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How to Keep a Positive Outlook

If you have the mistaken notion that keeping a positive outlook on life is for those whose lives are free of the kind of stress you experience, then you need to know that it isn't a person's...

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How to Grieve

Grieving is difficult, painful, and overwhelming. It is an emotional roller coaster than can be incredibly confusing and scary. Grief comes in many forms, although most of us connect grief with death....

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How to Make a Vision Board

A vision board, also called a dream board, is a collage of words and pictures depicting your dreams and goals, usually specific to one aspect of your life. As described in the well-known book, "The...

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How to Prevent Relapse and Stay Sober

Whether you're recovering from a drug or an alcohol addiction, the road to maintaining a healthy lifestyle is not always easy. In fact, old habits will occasionally tempt you, providing the possibility...

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How to Use a God Jar

When it feels like the world is crashing down upon your head, or you have a worry on your mind that won’t go away, you need not tear out your hair in frustration. You can use a God Jar. A God Jar is...

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How to Do Tratak Meditation

Most of us live as prisoners to the whims of the mind. The mind is such a powerful warden, we don't dare look at it. Meditation of all forms shows the mind to itself. As scary as that may be at first,...

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How to Cope With a Bad Day

Since humans have an average lifespan of 30,000 to 40,000 days, the odds are good that at least a good handful of those days will be lousy. Some say that if you are not having a bad day, that means you...

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How to Deal With Shocking News

Nearly all of us have been caught off guard with the arrival of startling, shocking news. News of any tragedy is hard to manage at first because there is no warning. If it is news of a death in the...

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How to Think Positive Thoughts

What we think affects our lives in many ways. We are told that negative thoughts and feelings bring about negative results, and positive thoughts can bring positive change. Intuitively, we know this is...

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How to Overcome Pessimism

Dealing with life's challenges is sometimes easier said than done. No matter what your personal circumstances may be, it's not unusual to feel as if the rest of the universe is somehow conspiring...

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How to Stay Sane Around Manipulative People and Situations

It seems that some people, no matter the circumstances, can't help but manipulate. Everyone has done it, but there is a point where manipulation becomes dangerous and unhealthy. Depending on the...

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Meditation Exercises

Meditation is a self-directed routine for relaxing the body and calming the mind. Meditation exercises make you more aware and observant by focusing on what is happening in the moment. The word...

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How Does a Stress Ball Help to Relieve Stress?

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How to Live Your Truth

Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote: "It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with...

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How to Not become so Attached

We all know that when we like someone it's easy to lose ourselves and become attached. It's natural but is it healthy? probably not since losing yourself means you can not focus on the now, now is all...

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How to Become More Open-Minded

Open-mindedness is the ability to view a given situation in the clearest, most unbiased fashion possible. It is also a way of viewing the world and the people in it through a perspective unobstructed...

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How to Set Up a Meditation Room

Meditation is the practice of calming the body and stilling the mind to achieve a desired state of consciousness or to realize an idea. The practice of meditation dates back to ancient times and can be...

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Why Music Causes Different Emotions

Few can deny the effects that music has on the emotions. Music and song become an integral part of our lives from the moment we're born. In the past 50 years, researchers have identified the physical...

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How to Develop a Hobby

Having a hobby is an effective form of stress relief because you can relax and do something you enjoy while lessening any guilty feelings by being productive. Developing a hobby can give you a relaxed...

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How to Not Be Needy

Sometimes relationships with partners and friends end because one person in the equation is too needy. This clingy behavior can manifest in the form of excessive contact through e-mailing, texting and...

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About Female Midlife Crisis'

Traditionally the midlife crisis was an ailment associated with men. However, it has become increasingly common for women to suffer from a midlife crisis. According to MedicineNet.com, a midlife crisis...

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How to Improve Brainpower with Ayurveda

Though health and fitness professionals promote the benefits of exercise for physical and mental well-being, stimulating the brain could help improve memory and cognitive function. Ayurveda, which is...

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How to Have a Good Laugh

We've all heard the saying "Laughter is good for the soul." However, most of us rarely laugh. Life is full of humor and funny moments. This article provides some tips to help you laugh yourself silly.

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How to Get Over Your Nerves

Although some nerves and anxiety may actually help you improve your performance in a high pressure situation, having too much fear and anxiety will inhibit you from doing your best. Too much fear and...

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How to Deal With Rude People In Healthy Ways

It can be very aggravating having to deal with rude people. Often there does not appear to be any rhyme or reason to why a person acts rudely. It's often quite shocking and it may even take you aback,...

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About Life Management Skills

Reading and writing are taught in school. Dressing, eating and following direction are learned at home. Too often, however, there is a void in the training for adulthood, and life management skills are...

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About Negative Energy

We all know people who exude negative energy. Perhaps you have a friend who challenges everything you say. You have a co-worker who points out the negative aspects of everything. These people drain...

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How to Complete an Assignment with Minimal Stress

You have a deadline to meet, and it's creating a lot of stress for you. You feel pressured, and you're doing all you can to keep yourself from having a nervous breakdown. Nothing seems to help. Does...

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How to Avoid People Who Lack Healthy Emotional Boundaries

People who lack healthy emotional boundaries are individuals who struggle with interpersonal relationships in specific ways. They say things that are inappropriate, or they ask questions or make...

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How to Find your Zen

Everyone needs to find thier Zen. What do I mean by that? Zen means peace, meditation, calmness. We are conditioned to stressing and forboding and worrying, it's human nature. It's difficult for us as...

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How to Attract Good Luck and Good Fortune

The best way to attract good luck and good fortune is to believe good luck exists. There is actual scientific proof about the difference between lucky and unlucky people! Here are some easy ways to...

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How to Learn Self Hypnosis for Free

Self-hypnosis is an excellent way to reduce stress, reinforce positive ideas and make healthy changes in your life. You don't need any special skills or training to learn how to do it. To learn the...

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How to Meditate in The Morning and Jump Start Your Day

Starting the day with a short period of meditation is a great way to reduce stress, enhance concentration and face responsibilities with a calm, uncluttered mind. You don't need any special equipment...

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How to Deal With Anger

Anger is a natural emotion that all but the most at-peace people experience at some point in their lives. You may get angry because of a specific circumstance -- for example, how someone treated you...

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How to Make a Journal on a Computer

Writing a journal is a great way to relieve stress and let out your inner thoughts in a safe environment. Although journals can be handwritten, many people prefer to use a computer because typing is...

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What Causes Substance Abuse Relapse?

Many drug abuse counselors and therapists report that, once introduced to recovery, a drug addict has an average 1 in 35 chance of staying clean. The societal, internal and environmental forces driving...

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How to Make Stress Balls With Sand

A stress ball is an excellent tool to use to relieve stress, and to exercise your hands and fingers. While stress balls are available at a variety of online and brick-and-mortar stores, an economical...

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How Does Laughter Relieve Stress?

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How Do Stress Balls Work?

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How to Start a Grief Support Group

Dealing with grief can be a painful and seemingly endless process. The task gets especially difficult when you don't have a positive emotional outlet. Starting a grief support group is a constructive...

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How Do Emotions Work?

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How Do I Know If I Need Anger Management?

Everyone experiences anger; the problem is knowing whether you handle it properly or let anger handle you. Someone who is angry a lot of the time may wonder if he needs anger management therapy to help...

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How to Make Subliminal CDs

Subliminal CDs are used to send messages to your subconscious to create a change in your state of mind. This creates positive change in your life when done everyday. Subliminal CDs have been used to...

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How to Get Self Confidence

Self confidence can be difficult for those who are naturally shy, nervous or unsure of themselves. Fear of failure often becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, making it harder to feel assertive or...

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What Are the Benefits of Bach Rescue Remedy?

Bach Rescue Remedy is an over-the-counter product for stress relief. It is a combination of five different flower essences designed to alleviate stress and give an overall positive feeling of...

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How to Cure Burnout

Stress and burnout are on the increase. With downsizing and cost cutting occurring at an alarming rate, workers who survive are being asked to do more work with reduced resources. This results in too...

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How to Program Your Mind for Success

The human mind is incredibly powerful. It can be nearly impossible to achieve the success you desire in life with a negative "I can't" attitude. If you can learn to tap into this power, by training and...

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How to Stay Focused

It’s not always easy to stay focused on the things we want or need to do. There are many things that can distract us and interfere with completing the tasks that need to be done. Staying focused may...

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How to Get an Attitude

Sometimes a person lives life with no zeal or zest and needs an attitude adjustment. Your new attitude can be either good or bad; it depends on your individual needs. However, a good, positive attitude...

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Dealing With Lack of Motivation

When your to-do list keeps growing, it could be a sign that lack of motivation is preventing you from getting things done. Problems with motivation are best handled by reversing inertia and identifying...

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