One of the most important adventures we will experience in our lives is the road to discovering who we really are. Many of us walk around either not really knowing who or what we are or listening to an awful inner voice that tells us all the wrong ideas about ourselves. We often mistake self-understanding and knowing one’s self as self-indulgence and instead avoid one of the few questions in life that truly matter; Who…
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We’ve all been in a situation where we need to stay calm… be it due to the intensity of a situation and the need for a clear head, where it’s inappropriate to lash out and you need to hold your tongue or simply to quell any other feelings such as nerves. However, it is not always easy to stay calm in situations that increase our emotional levels and put us out of our preferred comfort…
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The dictionary defines mindfulness as “a mental state achieved by focusing one’s awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one’s feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations, used as a therapeutic technique.” This is of course true, but in fact it is so much more. So what is it? Mindfulness is actually a simple form of meditation, that thanks to the growing trend for self-care has become well-known and much more popular in…
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Have you ever just stopped and watched the world go by? Sometimes if you just sit and look, it is almost as if someone has hit the fast forward button. No one has time to stop anymore, sit, chat, relax. We are constantly on the go with a never ending to do list, demands left, right and centre and simply no time, especially for ourselves. If we keep on going at this frantic pace, it…
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The number of people nowadays who say that they aren’t happy is alarming. Above all else, we should at least be happy within ourselves and our lives even if things haven’t turned out the way you thought they would. A popular “trend” or technique that is on the rise is Mindfulness and people that practice it appear to be much more content and happier within themselves and their lives. So, what is it? Mindfulness is…
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