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What is Meditation? The Practice of Zazen
Meditation can offer you different benefits for well-being. These include increased self-awareness, a greater focus on the present moment, reduced stress, enhanced productivity, and improved self-regulation. I find Zazen meditation very useful and adequate to my needs and goals. I hope this post makes you curious to explore other meditation styles so that you can find one that suits your nature.
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3 Techniques to Ground Yourself & Reduce Anxiety
Grounding, also known as earthing, is an important practice, especially for highly sensitive people and empaths, who are more prone to sense subtle energy. Grounding involves direct skin contact with the surface of the earth or with grounding devices. It helps us reconnect with the earth and rebalance our energy field. On top of an increased sense of well-being, earthing has been shown to reduce or alleviate inflammation related-problems such as redness, heat, swelling, and pain. Other findings also include positive effects on sleep as well as stress and anxiety reduction.
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Tarot Coaching: Full Moon in Scorpio 2022
The Full Moon in Scorpio will take place on May 16th, 05:14 AM, GMT. The Full Moon is a great time to look at what we have done since the New Moon phase, the time we plant new seeds for the future, and check-in with the results. How are you feeling about the goals we set two weeks ago? Are you feeling inspired or defeated?
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6 Hobbies That Will Make You a Happier Person
It’s not really news that hobbies as part of a mental health getaway are good for you, though. Scientists have known for a long time that the mental and physical benefits hobbies offer to make the activities we do just for fun a very important part of our lives. In addition to making us happier for the moment, studies cited in Shape magazine show hobbies have worthwhile long-term effects as well, like making us smarter and more interesting and helping us meet people. A few minutes a day of pleasurable activity can even help mitigate or avoid mental health issues like depression and anxiety. Here are 6 hobbies to bolster your mental health.
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What is Holding You Back? Four Major Psychological Roadblocks
Sometimes we want to move on with our lives and create positive change only to find out we can’t or that we are not ready yet. Sometimes we know why we remain stuck in old ways of behaving, thinking, and feeling, but other times we don’t. This list of major psychological roadblocks may help you tap into some hidden reasons or factors that have prevented you from designing and living the life you wish for yourself. If you have found you are being affected by one or more of these factors, please know you are not alone and you can ask for help.
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How To Motivate Yourself? The Power of Mindset
The ego-mind is very likely to play tricks on us and unless we learn to master its game we can’t go very far. We will keep relapsing and breaking the promises we make to ourselves and others. It’s a tough job; it’s hard work really but you must become acquainted with the way the mind functions so that you can remove what’s preventing you from becoming the best version of yourself. You have to tame your mind by working on your mindset and programing your day-to-day routine so that you can be on top of your game.
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About me
I’m Vanessa, a Well-being Coach who is passionate about helping sensitive people thrive.
I have a master’s degree in Psychology and a certification in Well-being Coaching. I also taught Well-being and Life Management in England for four years.
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