Focus on Others to Feel Better Yourself – Many times we can be guilty of focusing mostly on our troubles and worries. It can become an effort to do the everyday things like washing dishes, mowing the lawn, feeding the kids a decent meal. Is there a way to overcome these feelings that keep us down and unwilling to do…
Tag: Kindness
Be Kind To Yourself And Others
Kindness is a generosity of spirit. It comes to life when we give of ourselves and our time to be of help to others, without expecting anything in return. When you show kindness to somebody you bring out the best in yourself, and a side-effect of brightening up somebody else’s day is to feel happier in the moment yourself. Pay…
What Is Love And How Do I Get It
What is love? Everybody uses the word “love” in daily conversations. There are millions of movies and songs based on love, but do we really know what it is? Here are some Greek definitions of love: Eros: romantic love of passion, physical longing, deep intensity, and intimacy. Often initial love that attracts a couple. Attracted to what it finds desirable,…
A Little Smile Goes A Long Way
Well… my last article titled “Lets Start a War: A War of Kindness!” went down a treat and we received numerous amounts of emails with great feedback, so I have decided to continue along the same theme in today’s article. Today I want to cover in much more greater detail on what you actually get out of being kind and…
Lets Start A War A War Of Kindness
Wow it’s a mad world – people killing and hating each other, children dying, communities becoming an alien concept and the new living to work attitude taking over. What is happening? And what can we do about it? Mahatma Gandhi once said – “Be the change you want to see in the world.” Can we really start to make a…
7 Ways To Improve Your Relationship
Good relationships don’t just happen. I’ve heard many of my clients state that, “If I have to work at it, then it’s not the right relationship.” This is not a true statement, any more than it’s true that you don’t have to work at good physical health through exercise, eating well, and stress reduction. I’ve discovered, in the 35 years…
Learning And Growing
Greetings self help readers, I am amazed by the many opportunities that we have to learn on a daily basis. I am speaking of the chances we get every day to learn about ourselves. We can learn from the bad things that happen to us as well as the good things. I believe that everything and everyone can be a…
Learning Kindeness From Anne Frank
It’s difficult for me to imagine living in fear everyday the way Anne Frank did, and still find a way to be happy and display kindness and joy the way she did. Anne was a Jewish girl born in Germany who wrote a diary while in hiding with her family and four friends in Amsterdam during the German occupation of…