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Relationship Advice #2 Active Listening
Take Turns Nothing shuts down a conversation faster than not being heard. When you're not being heard, you unconsciously "check out" of the conversation because you no longer feel invested. No one person gets to monopolize the time. A good way to share time is to...
Relationship Advice #1 Overcoming Gridlock
When we're in relationships, we can often get lost about what the best advice is. John Gottman, who wrote a book on what makes successful marriages, researched and compiled a list of ideas. I found that much of the advice is also helpful for people in all...
How to Have Difficult Conversations
Every person goes through difficult conversations throughout their lives. It's normal. It can be tough for conversations to be productive without communicating effectively with each other. When we have those tough conversations, it can be hard to listen to each other...
Ultimate Guide to Your Mental Health Day
A mental health day is a day that an employee takes off from their work to relieve stress and gain more energy before coming back to work. Some employees are afraid of taking a mental health day because there's still a stigma that surrounds mental health. Everyone...
The Benefits of Napping
Squeezing in one siesta a day could revitalize you and refill your brainpower. Modern culture will inform us that naps are for kids and seniors. The adult working population doesn’t nap! Or do they? In Spain, 41.1% of Spaniards takes a siesta during the week. The...
7 Short Office Exercises at Work
Many adults around the world go to work, sit in their chair for about 8 hours or more, and sit back down again on their commutes back home. Sitting all day has lead to many detrimental effects on a person's body. Research has shown that sedentary behavior increases...
The Best Reasons to Start Meditating Today!
Meditation is when individuals use mindfulness techniques and focus their mind on a specific thought, object or activity to train awareness and attention. The goal is to achieve a stable, mentally clear and emotionally calm state. Common benefits of meditation Better...
How Mindfulness Can Transform Your Life
Mindfulness is a state of mind that you use to train yourself by paying attention to your present environment. It helps you in your daily life, relationship, work, and your overall well-being. Mindfulness involves people paying close attention to present moments with...
How Yoga Helps Millenials Engage in Self-Care
Self-care pertains to one’s ability to promote and maintain your own health and well-being. Caring for yourself is an integral part of maintaining excellent health and projecting the ideal type of energy that you truly deserve. There are many self-care tools and...
5 Types of Self-Care You’re Missing in Your Life
Physical Self-Care This type of self-care focuses on how we will treat the body. We often treat our bodies in both positive and negative ways and must strive to find the right balance. These are the messages our body sends to our brain to tell us what we need. If my...