Life & Community
COMPASSION
Compassion To gain purpose, we need to go deeper than just achieving personal goals by reaching out to others and showing compassion and kindness. "Compassion is the emotion one experiences when...
COMMUNITY SUPPORT
When we are stressed out, our best line of defense is to positively connect with other individuals. They act as a buffer against life’s difficulties and surprises in the form of emotional support,...
CERTAINTY AND CONTROL
There are always going to be things that we can’t control, such as genetics, serious accidents, certain medical conditions, etc., but it doesn’t mean that we have to become a slave to our...
CERTAINTY – A GIFT AFFORDED TO THE IGNORANT
As we get older, we gain more and more knowledge and create a clear-cut idea of how the world is and what it should be like. All of this is well and good, but once we start to assume, we know...
CAN I HEAL A BULGING DISC?
What is a Bulging Disc? Discs are the protective shock absorbent rings located in between the vertebrae of the spine. Due to aging and normal wear and tear, things like stretching, bending,...
BLIND SPOTS
We all have a blind spot and it’s shaped exactly like us. – Junot Diaz We have the capacity to achieve many things; however, we can also stand in our own way. When challenges arise, there is a...
BEING UNMOTIVATED
Even if we have the skill-set and resources to meet and maintain goals, we can still become unmotivated and have a hard time adhering to an exercise and diet regimen. According to Ingledew &...
AUTHENTIC KINDNESS
With life’s many stressors, we can become engulfed in the irrelevant details and stray from our deep personal truths. This narrows our focus to our own problems and internal conflicts. The one thing...
ARE YOU VULNERABLE?
We all struggle from time to time. In order to ease some of life’s stressors, it’s important to be able to connect with others through our highs and lows, especially in the form of compassion. ...
ARE YOU IN CONTROL?
Do you believe that you are in control of most outcomes? Or are things usually out of your control? Where we perceive our agency to be and to what extent is called the “locus of control”. ...