The scientific advantages of gratitude, explained — I can confidently say that every time in life, it behooves us to be grateful rather than unthankful. Even though many of us may struggle with gratitude in our daily lives, it is always the right answer. …

All will be well if you focus on the present — so just keep swimming — If a marathon runner midway through a race thought about how long he/she had left until they reached the end — odds are, they might panic and not be able to finish. …

Delving into the mindset needed to help us control our emotions — Life can be a lot to deal with. You get into a car wreck, your spouse leaves you, you get fired from your job, or you’re just having a bad day. Oftentimes when life gives us lemons, we forget to make lemonade. Many times, these life events are due to…

Self-pity is the opposite of gratitude, and comparison breeds resentment — I was talking to a friend the other day who brought something up that piqued my interest. He mentioned how he was catching up with one of his longtime friends from grade school who had turned out to be incredibly successful. Very wealthy, able to travel the world, and overall…

It’s possible to stand in your own truth and validate yourself, too. — Frequently in life, we may find ourselves giving others undue credit and taking it away from ourselves. We don’t have to give others so much power anymore while giving ourselves so little. Similarly, we don’t have to give other people too much credit while robbing ourselves of the same credit. …

Sometimes our mind distorts reality without us even realizing it. Here’s how to recognize the next time your mind plays a trick on you — Our minds can be strange places. Oftentimes, we are slaves of our own cognitive distortions without even realizing it. What exactly are cognitive distortions, you may ask? They are thoughts we have, frequently irrational, that influence our feelings. With this undue influence can come undue control over our behaviors. In…

Often in life, we ask for things we are not yet ready to receive — Many times in our lives, we ask others for things we feel we deserve, but in reality, we are not yet trained to receive them properly. We try to fill a void within ourselves by asking of other people what we have not yet learned to give ourselves. Love is…

There is a quiet beauty in letting go, if one only puts in the effort to see it through. — Many of us view surrender as a weak act, one born out of a lack of courage. Many of us also believe we are smart, but the truly intelligent are humbled by how much they don’t know rather than emboldened by what little they do know. The beauty of surrender…

Delving deeper into the lucrative hypoallergenic pet business — and how you can still get a cat if you’re allergic but really want one — I didn’t always like cats. In fact, I used to hate them. It all started when I had a uniquely bad experience with one cat in particular many years ago, and ever since then I’ve never cared for them. …