What to Eat and Drink for More Inner Peace
If you suffer from anxiety, you might be relieved to find that calming foods and drinks can promote inner peace. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and social anxiety disorder can make you feel jittery and uneasy. Thankfully, there are plenty of natural options that can ease your symptoms and also improve your health. […]
4 Ways Employers Can Support Mental Health in the Workplace
Mental health is crucial for everyone, including your employees. Workers spend the majority of their week at the office and the state of their mental health impacts not only their work but their livelihoods. More companies are recognizing the importance of understanding how managers can support staff well-being. You should support your employees’ well-being not […]
7 Simple Ways to Gain Peace in Life
There’s no doubt that peace is very important in life. It can help you feel happier and more relaxed, and it can also improve your overall health. There are many ways that you can achieve peace in your life. Some of them are simple things that you can do daily, while others require a bit […]
No caminho do autoconhecimento
O Autoconhecimento é um caminho de introspecção. Não há descoberta sem mergulho para dentro de ti. Cada um se conhece de forma diferente. O caminho do autoconhecimento é introspectivo e peculiar. É um processo de investigação crítica e analítica sobre si mesmo. Algumas pessoas vêem o autoconhecimento como uma proposta individual de desenvolvimento pessoal. Na […]
On the path to self-knowledge
Self-knowledge is a path of introspection; it is a process of critical and analytical investigation of oneself. There is no discovery without diving into oneself. Hence, the path of self-knowledge is introspective and peculiar. The modernity offers several promises of “magic” tools for personal discovery and development. Understand that we are a part of a Gestalt, being […]
Letting Go: walk with a free state of mind
Many people walk around with burdens that make it hard to move freely. An airplane can’t take flight if too much luggage is on board. That’s why there are weight limitations to what we can bring. Some of us want to spread our wings but keep ourselves grounded. Our brain works the same way. We […]
Mind-Body Connection: how one affects the other
Our thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and attitudes can positively or negatively affect our complete biological functioning. Our minds can actually affect how healthy our bodies are. On the other hand, what we do with our physical body (what we eat, how much we exercise and even our posture) can impact our mental state (positively or negatively). […]
Four Healthy Eating Tips to Help You Fight Inflammation
An increased knowledge of health conditions that cause intestinal inflammation such as Coeliac, Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis has made many of us more aware of our body’s tolerance to food and drink. Allergies are also spoken of more frequently than in the past. While severe allergies can be life threatening and require specialist interventions […]
A psychological view of karma – part 3: Mental states
As we saw in A psychological view of karma (part 2), karma – which literally means ‘action’, but refers specifically to an intention or mental action – influences our life by creating mental tendencies that will affect the way we experience our life in the future. For example, if I act out of greed, in […]
A psychological view of karma – part 2: Karmic effects
As explained in a psychological view of karma (part 1), the Buddhist understanding of karmic actions entails some sort of intention. Therefore, as frequently misunderstood, our karma has more to do with the consequence of our past intentions than the result of our past deeds. But what about our karmic ‘effects’? Can an intention make us […]