Helping others teaches you to help yourself. If you’ve been through a tough experience or just have a case of the blues, the “activism cure” is a great way to get back to feeling like yourself.You are not helpless. Things are not hopeless. Keep searching and growing. Celebrate your wins. No matter how tiny.
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If You’re Feeling Behind in Life
Don’t worry no one knows what they’re doing anyway. Big jobs, cool vacations, mortgages, kids, it’s all there. It makes sense if you’re feeling lost. …
Calming Box Finding Serenity: Simple Techniques to Calm Anxiety
There are a multitude of activities and practices you can easily do daily to find your sustainable calming box.
Practice feeling uncomfortable and not to fear being with your emotions. Make your bed to create structure for yourself.
When Busyness Is Your Drug: The Illusion of Constant Activity
The incessant pursuit of busyness takes a toll on your physical and mental well-being. Chronic stress, burnout, and fatigue become constant companions when we fail to prioritize rest and self-care.
The Power of Labeling: Your Invitation to Focused Living
The next time your mind starts to wander, try labeling your thoughts and witness the transformative power it brings to your life.
This includes negative thoughts and panicking thoughts. You are allowed to label them thoughts. Literally saying “this is a thought” gives you space and the peace to detangle yourself so you can focus on how you feel to safely guide you.
Cognitive Distortions
Cognitive distortions are thoughts that are heavily influenced by emotions and may not be consistent with the facts of a situation. Usually related to being critical to ourselves and others.
The Sympathetic Nervous System: Building Awareness of Its Purpose
Your sympathetic nervous system is a component of your body’s response to stress and danger.
However, if you chronically live in this state it takes its toll on your physical body.
Resulting in a hyperactive state that is challenging to manage due to the cycle it creates, leading to anxiety.
We examine what its purpose is to help you create your sustainable calming box foundation by being aware that it is something we need. It has a purpose as long as we manage and notice how it shows up.
Perhaps we can learn to appreciate it.
Gratitude Journal Process
The goal of a gratitude journal is to shift your focus from what you lack to what you have, fostering a more positive and optimistic outlook on life. It helps you recognize and appreciate the simple joys and blessings that go unnoticed. Embrace the process and let it unfold into your sustainable foundation of calm. Build your own calming box.
The Evolution of Anxiety
An essential aspect of managing anxiety is learning to be compassionate towards yourself. There is no shame in feeling anxious or disappointed.
We adapt to the fact that our measuring stick of success is continually changing, and what once satisfied us may no longer do so.
Breaking free from the addiction to achievement and the constant comparison to others can be achieved through mindfulness, helping us break the cycle of discontent.
Patterns of Your Flawed Thinking
Overcoming these cognitive pitfalls is a lifelong journey towards better decision-making and a deeper understanding of ourselves and the world around us. Build your sustainable foundation of calm by being aware of how easily we can be fooled into making choices and not shifting our beliefs.Be open to building your tool kit of calm for a sustainable future of peace and contentment despite what happens in the world.