Category: Mental Growth

Secrets to Happiness Happiness is essential to living a good life, and working towards that good life requires happiness to make it work. Instead of relying on outside factors such as material goods for happiness, here are 10 secrets to creating happiness on your own. Number one– let go of negative expectations It’s extremely unlikely for…

In a world where your eyes are constantly bombarded with images of beautiful celebrities, masses of money out of your reach, and advertisements preying on your insecurities, it can seem impossible to be happy. It may seem even more impossible to be happy with yourself. You see people on social media boasting about big parties,…

How to Sleep better Sleep is incredibly important to your health and wellbeing. Not only does a better night’s rest help your body repair itself, but it also helps your mood and motivation. Everyday tasks that seem simple or menial can become impossible and frustrating when you’re running low on energy. Scientists may not yet…

How to Treat Anxiety and Depression Anxiety and depression can be debilitating and destructive influences in your life. Having one or both can make the idea of even trying to deal with them seem impossible, not worth it, or a lost cause. That is the very nature of these disorders- they can manipulate how you…

How to meditate? Meditation is the act of achieving total peace, slowing down, and transforming one’s mind. Doing so allows you to understand and control your state of mind, and therefore meditation is often recommended for anxiety and to improve overall mood. Meditation goes back to nearly 5000 BCE, beginning in the Indus Valley. Indian…

New York – Most people assume that their loved ones are going to stick around forever. My mother is in her 70s, physically fit and very active. She is skinny and always running around, doing stuff around the house. Unfortunately, her mind is failing more and more. She forgets and confuses things, asks the same thing…

How Nature Changes the Brain A recent study confirms that contact with nature is an excellent way to shake the blues away. Turns out that one of the best remedies for sadness and depression are green walks. Researchers proved that a walk in the park actually helps eliminate the most persistent negative thoughts, those whose…

We have all made mistakes at one point or another in our lives. Sometimes, the nature of the mistake is simple, like omitting an important section of a financial forecast. Sometimes it may be something more complex like forgetting that there was an important meeting scheduled for the next day and subsequently forgetting to book…

How to Improve Concentration and Mental Clarity The human mind has a single most effective weapon used by nearly all successful people you have ever heard of; the power to fully focus on one thing for long periods of time. Most of us have a problem of poor concentration and we are easily distracted at…