One of the hardest aspects of change can be permitting yourself to change. It is easy to become stuck in believing that, because you have been one way all your life, you will always be that way. Recognizing you have… Read More ›
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Why Self-Acceptance Is the Platform for Change
Self-acceptance is the ability to accept your positive and negative attributes. It allows you to believe in your capabilities and protect yourself from negative criticism. With self-acceptance, you feel safe being yourself and expressing yourself in ways that make sense… Read More ›
A New Understanding of Mental Illness
Video games have become more popular over the years. In the late 90s, most children and teenagers enjoyed the escape of entertainment in the form of Donkey Kong and Street Fighter. For a long time, the targeted demographic of video… Read More ›
Being Realistic with Your New Year’s Resolutions
Before the ball drops, many people hold deep within themselves these wishes and goals that they’d like to achieve for the upcoming year – goals associated with career, personal growth, relationships and more. Some may reflect on their last year’s… Read More ›
Lies in Recovery
Recovery is filled with ups and downs, and sometimes we may experience different mindsets for it. The beginning of recovery can be challenging because you don’t know what to expect, but even months – or years – later, recovery can… Read More ›
Coping with Change
Change is never easy. Here are some helpful and healthy ways to cope. The world around us is everchanging and we are no different. The phrase “change is the only constant” is popular for a reason. When we’re feeling mentally… Read More ›
Is There Such a Thing as “The Wrong Path”?
As humans, we create our own perceptual definition of “the wrong path” but philosophically, there are simply choices being made. As a society, we have a clear distinction regarding morals; there is a right and wrong, good and evil. The… Read More ›
What Does Present-Awareness Mean?
In a study conducted by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, between the years 2002-2012, approximately 18 million Americans practiced meditation. Mindfulness and meditation are common practices used to ground us and gain perspective on our lives. When… Read More ›
Investigation Techniques for Solving your Problems
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” – Albert Einstein Problems surround us every day – from small problems, such as managing an angry customer at work, to larger issues, such as… Read More ›
Change is the Only Constant: Adaptation is Critical
A relatively recent study published in Journal of Experimental Social Psychology stated that humans prefer comfortability and predictability rather than change – students interviewed from the study indicated preference towards their current university layout than a newer one, and participants… Read More ›