Photo by RODNAE Productions Self-esteem is often hard to cultivate, but through active engagement with their characters, children can learn to build confidence and self-love from story books. Self-esteem is a rather tricky thing to talk about, especially with children. Where does one go about finding it? Do you have to do something to have self-esteem?Continue reading “Finding Your Self-Esteem in the Pages of a Story Book”
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Contentment: Finding This Unmistakable Freedom
Photo by Gary Barnes “Contentment is natural wealth. And luxury is an artificial poverty.” —Socrates. There were many reasons we chose to simplify our lives and become minimalists. We were frustrated with clutter. We realized happiness was not found in our custody. We found the time that was wasted managing our possessions. And we identifiedContinue reading “Contentment: Finding This Unmistakable Freedom”
4 Tips to Deal with “Happiness Guilt”
Photo by Liza Summer Going through the death of a person you love is hard, but it does not have to be the end of your happiness. Guilt and grief often walk hand in hand. When we grieve the death of someone, we love dearly, our minds go to places we wish they would notContinue reading “4 Tips to Deal with “Happiness Guilt””
Your Five Spiritual Self-Care Tips To Be Happy
Photo by Bazil Elias How deeply are you willing to know yourself better and explore spiritually? To face your deepest sorrows, heartbreaks, and loss? Understand the root of your fears and the origins of your emotional triggers. When was the last time you fostered your spirit? Plenty is said about promoting the physical body throughContinue reading “Your Five Spiritual Self-Care Tips To Be Happy”
Dreaming of that Perfect Love: Does It Exist?
We all dreamt of the kind of love popularly depicted in films, books, and practically all sorts of arts and literature. Perfect love is exemplified in the Christian faith as the love that is kind, patient, does not envy, does not boast, etc. In the films, love is one of many splendored things. Love fuelsContinue reading “Dreaming of that Perfect Love: Does It Exist?”
The Power of Choices
Our choices really depict who we are and what we have become. We make choices every day. The choices we make will have an outcome, whether or not it is a positive or a negative one. We live because of our favorites. Sometimes the choices we make in our lives can have a consequence ofContinue reading “The Power of Choices”
Alzheimer’s: A Drowning Fact About the Disease and Outlooks to Reduce Its Risk Factors
Alzheimer’s disease is a brain disorder that cannot be stopped or reversed. This disease greatly affects thinking, memory, learning, and organizing skills and eventually affects people’s ability to carry out simple daily activities. Also, this disease’s symptoms worsen over time. In fact, scientists believe the disease process may go on for 10 years or longerContinue reading “Alzheimer’s: A Drowning Fact About the Disease and Outlooks to Reduce Its Risk Factors“
What Is Love?: The Faces of Love
What is love? Love is all-encompassing, crossing time and space, that even sometimes science cannot explain. Love is symbolized, seen as people holding hands and hugging each other. Love is about those hearts, flowers, and chocolates celebrated every Valentine’s Day. Love is when somebody looks at and takes care of another person. And love isContinue reading “What Is Love?: The Faces of Love”
The Benefits of Reading Inspirational Books and Why It’s Essential for Living Life
Being inspired is a threshold to a happy life. Life without inspiration is an unimaginable life of despair and melancholy. An inspired person gains optimism from all the things that give them life and purpose. There are a lot of ways to gain inspiration, and reading a book is one of them. An inspirational bookContinue reading “The Benefits of Reading Inspirational Books and Why It’s Essential for Living Life“
POWs: Breaking Free from the Past
What is the worst thing that prisoners of war, or POWs, encounter when they get home? Some say it’s the strange feeling of being displaced. Others would say it’s those uncertain looks and uncertain reception they would get from people whom they used to be familiar and close with, or even from strangers on theContinue reading “POWs: Breaking Free from the Past”
The Happy Hammock 