Category: Mind & Habits

Let Your Feelings Be Feelings

Strong emotions are not a weakness. Three reasons to stop judging what you feel, and why feeling it fully is how the healing starts....

The Quiet Strength Of Solitude

When were you last truly alone, with no people, no noise and no screen? Why choosing solitude now and then makes life simpler and thinking deeper....

Make Peace With Your Flaws

Admitting your shortcomings is hard, and it pays you back many times over. Thirteen quiet gains that come from accepting what you are not yet good at....

Five Habits That Sharpen The Mind

Brain-training games turned out to do little for general intelligence. These five everyday habits have better support, and cost nothing....

Four Steps To A Steadier, Positive Mind

Some experiences lift us and others open a tap of negativity. Whether that tap keeps running is up to you. Four simple steps to close it....

Envy Quietly Steals Your Own Life

Everyone envies someone now and then. The damage starts when the feeling takes over, and you stop seeing your own life for staring at someone else's....

In Defence Of The Wandering Mind

Frequent daydreaming is not always a sign of laziness. It can point to a roomy working memory, and a mind moving freely is where new ideas come from....

A Few Quiet Minutes Of Looking Inward

In a rush-everywhere world, sitting still with your own thoughts can feel like wasted time. Six ways a little daily introspection pays you back....

Notice The Craving Before You Obey It

The mind is built to want. A few quiet minutes of noticing where a craving shows up in the body can loosen its grip on your habits....

The Voice Of Doubt Is Not Yours

That nagging voice saying your idea is silly or risky was planted by others. You cannot silence it completely, but you can refuse to water it....