Category: Mental Health

Taming the Critic Within

Therapeutic pathways to transform the inner critic. Source: Taming the Critic Within

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Curating What Fills Your Mind Can Shape Your Resilience

The author writes “Being resilient means you have already come through “many dangers, toils and snares.” Hopefully, you will become stronger, more mature, and compassionate. Being resilient means you have successfully broken through the darkness you confronted.

This means you have light to offer others, too. You have insights to share that can help someone else avoid an error you made yourself. Maybe you can calm someone’s fear as they face a procedure you had yourself.

Share the light. Share the wisdom life has taught you. You may well be someone’s answered prayer.”

That is the very purpose of this website — to share the light and wisdom through curation and occasionally, creation. I could just bookmark this content and keep it to myself by I share it here (and automagically to Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and X) in hopes that just one other person might stumble upon it and benefit from it. Go to the source: Curating What Fills Your Mind Can Shape Your Resilience

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6 Ways to Avoid All-or-None Thinking About Your Health Habits

Holiday times in particular often derail the best of intentions. Source: 6 Ways to Avoid All-or-None Thinking About Your Health Habits

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Exercise and socializing keep aging brains healthy

Exercise and socializing in old age have a protective effect on a part of the brain that plays a central role in memory. Source: Exercise and socializing keep aging brains healthy

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The Dark Days of the Pandemic Are Behind Us

Can we use the lessons we learned to create a brighter future? Source: The Dark Days of the Pandemic Are Behind Us

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The Perils of Progress

We’ve come a long way, but are we focused on the right things? Source: The Perils of Progress

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4 Ways To Combat The Social Isolation Of Remote Working

Working remotely decreases employees’ incidental contact with their leaders and each other. Many workers now rarely leave their homes and are becoming socially isolated. Source: 4 Ways To Combat The Social Isolation Of Remote Working

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The Lifelong Journey of Personal Development

Delving into the continuous process of individual growth in your relationships. Source: The Lifelong Journey of Personal Development

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10 Ways to Balance Life’s Losses With Its Gains

A new measure shows how life’s gains can equal or outweigh life’s losses. Source: 10 Ways to Balance Life’s Losses With Its Gains

 

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The Surprising Antidote to Holiday Stress and Loneliness

How small acts of kindness transform your mood. Source: The Surprising Antidote to Holiday Stress and Loneliness

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Narratives and Resilience

You are the author – what story are you telling? Source: Narratives and Resilience

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7 Things I’ve Learned This Year

Personal Perspective: Giving and creating joy will make 2024 better than 2023. What have you learned? Comment below! Source: 7 Things I’ve Learned This Year

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The Myth of Common Sense

“A lot of what we call ‘common sense’ is not reasoning at all, but the conclusion that we believe the majority of people would come to in any given situation. Of course, what that means varies from person to person given culture, social norms, expectations, personal values, and so on.”

My ex-wife used to use the phrase ‘common sense’ to normalize her own baises and shame me because I didn’t recognize her preconceived notions as ‘common sense’. For that and other reasons, I find this article worth reading and understanding.

Source: The Myth of Common Sense | Psychology Today

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Defusing Armageddon: Why Are So Many Americans Angry?

Many commentators say that anger in America is at an all-time high. Source: Defusing Armageddon: Why Are So Many Americans Angry?

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Bruce Lee’s Never Before Revealed Letters to Himself About Authenticity, Personal Development, and the Measure of Success

“This is the entire essence of life: Who are you? What are you?” So wrote young Leo Tolstoy in his diary of moral development. Bruce Lee (November 27, 1940–July 20, 1973) was around Tolstoy’s age when he turned to this central question of existence more than a century later and approached it with the same subtleness of insight and sincerity of spirit with which he approached all of life. Source: Bruce Lee’s Never Before Revealed Letters to Himself About Authenticity, Personal Development, and the Measure of Success

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Season’s Grievings

‘Tis the season to be jolly, but for some it can be particularly painful. Source: Season’s Grievings

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Navigating Toxic Relationships During the Holidays

The holiday season means more potential interactions with toxic people. Source: Navigating Toxic Relationships During the Holidays

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How Your Worst Days Can Shape Your Best Self

“It is often those moments you feel least connected that you are actually making your greatest progress. The chaos around you is an invitation to pause, reflect, and grow. You are more than equipped to deal with this. If you weren’t, you wouldn’t be here.” ~Benjamin P Hardy

Source: How Your Worst Days Can Shape Your Best Self – Tiny Buddha

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3 Beverages a Nutritional Psychiatrist Says Can Immediately Exacerbate Stress and Anxiety Levels

“Alcohol can upset the balance of other neurotransmitters, such as serotonin, which govern our mood. Because of these effects, we may experience feelings of depression, anxiety, or even full-blown panic after the episode of drinking has ended.”

Uma Naidoo, MD, Harvard-trained nutritional psychiatrist, professional chef, and nutritional biologist

Don’t worry: You don’t need to go cold turkey on them but they should be avoided if at possible (and it’s possible!). Source: 3 Beverages a Nutritional Psychiatrist Says Can Immediately Exacerbate Stress and Anxiety Levels

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Suicide and the Holidays

Do suicide rates increase during the holiday season? Debra Stang uses statistics to reveal this is a myth, not the reality. Source: Suicide and the Holidays – Alliance of Hope

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Love Them or Hate Them, the Holidays Are Coming

A personal perspective: Reframe holidays as opportunities to reset your life. Source: Love Them or Hate Them, the Holidays Are Coming

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