Month: May 2020
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Ultimate Test of Delayed Gratification
Friday March 13, 2020 was the day that we were asked to work from home for an unknown length of time. Fast forward, heading into the twelfth week, it seems like getting back to a workplace where people meet each other with a hug, after such a long time apart, is going to be the…
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Use This Simple Daily Habit to Add More Gratitude to Your Life
James Clear has so many approachable ways to change our mindsets for the positive. Enjoy this DailyFind, love from CW! It is a really good idea to force yourself into a positive frame of mind at least once per day. Everyone has bad days and frustrating moments, myself included. But no matter what happens each…
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How Gratitude Changes You and Your Brain
Yes, there is science behind how the practice of gratitude improves mental well-being. It takes time, but it will be worth it. Enjoy this DailyFind, love from CW! With the rise of managed health care, which emphasizes cost-efficiency and brevity, mental health professionals have had to confront this burning question: How can they help clients…
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The surprising connection between gratitude and creativity
It seems anything good for you will also increase your ability to be creative. Enjoy this DailyFind, love from CW! Deepak Chopra says, “Gratitude opens the door to … the power, the wisdom, the creativity of the universe,” and I believe that to be true. He also says, “The best use of imagination is creativity.…
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Why Gratitude Is Important During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Reach out to friends and family and express how you feel grateful to have them in your life. This is part of staying healthy and safe. Enjoy this DailyFind, love from CW! We’re living through unusual and trying times. The COVID-19 pandemic has people feeling stressed and frightened. That’s why it’s perhaps more important than…
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Seneca on Gratitude and What It Means to Be a Generous Human Being
In modern times have we lost the capacity to be generous, both to ourselves as well as towards others? Enjoy this DailyFind, love from CW! “I am grateful, not in order that my neighbour, provoked by the earlier act of kindness, may be more ready to benefit me, but simply in order that I may…
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Dreaming is Like Overnight Therapy
During the year that we travelled the world as a family, the quality of my sleep improved. You might question why I didn’t declare a more spectacular outcome, maybe to say that it was wonderful? After all, I had left a 25-year stint of the required morning alarm ring behind me. What could have possibly…
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This Is the Best Way to Have Better Dreams
Another reason to focus on the bright side of life and not to dwell in negativity. Enjoy this DailyFind, love from CW! When you close your eyes after a long day, you probably wish you saw yourself winning the lottery, sipping a tropical drink on the beach, or sitting by the fire with that special…
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What your dreams say about your health
I suppose everything in the body, including the mind is always trying to telling us something. Yet few of us seem to have the sense for listening and interpreting meaning from the messages. Enjoy this DailyFind, love from CW! No, we’re not about to tell you that dreaming of a deep blue ocean means you’re…
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4 Ways to Use Your Dreams to Help Your Creativity
I don’t have dreams which have me jumping out of bed in the morning brimming with creativity. But I wonder if these techniques will give me a boost nonetheless? Enjoy this DailyFind, love from CW! All humans dream, and dream researcher, J. Allan Hobson, who studied dreaming for decades concluded that about 80 to 95%…