by Heather Elliott | Nov 20, 2017 | Mindfulness, Self-Awareness, Self-Love
In my last blog post, we talked about how meaning has a much greater impact on your health than happiness and how having low levels of meaning causes a similar biology to enduring chronic adversity. Learning that doesn’t help much unless you also learn how to add more...
by Heather Elliott | Nov 4, 2017 | Mindfulness, Self-Awareness, Success
According to a recent study, people who are happy but don’t have a solid sense of meaning in their lives and those who endure chronic adversity have similar gene expression. After so many studies claiming that happiness is good for everything from job performance to...
by Heather Elliott | Oct 9, 2017 | Mindfulness, Self-Awareness
Live and learn. When you hear someone say that phrase, it comes with the unspoken idea that learning certain lessons will make your life better. But what if that isn’t true? Some lessons happen quickly and are hard to forget. Fire hurts when you touch it. Orgasms feel...
by Heather Elliott | Sep 25, 2017 | Mindfulness, Self-Awareness, Success
“The Bushmen in the Kalahari Desert talk about the two “hungers”. There is the Great Hunger and there is the Little Hunger. The Little Hunger wants food for the belly; but the Great Hunger, the greatest hunger of all, is the hunger for meaning…”...
by Heather Elliott | Jul 17, 2017 | Mindfulness, Self-Awareness
Have you ever wanted to tell someone what they should or shouldn’t do and then either been told or wondered if you’re judgmental? Sometimes it’s as simple as thinking someone in your life would have it easier if they were making the choices you think they...
by Heather Elliott | Jul 3, 2017 | Mindfulness, Mindset, Self-Awareness
When you spend time on social media, it’s possible to gain the impression that everyone but you is living the perfect life. However, most people are sharing only the good stuff. And that’s okay. Social media isn’t necessarily the best place to share challenges unless...
