Recommendations on how to become a happier and better person. Tips and strategies for personal growth that will help you discover your strengths, improve your personality traits and develop a positive attitude to life.
The benefits of reading aloud to children have been proven at home and when preparing for school. Beyond that, it helps develop language and literacy skills overall. Children need so much to grow into healthy adults. And this doesn’t only mean nutrition and safety. Cognitive health and social skills are a large part of your child’s development, along with mental and emotional stability.…
Sometimes in life, everything strikes at once. What can you do when life doesn't only dole out lemons — it pitches them speedball-style at your head? You can't change some external circumstances, no matter how hard you try. But you can practice mindfulness and feel more grateful for what you do have. These little rituals can help you be more grateful and happy…
When you’re younger, you don’t put much thought into how life is going to be in your 80s or 90s. No, those years don’t really pass through your mind. When you’re younger, you’re looking for pleasure, building on your dreams, even when they’re extreme. But the sad part about this is that everyone forgets how life is short. We completely forget that one…
The confidence gap is an interesting concept. Closely linked to imposter syndrome, it is the disparity in confidence levels between men and women. A person in the same scenario, with the same experiences, might feel very differently about their chance of success dependant on their gender. So why does the confidence gap exist, and what can we do about it? Is the confidence…
Problem-solving is among those skills that we all have to learn at some point in our lives and it remains an essential part of our abilities to cope with what life throws at us. From learning to walk as a way of solving the problem of how to move towards things we want, to spending hours trying to solve challenges in video games…
Let's be honest; Some days it feels impossible to be productive at work. However, there are some ways to boost motivation every day. Work motivation can come and go in waves. When you are motivated it's easy to ride that wave and be productive. But what about those times where you feel stuck in a rut? Workplace productivity can dwindle down to nothing…
If you want to set yourself up for success, a positive self-image is step number one. What is self-image? Self-image is the ideas and beliefs you have about your appearance, personality, and abilities. This belief can shape the way we approach tasks and the level of risk we can take. Positive self-image helps us to navigate more uncertain situations and achieve more favorable…
What you do first thing in the morning will have the greatest impact on the success of your day, and morning affirmations are one of the greatest things you can do for yourself. We often use the expression "getting up on the wrong side of the bed". This simply means you are starting the day off in a bad mood. The problem is…