Happiness & Humor
Dreams are like enchanted doorways to the mind, revealing our deepest needs, desires, feelings and fears. In the most whimsical, bizarre and sometimes terrifying ways, our dreams present to us symbols, metaphors and allegories that are rich in personal meaning and significance. Our dreams can teach us a lot about ourselves, there is no denying that. And while they are extremely invaluable tools of self-discovery, the art of “dream interpretation” has been greatly muddied, monetized and complicated to unnecessary extent
Although many spend their time on providing food, clothing and shelter for themselves and their families, according to the U.S Department of Labor, the average American over the age of 15 still has more than five hours of free time each day.
At the time I couldn’t fathom how breathing could make any sort of significant change in my life, but this particular type of breathing was powerful. It helped me get out of my head and into my heart. It helped me see the truth about myself and life.
If you can avoid getting pinned against anything, that’s your smartest move. That’s why I like to keep changing and moving. But you can’t be carrying a lot of baggage if you want to do that, physically or spiritually.
What makes you happy? Apparently it really is the little things in life that make us happy, according to research by DoubleTree involving 2,000 adults.
We all have people in our lives who unintentionally hurt us. Their words may sound harsh. We may feel judged. And they may question our choices so much that we feel emotionally unsafe around them.
If you’re like most people – you’re probably in debt, and a hell of a lot of it. Unfortunately, I’ve also wandered naively into the jaws of the debt monster, who jabbed a massive $10,000+ student debt loan into my derrière.
When you are in a negative, toxic and unhealthy environment, a place where people are sad, anxious, dwelling in fear and constantly complaining about everything and everyone, you tend to feel a heavy energy pressing down on you, making you feel uncomfortable and very unhappy. But if you change the environment, going to a place where people are at peace, cheerful and positive, chances are that you will start to feel full of life and energy.
Did you know that you’re 13 times more likely to laugh if you’re with somebody else than if you’re alone? Cognitive neuroscientist Sophie Scott shares this and other surprising facts about laughter in this fast-paced, action-packed and, yes, hilarious dash through the science of the topic.
So how can we let it go? If we acknowledge our attribution errors that are judging personality alone, we can contemplate the situation. In my driving incident, perhaps this driver never tailgates. Maybe he had just been sacked at work, or had an emergency at home. Wouldn’t you be more understanding then? I should have been, but I never put this idea into practice in my life.
As soon as I recognized it as fear, the anger seemed to morph from fire into a dense cloud inside me. What was interesting was that simply by recognizing the root of the anger emotion, it already started to change.
Every time I felt pain, sadness, discouragement, or anger, I’d withhold my emotions and they’d energetically attach to my throat chakra. Every feeling that I did not acknowledge, express, and let go became stuck. It got so bad that for a while I stopped feeling any emotions at all.
In our busy lives it’s so easy to get caught up in the mindless bustle of duties and commitments we have undertaken. Often we don’t even give a passing thought to the many small and seemingly insignificant habits and routines we repeat day in day out. Today, I’m going to provide you with 9 simple morning rituals that could have a remarkable impact on your well-being both short term and long term.
Should we be naked more often? Watch as DNews discusses the benefits of having little or no clothing on in certain ways.
Working on the inner child has been “trendy” for a number of years but it seems as though a lot of people still aren’t entirely sure what their inner child is or why they should listen to it.
