STOP! Before Packing Up Your Home Use These Stress Reducing Techniques To Employ When Moving + MORE

“We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.” ~ Kenji Miyazawa

If the title of this article called to you, know that your stories are not who you are. They do not define the person you are, rather they are vital understandings we must experience in life.

When we come here we arrive in a family that has already its own story, so we grew up believing that those are our own too and we keep adding life experiences, like they were blanket layers in which we can wrap up, whenever we feel the world is too hard to handle…

Early mornings, especially on a beautiful summer day, are amazing. I can hear the birds chirping, the cool breeze flirting with the shrubs and the majestic trees yielding ever so gently to the wind. I get to enjoy the peace and quiet before modern life awakens.
Before I know it, the symphony of noise begins—car engines, lawn mowers, construction work, dogs barking, kids screaming … and nature sounds get lost in the background…

 
Heard that before, right?  Well, don’t be too tense because I’m not talking about some complex medical surgery or whatever.  However, what I am talking about truly is an important cog in the cogwheels of your life.
You might be wondering why I use an analogy of life to cogwheels…

The importance of trying new things in discovering your creative side cannot be overemphasized.
You do not know how well you can do something without doing it. After learning the procedure of daily routines, we usually do not even think about it. Our subconscious mind directs us to automatically go through the same motions over and over…

When it comes to stress production in our modern lives, the only things that typically beat moving are starting a new job or the death of a family member.

The truth is that while moving is never easy, it does not have to be a huge box of stress, either!

Take a moment to consider what your options are going to be when it comes to reducing the stress in your life when you and your family are moving, whether you are going across the city or across the world…

“Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are developed.” ~Michael Pritchard
For too much of my life, fear held me back.
Fear of abandonment.
Fear of looking bad.
Fear of taking risks.
Fear that I might get hurt.
Fear that things would turn out badly.
Fear that people would see (and dislike) the “real” me…

Readers offer their best tips for fixing headphones, unplugging battery chargers, and moving playlists between iTunes libraries.Read more…    

In this article, I’d like to share with you 5 of the most common reasons why people stay either lonely, or keep hanging out with the wrong friends. Read on to discover what these reasons are, and how to overcome them…
Reason #1: Thinking That The Best People Have Enough Friends Already
It’s true that amazing people are in demand…