The art of making decisions – 1 essential technique to use when you are facing a big decision
I’m not sure if you ever had to make a tough decision… HA HA HAAA! No doubt you had to and no doubt you will have to in the future. Maybe you’re at a crossroad right now, put in the situation to make an important decision, which may define your life from now on. I am not referring to decisions between...
Thank you for the food – Short and effective gratitude exercise to enhance your eating experience
Yum-yum If you’re anything like me, you love food. Food is like a hobby and the source of many pleasurable sensations. Oh, right now I wish for some delicious omelette with green onion and feta cheese… or warm vegetable cream soup… or a juicy burger… Nom-nom On the other hand, it happens quite often that I sit at my laptop and at lunch...
Breathe and have a blast – Change your state with just 3 breaths
Wait, wait, don’t read just yet! Notice your state: What’s there? Restlessness? A little bit of stress? Maybe tiredness? Lack of patience or enthusiasm? … or mere relaxation? Close your eyes and observe. Now, … Relax the shoulders and the neck; they’ve been carrying the weight of a lot of problems. Relax your facial muscles and the jaw, where you’ve clenched...
Why relationships are essential and why you should invest in them
Unless you live on top of the mountain in a cave - which you are not because you have access to internet and are reading this post - no matter what you do, where you are or come from and what you believe in, you are surrounded by people, with whom you establish relationships...
11 steps to establish a daily workout routine
There is no argue about the fact that physical movement is essential for your health. There is no specialist who says: do not do exercise, it’s bad for you, unless you have a condition and you need to be careful. But even in most of those cases, there is a type of exercise that can be adjusted to the body’s...
Do you have good habits? – Why habits significantly reduce stress and how to create a new one
“We can use decision-making to choose the habits we want to form, use willpower to get the habit started, then – and this is the best part – we can allow the extraordinary power of habit to take over. At that point, we’re free from the need to decide and the need to use willpower.” – Gretchen Rubin Habits have become...
My shower meditation – wash off the bad stuff
... and replace it with the good stuff! The morning shower is one of my favourite moments of the day. Following the workout, it gives me the relaxation that I need (and I feel I deserve) and the peace before a full day. Ohhh... Now that we’re here, before I actually go into the topic I promised, I will share 3 shower...
My Gratitude Exercise – Full Disclosure
How many times have you heard the word ‘gratitude’ lately? It seems like it’s on everyone’s lips and I’m afraid this is why it has actually lost its powerful meaning. We say the word, but do we actually internalize it? Do we know what it really means? How many of us actually allow space to experience, acknowledge and actually feeeeeel gratitude...
“I can’t” means “I don’t want to” – 5 ways to take ownership over your life
…says my grandma, which I seem to quote quite a lot. I if were to limit all my messages to the world to only one, it would be this one: you can do anything, you have unlimited power over your life and yourself and when you take ownership over this, you become unstoppable. As son as you take responsibility over what happens...
7 steps to self-love – a necessity
What does it mean to love myself? How does self-love feel like? I don’t know… Is it something innate or do I need to learn it? Do I learn it from my family, friends? Or through suffering and struggles? It’s incredible how life send me tests every time I write an article… it’s like it challenges me: “let's see, Diana, do you...