Meditation refers to a state where your body and mind are consciously relaxed and focused. Practitioners of this art report increased awareness, focus, and concentration, as well as a more positive outlook in life. Meditation is most commonly associated with monks, mystics and other spiritual disciplines. However, you don't have to be a monk or mystic to enjoy its benefits. And you don't even have to be in a special place to practice it, although a quiet place is best. You can try it in … [Read more...] about Meditation Techniques For A Happier Life

Serotonin is a compound that most persons have heard about and we all want to increase serotonin naturally. It's what is known as a neurotransmitter, which is a compound that allows the brain to deliver chemical messages. Some other common brain neurotransmitters are acetylcholine and dopamine. If neurotransmitter levels are low, especially in the case of serotonin, it can cause a person to feel terrible. Complex emotions like attitude, mood, disposition toward contentment, mental focus, … [Read more...] about Is Increase Of Serotonin The Single Best Way To Increase Happiness?

Many us need to follow an exercise program, in order to remain healthy. Sometimes we are not sure really why we are sweating so much. Are we hoping to just lose weight, or improve endurance? Or are you just getting tired for nothing? Below, you'll find several good reasons why you should start exercising now. Best Reasons To Exercise That You May Not Know Contributes To Fat Loss - It is well proven from scientific research all over the world that physical exercise contributes to loss. If … [Read more...] about Best Reasons To Exercise That You May Not Know

There are many keys to weight loss success. On the quest to lose weight, get in shape, and improve your health, a few fundamentals can make all the difference. They can make the path to a healthy lifestyle much easier. Sounds, great, right? Losing weight and getting in shape is a challenge in and of itself so why make it harder than it needs to be? One of the key fundamentals of successful weight loss and fitness is the concept of fitness tracking. It is also the concept that is most often … [Read more...] about Successful Fitness Tracking

Do you have a problem staying organized and focused? This is an issue for many people today, at home and on the job. Adopt the following 7 practices, tips and strategies, and you will find yourself clutter free and focused, organized and more productive. Let Technology Help You There are several applications and pieces of software that can keep you organized at home and on the job. The following apps are some of the most popular for organizing work, handling travel plans, freeing you … [Read more...] about 7 Ways to Stay More Organized at Home and Work

Any busy mom that has successfully lost weight has discovered the ultimate secret weapon to shedding those unwanted pounds. Something that will keep you accountable. It will also show you patterns in how you eat, when you eat and the reason why you’re eating. What is this magical thing busy moms have discovered? A food journal. Wait before you roll your eyes and think you don’t have the time - find out why this one thing can help you. You’ll be able to shed that fat faster. Those unwanted … [Read more...] about Secret Weapon Busy Moms Use to Lose Weight Fast

I don't know about you but everywhere I look there are barriers to self esteem. If you are interested in self development but have low self esteem, the first thing you need to do is fix that. Until you do, it is much harder to accurately assess what you need to learn and change in order to achieve your goals. In fact, if you have low self esteem it can be difficult to even see what your goals are. Imagine yourself as a dart board. Everything and everyone else around you has the potential to … [Read more...] about Barriers to Self Esteem

Having a healthy self esteem is essential if we are to achieve what we want out of life, but knowing how to get or raise self esteem can be difficult, especially if ours is very low. When our self esteem falls below a healthy level, we can feel worthless and will doubt that we could ever achieve anything so we are afraid to even try. No matter how low your self esteem is, it is possible to build and develop it. Here are six ways of raising your self esteem. 6 Steps To Raise Self … [Read more...] about Raising Your Self Esteem – You Deserve The Best Life

We have all experienced the feeling of failure when something we have attempted has not gone according to plan, and we are all familiar with that sickening feeling of defeat and despair- but it is possible to turn that failure into success. We need to accept that failure will always be a part of our life, and the only way to avoid it would be to stop trying to achieve anything. We first experience failure as a child- when we try to walk, we fall and stumble, but instead of feeling we have … [Read more...] about Turning Failure into Success

Some level of stress is unavoidable in life, but we don't have to feel stressed all of the time. We can often prevent stressful incidents and decrease our negative reactions to stress. In fact, many times all we have to do to reduce our stress is to acknowledge that it is there. But in many areas of our lives, there are certain steps we can and should take in order to manage stress effectively. Managing Time to Manage Stress Time management skills can allow you more time with your family … [Read more...] about Stress Management In Easy Steps

Sometimes I feel a bit down. Maybe down is the wrong word but instead it should be unmotivated. I just sit and surf, play clash of clans, formulate simple ideas that I might never fulfill. But sometimes, more now than last month I feel the pull do make a change to more peoples lives. This blog to you seems like a bunch of information and articles but to me this is a vehicle to change peoples lives one at a time. Everyone has a destiny. Some people do not see their destiny yet but hopefully … [Read more...] about Find Your Destiny – Live Your Destiny

Depression is a very serious problem for many people and families and one of the real problems is that as a person starts to fall into depression the change is gradual and even your family does not see it coming until you need help. You may have been feeling low for some time, or have noticed that someone close to you appears to be out of sorts, and you may be wondering whether this could be depression; here we list the most common symptoms of depression and how it could be affecting you or a … [Read more...] about Symptoms of Depression

We all have lots of stuff tugging us one way or another and we have jobs, people, and tasks that we are accountable for but sometimes we forget about our own accountability to ourselves and set our own priorities. I have been thinking a lot lately about how much the company that I work for and my family, and even the two school parent council groups are relying on me and at the same time those groups will get more attention from me than I give to myself. I am sure that you are the same … [Read more...] about Roadblocks to Making Change

How to have your best day ever is a question that many of us ask on those dark dreary days of our life. Everyone is dissatisfied with a few parts of their life. We want to have more time, more happiness, more satisfaction, better behaved kids and a more responsive spouse when we just want to talk. Well there are a few things that you can do everyday that will change your life and get you closer to these things. I have a 5 step process that I think is a great way to get more out of your day. I … [Read more...] about How To Have Your Best Day Ever