Meaning and purpose play important roles in human happiness. Losing meaning or purpose in life increases stress, overwhelm, and helplessness.
I see this constantly when working with clients and students.
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To start with holistic medicine, which emerged in China, about 5 thousand years back. It considers the inner and external elements impacting the performance of the body.
The basis of the medicine is to improve the power of personal fitness, and the disease is taken an occurrence arising from the loss of stability and inner harmony of the spirit.
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Negative thinking can often get the best of us. But do you even know when you’re thinking negatively? Can you recognise your own negative self-talk? And more importantly, can you stop it?!
There are ten ways people sabotage themselves with their own negative thinking patterns.
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Have you noticed in traditional approaches to change that the focus is often on the past and the problem, rather than effectively providing tools and techniques to help you move forward?
We are huge advocates for a whole-self, holistic, mind-body approach that focuses on our clients life NOW and a future without the problem, by getting to the root cause of their issues and creating shifts from the inside out.
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Most people find change hard, particularly without any support or guidance.
The greatest difficulty about change is when you’re not taking the right action to help yourself create the change, either because there’s a part of you not willing to let go of the old, or some kind of lingering resistance in your subconscious, also known as your bodymind.
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So, how can we restore our youthfulness and finally bring balance to our mind and body? There are several ways to do it, so if you’re interested to know more and learn how to enjoy a great holistic balance, read on.
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Neuroscience and the study of gratitude, shows us how the brain can respond and adapt to a grateful mind by gradually integrating new neural pathways with intentional practice.
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Research shows that consistently grateful people are happier, more energetic, more hopeful, more helpful, more empathic, more spiritual, more forgiving, and less materialistic. They’re also less likely to be depressed, anxious, lonely, envious, neurotic, or sick.
In one study, a group of participants were asked to name five things they were grateful for every day, while another group was asked to list five things that annoyed them. Those expressing gratitude were not only happier and more optimistic; they reported fewer physical symptoms (such as headache, cough, nausea, or acne).
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Change of any kind is often done by consciously focusing on doing something different. But that’s not so easy when you’re trying to make your brain do something it’s not familiar with.
This is why understanding and working with your brain is the key to change – without getting your brain on board and working with you, change will be extremely hard.
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Do something EVERY day to balance out the external stress with internal calm.
You deserve to enjoy your life, not feel overwhelmed or constantly stressed by it.
How do you approach self-care?
For so many people taking care of themselves may include sweating it out at the gym 3 times a week, having a pampering massage once a month, or taking a morning walk every day.
These are wonderful practises to take care of your physical body, but what about the rest of you?
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For far too long the medical establishment dismissed the interdependent and influential relationship of the mind and body as a complementary whole, where thoughts have the power to influence physical and chemical changes within the body.
There is no more influential life stage than childhood when these patterns are first created.
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The human brain never falls asleep, not even at night when the body needs to recharge. Kids’ brains are incredibly active and ready to accumulate information.
To boost focus and improve memory, research shows that the best “medicine” for the brain is meditation. Once a preferred relaxation practice by Buddhist monarchs, meditation has been proven to improve brain function and promote concentration, inner self-awareness, and self-discipline.
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The meaning that certain significant events have at different times in our lives are conditioned in our mind and brain as patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving.
Which is why when we try to make change consciously, we often come up against some kind of resistance or sabotage that we just can’t explain.
And it’s SO frustrating when you know what to do, but you just can’t do it !!
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Self-awareness is the fundamental building block of creating, monitoring and realising change in a person’s life.
When an individual becomes aware of their thoughts, feelings, beliefs, emotions, values and behaviours in life, they take ownership of their circumstances. With this powerful commitment for growth and change, they can make more informed decisions and better momentary choices with the deeper knowledge of what they want, and what they don’t want.
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