La maladie, LE MAL A DIT... Relation entre les émotions et les maladies Le verre d’eau et le stress | LE BLOGUE KAIZEN Durant un discours devant des centaines de personnes, un vieil homme enseignait la gestion du stress à un auditoire très attentif. Il a pris un verre d’eau dans ses mains. Tout le monde s’attendait à ce qu’il parle du verre d’eau à moitié vide ou à moitié plein. « Combien pèse ce verre d’eau ? Les dizaines de réponses entendues variaient de 8 onces à 20 onces. La réponse de l’homme «Le poids absolu n’a pas d’importance. Le verre d’eau et le stress « Le stress et les inquiétudes dans la vie sont comme ce verre d’eau. Pensez-y pendant un moment et rien ne se passe.Pensez-y un peu plus longtemps et ils commencent à faire mal.Et si vous y pensez toute la journée, vous vous sentez paralysés – incapables de faire quoi que ce soit ». La solution: déposer le verre d’eau Pensez à déposer le verre le plus régulièrement possible. Prenez soin de votre véhicule, car c’est le seul qui vous suivra toute votre vie. Pour plus d’inspiration suivez moi sur Facebook : Like this: J'aime chargement… Dans "Conseils"
5 Life-Changing Ways To Start Your Day What's the first thing you do when you wake up in the morning? When I conducted a highly informal survey based on this question, the most common answer I received was: "My alarm is on my phone. The smartphone. When we first wake up in the morning, we're in a highly vulnerable state. So what happens when we fill this soft, vulnerable time with the loud sounds of the electronic world? What I've observed with my clients is that the way you begin your morning sets the tone for the rest of the day. It's as if you had a young child who wanted to snuggle and share her dreams in the morning but you were constantly pushing her aside so that you could read your phone. As an experiment, I invite you to begin your day in one of the following ways for the next week. 1. Even five minutes of mindfulness practice can set a calmer tone for your day. 2. 3. When's the last time you journaled? 4. Yoga is a mind/body practice that is meant to be done at home. 5. Photo Credit: Shutterstock.com
10 Deadly Habits That Drive You Away From Happiness You’ve been on a path your whole life that you thought would bring happiness, but instead you’re feeling far from it. Destination: Lost. Humans are imperfect, that’s for sure! But if something feels off-kilter these days and you’re not where you want to be, here are ten possible reasons that you’re driving on the wrong road away from happiness. 1. Holding on to the past Whether you’re holding on to good or bad memories, spending your life in another time or place does not propel you forward into something for the better. 2. “I’m not good enough,” is a poisonous thought. 3. Sometimes it seems like the internet is usually one big procrastination machine where you can’t get anything done. 4. It feels justified to blame others because you know it’s not your fault things turned out the way they did. 5. There’s actually nothing more soul-destroying than working a job you hate just for the money. 6. Never accepting challenges is like never wanting to change. 7. 8. 9. Practice self-compassion.
10 Psychology Tricks You Can Use To Influence People Before we get started, it’s important to note that none of these methods fall under what we would term the dark arts of influencing people. Anything that might be harmful to someone in any way, especially to their self esteem, is not included here. These are ways to win friends and influence people using psychology without being a jerk or making someone feel bad. Trick: Get someone to do a favor for you—also known as the Benjamin Franklin effect. Legend has it that Benjamin Franklin once wanted to win over a man who didn’t like him. Scientists decided to test this theory and found that those who were asked by the researcher for a personal favor rated the researcher much more favorably than the other groups did. Trick: Ask for way more than you want at first then scale it back later. This trick is sometimes known as the door in the face approach. Trick: Use a person’s name, or their title depending on the situation. Trick: Flattery will actually get you everywhere. Offer They Can’t Refuse
7 Social Hacks For Manipulating People 1. Whenever someone is angry and confrontational, stand next to them instead of in front of them. You won’t appear as so much of a threat, and they eventually calm down. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 10 Natural Ways To Help You Beat Depression If you suffer from depression, it’s likely you feel utterly, desperately — sometimes unbearably — alone. It is, after all, an illness of alienation. It drags you down, steals your joy, robs you of your energy and enthusiasm, and distances you from others. But the truth is, you’re far from alone. More than 20 million people in the U.S. suffer from mood disorders. That jaw-dropping number is proof positive that there are millions of other people who share your pain, and I’m one of them. I suffered from depression for 16 years. 1. Negative self-talk is depression’s modus operandi. 2. Via sunshine, that is. 3. Bad food makes you feel bad. 4. I can’t stress this enough. 5. While traditional medicine has its place, holistic medicine works on the mind-body connection. 6. This is HUGE. 7. Having a support network can make all the difference in the world. 8. Always, always, always ask for help when you need it. 9. Sadly, this is one of the first ways people with mood disorders tend to cope. 10.
How To Capture The Miracle Of Being Alive Inspired by Ann Voskamp's One Thousand Gifts, in which she transforms her depression and anxiety into fullness and joy by devoting herself to a practice of noticing and writing down every moment of wonder, I decided to try it myself. What would I notice inside if, all day long, I jotted down the small moments that brought a smile to my soul? My first morning went like this: A warm bed on a cold autumn morning A striped kitten staring at me when I wake up A tiny brown foot pressed against a furry paw A 4-year old leg slung across my belly And there, just like when I write a poem, I noticed a glimmering of joy. After several weeks of praising, of carrying around a little notebook and writing down the poet-moments, I realized that a path of praise trains us to become artists of life. Each moment carries something praiseworthy if only we can clear our eyes of the silt of routine and see the world with the freshness of a child. We can become poets of experience. 42. 57. You might touch pain.
How I Healed My Metabolism By Rewiring My Brain Being athletic doesn’t necessarily mean you're healthy. I used to run for miles, restrict my caloric intake, and eat as little fat as possible. Then I’d do it all over again the next day. The result? Though I appeared fit and healthy, I’d actually destroyed my metabolism. Not only was maintaining a healthy weight next to impossible, the scale was reading higher and higher numbers, my knees were aching, and I could feel my panic level rising. Luckily, holistic nutrition has come to my rescue! Healing my metabolism by re-wiring my brain and my body has been a long, challenging process. Here are few key things I’ve learned along the way that have helped me emerge from a very deep metabolic rut: Focus on high intensity exercise. Integrate regular yoga and strength training. Count nutrients, not calories! Enjoy healthy fats. There ya go! Photo Credit: Tailwind Jungle Lodge
My Top 9 Superfoods For Looking Good, Feeling Great & Losing Weight What’s so amazing about the leafys is that calorie for calorie, they deliver more nutrients than just about any other food on the planet. Loaded with fiber, vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals, leafy greens stock your body with the artillery needed to fight off potential killers like heart disease and cancer. Simply put: leafys benefit virtually every cell you’ve got! My favorite leafy greens are kale, spinach, Swiss chard, mustard, and dandelion greens because they’re nutritious AND delicious. For an easy added boost, try greens powder in your smoothies.
Yes, Meditation Can Make You A Better Person We humans can be nasty things. Dr Zimbardo’s now famous 1971 psychology experiments and any basic history lesson make that abundantly clear. I didn’t go to a private girls school but I’m often told that’s a whole other lesson in meanness itself. We get drawn into separating "us" from "them" to the point of inter-group conflict (on minor and mass scales) and our brains (yes, our brains) are hardwired to discriminate and categorize our human brothers and sisters according to surface similarities. On the other hand, we humans can also be an awesomely benevolent, compassionate and loving species. Hot off the research presses, we have a creative study exploring how a six-week practice of loving-kindness meditation can reduce stigmatizing and discriminatory attitudes towards homeless people. To obtain these results, the researchers assigned participants to one of three conditions: a six-week loving-kindness discussion, a six-week loving-kindness meditation, or a wait list as the control.
21 Bad Habits To Avoid If You Want To Be Happy We all want to be happy. We often talk about how badly we want happiness, yet we keep repeating the same unhealthy habits over and over again. The best way to achieve happiness is by eliminating things that aren't serving us anymore. So read the following list of what you should stop doing, and make your life happier today: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. What are your thoughts about happiness? Photo Credit: Shutterstock.com