How to Create Joy in your Life

Post by: Rebecca Hintze in emotions

Joy is not simply a feeling of happiness. It is the presence of peace and contentment that has the power to sustain us even when our lives are challenging and stressful. Joy is something you create by intentionally doing things that bring pleasure, peace, or purpose to our lives. Here are 15 things—some simple, some more elaborate—you can do to create joy in...

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22 January 2018

Effective Goal Making for the New Year

Post by: Rebecca Hintze in emotions

Effective Goal Making for the New Year Famed motivational speaker and writer Zig Ziglar said, “A goal properly set is halfway reached.” As the New Year starts and you contemplate making goals for the coming weeks and months, consider these tactics for properly setting goals: 1.  Be specific. The more specific the goal, the simpler it is to measure your pro...

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15 January 2018

Five Ways to Think More Positively

Post by: Rebecca Hintze in emotions

A common aphorism says that “things turn out best for the people who make the best out of the way things turn out.”   Of course, saying this is a lot easier than making it so in our own lives . . . especially when things don’t seem to be going our way. Psychologists who study behavior and thought patterns have found that up to 80 percent of our mental chatte...

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9 January 2018