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How to create and maintain a positive attitude
You have the ability to create your own positive attitude. Yes, whether your attitude is positive or negative, is up to you. The ability to change your environment or situation is not always within your control, but your attitude about it is within your control.
How to create and maintain a positive attitude
3 Ways To Free Yourself From Addiction In This New Year
How To Free Yourself From Addiction in the New Year
Guest Post By Constance Ray, founder of www.recoverywell.org
For many, a new year represents the time to make some major life changes. The new year offers a new beginning and a clean slate to march forward into a better version of yourself. Having an addiction can be a crippling force that indeed seems to dissipate life right before your eyes. Making the decision to beat your addiction is a wise choice and there is no better time to start than now. Use these steps as a guide to assist you in leaving your pattern of addiction in the past and embracing all the possibilities your new life will provide. Read the rest of this entry »
Why Having A Balanced Brain Is The Secret To Addiction Recovery
Having a Balanced Brain is the Secret to Addiction Recovery
-By A. Scott Roberts
M.S. Rehabilitation Counseling, Addiction Specialist
The brain contains around 100 billion neurons that communicate to each other by means of neurotransmitters, which are tiny molecules.
There are groups of neurons that have specialized functions that are organized into the multiple structures in the brain. In order for the brain to function at an optimal level, the neurons must maintain homeostasis – or an internal balance – among their constituent neurons and other brain structures.1
10 Tips To Help You Beat The Blues
Major Depression is serious and often needs professional medical intervention. But I am not talking about that. Sometimes we just feel blue, bummed out, defeated. Here are some tips on how to make yourself feel better when you’re feeling a little depressed:
1. Stay Calm
Even just a little bout of the blues can spiral you down into anxiety. Close your eyes and take a deep breath. Take as many as you need and find your inner peace to stay calm. “This too shall pass” is something I like to remind myself of.
2. Feed your mind ONLY positive thoughts
When things aren’t going well, it’s easy to fall into a vicious cycle of negative thoughts. It’s important that you break this cycle as quickly as possible. To do that, you need to feed your mind with only uplifting, positive thoughts. As often as you can, read spiritual texts, personal growth books, funny books, motivational books, or inspiring quotes.