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Create Positive Thoughts to Change Our Mindset

Mindset, Empower

While most experts agree that with work and commitment, it is possible to change your mindset, they often differ in their approach to how this can be accomplished.

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Mindset, Empower

Do the Work to Change Your Mindset

Mindset, Empower

While most experts agree that with work and commitment, it is possible to change your mindset, they often differ in their approach to how this can be accomplished.

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Gratitude, Empower

How is Gratitude Different From Thankfulness?

Gratitude, Empower

“Gratitude is the most powerful correlate of happiness. When we’re feeling grateful, our body calms, and we feel at peace in all realms of our lives. It’s impossible to feel grateful and stressed at the same time.”
Jason N. Linder, Psy.D., LMFT

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How to Incorporate Gratitude Into Your Daily Life

Gratitude, Empower

“Gratitude is the most powerful correlate of happiness. When we’re feeling grateful, our body calms, and we feel at peace in all realms of our lives. It’s impossible to feel grateful and stressed at the same time.”
Jason N. Linder, Psy.D., LMFT

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Gratitude, Empower

Practicing Daily Gratitude

Gratitude, Empower

Thankfulness is an emotional response to a temporary circumstance. Gratitude includes being thankful, but goes beyond it – it is an attitude of appreciation under all circumstances. Gratitude is the expression of thankfulness and appreciation of life daily. It’s a state of being – even if you’re unhappy, you can still experience gratitude.

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Gratitude

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Connection, Empower

Ways to Build Social Connections That Will Help You Become More Resilient

Connection, Empower

Now that we have established that social connections can help you deal with adversity by raising your level of resilience, let’s talk about how to build a support network of your own and adopt new habits in order to make positive changes in your life.

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Connection

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Purpose, Empower

Age-old Question: What Is My Purpose in Life?

Purpose, Empower

Now that we’ve learned more about the relationship between resilience and having a purpose in life, I’d like to talk about how to “find” that purpose. I turn to Tony Robbins, a global entrepreneur, best-selling author and life strategist.

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Your Life Purpose is a Journey, Not A Destination

Purpose, Empower

Finally, I’d like to share with you an article by Daniel Scott on the Entrepreneur website, “Nine Tips for Finding Your Life Purpose.” Scott is a co-founder and CEO of Spotlight Advisory Group, which helps entrepreneurs and creatives discover their life purpose and turn that into a sustainable enterprise that maximizes their impact on society and culture.

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Habits, Empower

Creating Routines Will Help Us Build Habits

Habits, Empower

Because so much of our daily actions are driven by repetition, it makes sense that establishing and maintaining healthy habits is an important goal.

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Habits, Empower

Mindfulness

Habits, Empower

In this article, we introduce the notion of training your mindset to make it through hard times. You can train your muscles over time to become stronger, more resilient, and more flexible.

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Habits, Empower

Exercise

Habits, Empower

In this article, we introduce the notion of training your mindset to make it through hard times. You can train your muscles over time to become stronger, more resilient, and more flexible.

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Habits, Empower

Yoga

Habits, Empower

In this article, we introduce the notion of training your mindset to make it through hard times. You can train your muscles over time to become stronger, more resilient, and more flexible.

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Habits, Empower

Meditation

Habits, Empower

In this article, we introduce the notion of training your mindset to make it through hard times. You can train your muscles over time to become stronger, more resilient, and more flexible.

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Surrender, Empower

The Power in Surrender

Surrender, Empower

While surrendering may seem counterintuitive to resilience at first, it is actually critical in building resilience because it teaches us when to accept life’s realities and adapt to the circumstances.

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Surrender

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Resilience, Empower

Resilience Through Personalization, Pervasiveness, and Permanence

Resilience, Empower

When I consider how one can possibly recover from a devastating loss, my thoughts inevitably turn to Sheryl Sandberg, who unexpectedly lost her husband after 11 years of marriage. A graduate of Harvard Business School, the former COO of Meta Platforms and the founder of the philanthropic organization, the Sheryl Sandberg and Dave Goldberg Family Foundation, she is also the author of Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead.

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Resilience Through Pain and Reflection

Resilience, Empower

I was very fortunate to attend a talk by Jay Shetty. I loved everything he had to say about resilience. In this article, I try to reconstruct his talking points and put in my own words what I learned.

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How is Gratitude Different From Thankfulness?

“Gratitude is the most powerful correlate of happiness. When we’re feeling grateful, our body calms, and we feel at peace in all realms of our lives. It’s impossible to feel grateful and stressed at the same time.”
Jason N. Linder, Psy.D., LMFT

How to Incorporate Gratitude Into Your Daily Life

“Gratitude is the most powerful correlate of happiness. When we’re feeling grateful, our body calms, and we feel at peace in all realms of our lives. It’s impossible to feel grateful and stressed at the same time.”
Jason N. Linder, Psy.D., LMFT

Practicing Daily Gratitude

Thankfulness is an emotional response to a temporary circumstance. Gratitude includes being thankful, but goes beyond it – it is an attitude of appreciation under all circumstances. Gratitude is the expression of thankfulness and appreciation of life daily. It’s a state of being – even if you’re unhappy, you can still experience gratitude.