How to Change a Routine by Retraining Your Subconscious Mind

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How often do you operate on autopilot? Are you in control of your thoughts? How do they impact your routines, habits, and behaviors? Your subconscious mind forms automatic routines to save mental energy. These are reinforced by feedback loops. But, you can retrain your subconscious mind to deliberately create new routines of your choosing. Read more to learn how to change a routine by taking control of your thoughts and subconscious mind.

PTSD and Grief: How to Reconnect With Your Emotions

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Why is it important for survivors of abuse to grieve? Can PTSD be healed in the grief process? PTSD and grief are connected because grieving allows you to feel and move through complex feelings of loss, anger, and sadness. There are distinct steps that you can follow to progress through the grieving process, separate from the well-known emotional stages of grief. Keep reading for more on grief, trauma, and healing your emotional life.

Nietzsche and Camus: No Such Thing as a “Good” Life

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What did Nietzsche and Camus teach about leading a good life? Why did they let go of the idea of pursuing goodness? Nietzsche and Camus both taught that pursuing moral goodness is not the best way to optimize your life. Looking at their philosophies, you can see how other ways of thinking can help you to make good decisions, too. Learn why Nietzsche and Camus let go of the idea of moral goodness and what they suggested instead.

How to Prepare for Death—and Why You Should (Sadhguru)

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Are you prepared to die? What should you do if you hope to experience a “good death” one day? Regardless of your age, death is in your future. That’s not something to dread, but it’s something you can and should prepare for. That’s the view of spiritual teacher Sadhguru, who discusses dying well in his book Death: An Inside Story. Continue reading for Sadhguru’s insights on how to prepare for death.

How to Fast Safely: 2 Tips to Get the Most Out of Your Diet

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Do you know how to fast safely? How do you maximize the benefits of fasting? While fasting doesn’t seem complicated, Mindy Pelz has a couple of tips for maximizing the benefits of fasting. These are incorporating different-length fasts into your routine, and paying attention to the foods you eat when you’re not fasting. Let’s explore these two tips in detail.

How to Be Grounded: The 6 Elements of Groundedness

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Want to know how to be grounded? What are the key elements of groundedness? Learning how to be grounded requires focusing on six components: accepting reality, living in the present, slowing down, accepting yourself, nurturing relationships, and taking care of your physical health. Once you understand all of these components, you can develop a more grounded mindset. Continue reading for more on how to cultivate groundedness.

Your Erroneous Zones by Wayne W. Dyer: Book Overview

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What’s Your Erroneous Zones by Wayne W. Dyer about? Are you getting in your own way of being happy? In Your Erroneous Zones, Wayne W. Dyer argues that self-sabotaging practices called “erroneous zones” are preventing you from being happy. He further explores where erroneous zones come from and why eliminating them is crucial for living your best life. Read below for a brief overview of Your Erroneous Zones.

How to Have More Patience: The 2 Key Ways to Slow Down

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What does it take to have more patience? How can you let yourself slow down? Anything worth doing takes time. To have more patience, you need to choose to do less, and you need to focus on the steps you’re taking rather than the goal. Doing this can help you work toward your goals more effectively. Read on to learn how to have more patience and trust the process.