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The Beauty of Nothing

By Judy G.

In the Broadway hit musical Rent song ‘Seasons of Love’, the cast sings about the 525,600 minutes in a year. Well, there are 86,400 seconds in a day. Given that most people sleep at least six hours at night, they are awake for 64,800 of those seconds. Now consider that the average person has about 60,000 thoughts each day and it isn’t hard to see that it means we process close to a thought each and every single second! In this age of technology, we are continuously bombarded by images, sounds and intrusions to the point where multitasking is no longer a talent some of us develop, but rather something that is required of us. And it looks as if life will be pressing for even more from us as time marches on.

Financial pressures and budget cuts have us adding on even more...

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Mindfulness Meditation 101

By Judy G.

The average person has approximately 60,000 thoughts each and every day. But that poses a huge problem, because they have those exact same thoughts every day. Most people are not able to create a way to help themselves from repeating many of the negative, self-destructive thoughts that sabotage all their efforts and keep them on the road to success and happiness.

Being able to develop some way to harness our thoughts, to keep them focused; zeroed in on our goals and the areas we want to target our attention toward, would be most effective and helpful to our success.

Developing a self-care regime in which we include and practice meditation for at least 20 minutes daily, can help provide a way for us to learn how to improve our focus and direct more of our energies toward ac...

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Relaxation Techniques

By: Edyta

1.Exercise sessions

Only a few men and women are aware that exercises provide natural anxiety and stress alleviation. Based on certain scientific studies, exercise routines enable greater adaptation to emotional stress. Not only does it help handle existing stress and anxiety, what’s more, it helps an individual in coping with future emotional stress. Also the immune system improves with regular exercise. Feel good hormones are released through the human body throughout physical exercises. What’s more, it behaves as a good diversion from stress filled thinking. People who are having to deal with aggravation can express their thoughts by performing exercises.

2.Music

Music is a good stress relief as it allows someone to handle their emotions...

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