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Overthinking is golden when transformed from rumination to innovation
Have you ever felt your mind got completely stuck on a single stressful thought? It usually starts with something small going wrong. It might be a sharp comment from someone or the sudden realization that a huge deadline is looming. Suddenly, overthinking occurs and your brain starts spinning in a fast, repetitive circle. Overthinking feels […]
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Lessons from Seyir (Novel): Why We Choose to Stay in Prisons of Our Own Making
The novel Seyir (The Experiment) opens with a haunting confrontation in a mirror. “Do you recognize the person staring back,” the narrative asks, “or are you confronting a stranger curated for public consumption?” In Piraye’s Seyir, we meet Mina (the main character) on her wedding day a moment traditionally synonymous with joy and self-actualization. Yet, […]
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Silencing the Inner Critic: How Art Therapy Reclaims Your Creative Freedom?
Life is full of stress and burden, and we mostly suppress and try to move on . When the mind feels “stuck” in this loop of stress, traditional talk therapy may not be effective because not everyone is mastered on describing their frustrations. Art therapy can be a better alternative to talk therapy where the […]
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The Power of Controlled Breathing on Mental Health
Breathing is one of the fundamental functions that supports life. It is essential for maintaining blood circulation, delivering oxygen to body cells, and removing carbon dioxide. There is an extended research with shows that it has a significant impact on how our body operates, influenced by both physical and psychological factors. This article describes the […]
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How to shift your mind toward positivity with meditation?
Thinking positively is the most cliché word ever. Be positive, be happy, and then the rest would be good. Unfortunately, the story is more complicated than that. First, you need to dive deep into your mind and understand what is engraved at the bottom. In your subconscious mind. Your brain is like radio; the frequency […]
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Codependency and how it reduces the quality of life
Do we have a free will? I would start to question the discussion from there. Do we act based on our decisions, or are there other factors that contribute to our behaviors? Codependency is an important component that would influence the quality of lives. When you are making a decision, do you make it because […]
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How to shift your mindset from panic and agitation to peace and calmness
My mindset changed from negative to peace. A couple of years ago, I was living with a great panic and anxiety. Today, my mind got to a very peaceful state, and it took me a lot of effort to reach this mindset. Approximately 6 years ago, I tried a lot of different methods to reach […]
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The key to happiness after a major setback
I recently came across Mel Robbins biography. She had a shitty past, and there was a time in her life that she found herself bankrupt and in bed at the age of 41. Now she is a very respected worldwide motivational speaker. If you search for people who are now influential, they would have a […]
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How to recover psychologically after intense workplace distress
The environment that we are in plays an essential role on how we behave, look and development of our self-esteem. If people are supportive and respect us and give a chance for our personal growth, then we will flourish. However, if we are in a place where we are given lots of pressure and have […]
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How meditation helps to calm your mind and identify your thoughts?
Life is proceeding at full pace. Most of our days pass in a great rush. Our minds can be very distracted from the day’s rush, multiple tasks, and relentless to-dos. Managing home is one thing; work is another. Then things start to get out of control at some point. We start experiencing great failure; it […]
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