Life & Community

COMPASSION

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...

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COMMUNITY SUPPORT

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,...

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CERTAINTY AND CONTROL

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...

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BLIND SPOTS

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...

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BEING UNMOTIVATED

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 &...

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AUTHENTIC KINDNESS

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...

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ARE YOU VULNERABLE?

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. ...

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ARE YOU IN CONTROL?

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”.  ...

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