by Heather Elliott | Dec 4, 2017 | Mindfulness, Self-Love
Forgiveness is hard. You want to be angry, and the person you’re angry at deserves it. There’s no way to undo the damage they did, and you still feel the pain. So, why should you bother with forgiving them? The biggest reason is that until you forgive, you mentally...
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 22, 2017 | Mindfulness, Success
A lack of self-confidence hurts. It can take the form of a nagging doubt that locks you in an endless loop of starting and stopping the pursuit of your dreams, a tiny voice saying, “You aren’t worthy,” or a paralyzing uncertainty that keeps you stuck in tough...
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...
