There is something quietly powerful about sitting down with a blank canvas, a set of colored pencils, or a ball of yarn. The world keeps spinning, emails keep arriving, and the to-do list stays long. But for a short window, none of it matters. Your hands are busy. Your mind follows.…
Posts tagged as “stress relief”
Here is a step-by-step Be the Pebble mindfulness meditation for stress relief. We live in stressful times. Besides the usual stress agenda, we now have the added problem of a pandemic sweeping the world. Be the Pebble meditation may be just what you need right now – at least for some…
I’ve always been fascinated by how the smartest people are not always the most successful people in life. Nor are they the happiest. Those who excel in academic achievements often lack social skills and are not always the ones to bag the best jobs. On the other hand, we hear stories…
I absolutely advocate doing what makes you happy. And I try to practice what I preach as much as I can. To that end, I’ve been immersing myself in work after a bout of the ‘flu. I just finished editing a manuscript that I wished would never end! Some books are…
Stress is a normal part of our lives whether or not we like it. Most of the time, healthy levels of stress help us stay on our toes. Still, there are days when it is more than we can take. Managing stress when it gets out of hand is crucial for…
In life, we constantly face stressful situations. Right now, even as I adjust the halo around my head feeling super-proud of myself for posting on five blogs for three days in a row (that’s 15 posts, people, and includes the writing, formatting, stressing over images and creating pins and whatnot)—I am…
Okay, before you think I am slurring, zwodder is a dialect word from Somerset and means “a drowsy and stupid state of mind”. When that state occurs, stress isn’t far behind. With the A to Z Challenge for 2017 drawing to a close, do you feel that way? I guess most…