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Are You a Negative Thinking Addict?

If you are a negative thinker it’s likely that you believe there is some payoff for you to be one. Such a belief often keeps you stuck in a never ending pattern of suffering. So what is the payoff, if any?

5 Tips to Cancel Limiting Beliefs

“Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful.” – The Buddha

How Much Damage Can Verbal Abuse Do to Your Self-Esteem?

Verbal abuse is not always the obvious loud and shouting kind, with clearly meant open mean and cruel insults being made. Verbal abuse can also be more subtle. The type that takes its tool over a period of time that gradually builds up the pressure until your self esteem crumbles. You may hear shouting from [...]

Ways to Stop Procrastinating

I have heard people say that procrastination is like the death of our soul. That seems very dramatic but if you are a procrastinator you probably see that much of the statement rings true. When you go through life by constantly putting things off you will see that the quality of your life in many [...]

How to Change Your Perspective and Achieve the Results You Want

The bid was too high. It was more than twice what I was prepared to pay. And boy had it felt good to anticipate being rescued – to have someone else take the responsibility and get the job done. But it was clear that I was going to have to do most of it myself. [...]