As the clocks go back on Sunday, thousands of local people will be dreading the effect the darker nights will have on their mood and overall wellbeing. Reduced exposure to sunlight results in them feeling depressed and lethargic – and in extreme cases can severely affect everything from their work performance to their relationships with others.
Plenty of people experience a hint of the winter blues as harsh weather keeps us shut up indoors, but seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a more serious form of depression. Fortunately, there are effective forms of treatment.
When you think about money, what are the first thoughts that come to mind? Have you ever thought to yourself, “Money disappears fast,” “Money is the root of evil,” or even “Money is not that important”? If those thoughts have ever crossed your mind, you might have limiting beliefs about money.
Walking meditation is one form of meditation that can be helpful in our daily life. Like many other forms of meditation that uses focus, in walking meditation we use the experience of walking as our focus. It is meditation in action. During mindful walking, our journey is less about the destination, Instead of walking on distracted autopilot, it’s about bringing more awareness to this everyday activity.
With positive self-talk, you are able to create a positive mental attitude by literally tricking your brain into creating new belief systems, or upgrading the old ones.
The wonderful thing about camping is that everything slows down, after the initial effort of erecting the tent of course. There are many benefits of camping.
Nowadays, most people see training, nutrition, and other self-care activities as something time-consuming. But what are the things you can do on the day to day basis, without using up most of your wake time? Well, the truth is there are many small things you can do. These are simple things on a daily basis to improve your overall quality of life.
Many people go through life with dreams of becoming something greater than what they are now, and unfortunately many of those dreams never come true, because people don’t know what steps to take to achieve success.
Habits are important to our daily lives. Learn how to improve existing habits, get rid of old habits and build new ones.
Ever since our birth, we learn through repetition, and this is precisely how habits are formed and strengthened. In this article we look at how habits are formed and how to make them work in our favour.