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How to Balance a Busy Life Through Practising Self-Care
One of the most difficult challenges many people face when practising self-care is finding the time to do it. When you live a busy lifestyle, finding extra time to look after yourself and find the right life balance can seem almost impossible. So, how can you balance practising self-care with a busy lifestyle? This post offers some great tips you can follow. Self-care is often seen as a luxury, but did you know it can lead to a longer, happier life? Without self-care, you’re likely to end up feeling stressed, tired, and generally unhappy. Make the Time for Life Balance To ensure you can fit self-care into your busy routine,…
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Analysis Paralysis: Stop Overthinking and Start Taking Action
Analysis paralysis is overthinking things that can lead to paralysing inaction and uncertainty. It leads to holding on to worry and magnifying a problem in our heads unnecessarily. Occasional worrying and relaying past moments or experiences is normal. However, overthinking can spiral out of control, leaving you with a destructive thought pattern that fills you with fear and the inability to move forward. Chronic overthinking starts when judgement, reason and problem-solving functions of the brain are channelled on the negative, which is often caused by some sort of trigger. Once triggered, the spiral into overthinking leads to one of two things: Constant worrying and ruminating can escalate feelings of depression…
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Overcoming Self-Doubt with a Positive Outlook
Self-Doubt creeps in on even the best of us at times. However, you can overcome it with the necessary action and a positive outlook in life. No matter where you are in life right now, or how many mistakes you’ve made, opportunities you’ve missed, or what’s happened to you in life, you can overcome your self-doubt and start believing in yourself. It’s within your power to do it and change your life for the better. How can you overcome self-doubt and believe in yourself? Before we get into that, what is self-doubt? What Is Self-Doubt? The dictionary defines self-doubt as, “the lack of confidence in oneself and one’s abilities.” This…
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How to Cope with Holiday Season Stress
The holiday season is a time to be merry for a lot of people. However, for many, the festive season can be one of the most stressful times of the year, if you don’t know how to manage it. It can be so stressful planning for the holidays, from gifts, activities to looking back at the year that was. Disclosure: Please note that this post may contain affiliate links and if you go through them to make a purchase I will earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Most of the stress associated with the holiday season is due to pressure. There is so much pressure to live…
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Are you Anxious? 10 Ways to Quiet down Anxiety
Anxiety is different for everyone. It’s severity and symptoms vary from person to person. Most people have experienced it at one time or another. What is Anxiety It is the intense feeling of worry or fear over everyday situations. It is characterized by a fast heart rate, rapid breathing, sweating and feeling tired. Anxiety can be normal under stressful situations such as public speaking or taking a test. It is only a sign of an underlying disease when feelings become excessive, all-consuming and interfere with daily living. It’s all in the mind. Literally. It’s your brains’ reaction to stressful, dangerous or unfamiliar situations. Anxiety helps us be aware and alert…
