we can acquire, if we try hard enough. According to Psychologist Bridget Grenville-Cleave , the amount of happiness we experience depends on how we spend our time, and our outlook on life. …
Not all Negative Emotions are Bad.
We are told we should always try to think and feel positive, and there is something wrong with us if we have negative thoughts, and feelings. However, as humans, we have been given a range of emotions, and half of them are negative emotions. For a moment, let’s consider that we are meant to …
Mending a Broken Heart
Our lover/partner/husband leaves us. We are devastated. Hurt past hurt. We can’t eat or sleep. We are so sad, disappointed and confused. At some stage or another, most of us have been there. Here are some tools that may help, if this is familiar. Firstly, we need to realize that this is normal. We are …
Difficult Relationships
Close relationships make us happy. But how do we deal with relationships that are difficult? These can be relationships with our partners, family, friends, or work colleagues. The biggest key to managing these types of relationships is to remember that other people cannot control our emotions. It is our own thoughts, that control our emotions. …
How to Write a List of Goals that Truly Motivate You
When you write a list of things that you want (goals), you usually think about stuff that you don’t have. You look at what is lacking in your life. But there are things that you have in your life, already, that you want. For example; I want to be married to my husband, I want …
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