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How to Forgive Yourself Quotes and Tips

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Healthy forgiveness involves assessing mistakes and releasing resentment for those mistakes. It’s not only important to be able to forgive other people. It’s also important to be able to forgive yourself too. 

Shame, guilt, and regret are emotions that are meant to make us notice when something we did hurt our self or others. Once you’ve paid attention to that message and made adjustments accordingly, it does not serve you or anyone else for you to wallow in the shame, guilt or regret.

Click Read More for inspiring quotes and 3 Steps for Self Forgiveness. 

How to Relieve Anxiety and Stress with a Nature Pill

How to Relieve Anxiety and Stress with a Nature Pill 0

How about taking a Nature Pill to relieve your stress? A new study shows that 20 to 30 minutes of being in nature (even just sitting in a nature setting in the middle of a city) reduces stress and anxiety.

Click the pic to learn:

  • what a nature pill is
  • what the study showed
  • how you can use a Nature Pill to de-stress

8 Life Tips for How to be a Happier Person

8 Life Tips for How to be a Happier Person 0

Joy and happiness are more skill than circumstance. Here are 8 easy-to-use strategies to boost the positive feelings you get from everyday events and become a happier person. Four of them are in the "what to do" category and four are "what not to do". 
Why Feeling a Wide Range of Positive Emotions is Good For Your Health

Why Feeling a Wide Range of Positive Emotions is Good For Your Health 0

Feeling a wide range of positive emotions may be more important to your health and well-being than the amount of feel-good you have in your life. People with a wide range of positive emotions had less inflammation in a study performed by US universities (including Cornell) and the German Institute for Economic Research.

Less inflammation is a very good thing! Inflammation has been implicated in many physical illnesses and in anxiety and depression.

Click to learn more about the study and how you can expand your positive emotion word vocabulary. 

10 Calming Affirmations to Reduce Anxiety Naturally

10 Calming Affirmations to Reduce Anxiety Naturally 0

Anxiety can sap your energy and distract your mind. It can get in the way of your health and happiness. 

Positive affirmation statements can be used throughout your day to calm and relax your anxiety naturally, and cheer you on through challenges big and small. 

Click to read 10 affirmations that can help reduce your anxiety and decrease your stress. 

The Link Between Perfectionism, Anxiety and Depression

The Link Between Perfectionism, Anxiety and Depression 0

Perfectionism creates anxiety and depression.

Not all people who have anxiety are perfectionists, but many people who are perfectionists are anxious and/or depressed.

Perfectionism is a tough taskmaster. The drive to be perfect and have everything around you be perfect is a ball and chain that holds you back and bogs you down.

The truth is, you can’t be perfect. Other people can’t be perfect. Things can’t go perfectly.