Essential Thinking Skills to Recognize and Overcome Mental Roadblocks. Imagine this… You send an important email to your manager early in the morning—a detailed project update you’re proud of. At first, you feel good. But as the hours pass and there’s no reply, you start to feeling uneasy and doubt creeps in.“Did I mess somethingContinue reading “Essential Skills to Overcome Mental Roadblocks”
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Real and Long Lasting Self-Care: The Heart of True Well-Being
You wake up one morning feeling drained, even after a full night’s sleep. You think, Maybe I just need a treat. So you book a spa session, buy your favourite coffee, and scroll through travel blogs dreaming of a weekend getaway. For a moment, you feel lighter. But by evening, the heaviness returns.You wonder: Isn’tContinue reading “Real and Long Lasting Self-Care: The Heart of True Well-Being”
Meet Your Inner Critic: Friend or Foe?
When I was a young counsellor, I remember a particular session that was unnerving for me. I was in a session with one of my married couple client. We started well talking about their improvements in their relationship thus far. They were both laughing away telling me of all the things that they have beenContinue reading “Meet Your Inner Critic: Friend or Foe?”
Getting out of your Comfort Zone (Video)
If we don’t engage in new experiences, we don’t gain new perspectives. We don’t make progress; we don’t grow. Getting out of your comfort zone puts you in the growth zone. But it’s not always easy, is it? We like the familiar. We feel safe, secure, stable.
Bringing Life to Your New Year’s Resolutions: Moving Beyond Goals (Video)
Setting goals, new plans, and forming New Year’s resolutions – we are all familiar with these. Some of us are excited about new goals. Some are reluctant, remembering the “failures” of previous years. Some are nonchalant. Whichever it is, here are some tips to Bring Life to Your New Year’s Resolutions so that you can live with vitality in 2023.
Getting out of your Comfort Zone
There’s an old Khmer saying that says:
បើគ្មានការតស៊ូក៏គ្មានការរីកចម្រើនដែរ។
bae kmean kar tsaou ka kmean kar rik chamreun der
“If there is no struggle, there is no progress”
In English, we might use this phrase:
“Nothing ventured, nothing gained.”
Both of these proverbs essentially mean that if we don’t engage in new experiences, we don’t gain new perspectives. We don’t make progress; we don’t grow.
How to Calm Your Stressed-Out Brain
Stress is common. We face stress regularly. Stress can be good, it causes you to be more alert, so that you can work better. However, when you are overwhelmed by stress, it can bring significant harmful health effects to your mental, emotional, and physical well-being. You can’t get rid of stress, but you can learn to calm it down.
Bringing Life to Your New Year’s Resolutions: Moving Beyond Goals
Setting goals, new plans, and forming New Year’s resolutions – we are all familiar with these. Some of us are excited about new goals. Some are reluctant, remembering the “failures” of previous years. Some are nonchalant. Whichever it is, here are some tips to Bring Life to Your New Year’s Resolutions so that you can live with vitality in 2023.
Imperfect and Lovable
Inspiring quote by Brene Brown.
“You are imperfect, you are wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.”
When we wake up in the morning, thoughts, all kinds of thoughts flood our minds. It could be leftover thoughts of unaccomplished work from last week. It could be thoughts about the worries of the future. It could be thoughts of past regrets.