Work-life balance is essential because you can’t have a life in balance if you exclude your work from the equation. But balancing work and the rest of your life can be tricky. Doing so means addressing a wide range of issues such as knowing your purpose, discovering your authentic self, improving focus, and putting yourself forward in a positive fashion by developing your emotional intelligence and improving your leadership skills.
By Laura Araujo
administrator
When was the last time you felt truly happy for another being? The Buddha taught that our happiness is tied directly to the happiness of others. This practice of mudita, therefore, helps teach us to experience the joy of others in a heartfelt way, regardless of their relationship to us and, in so doing, nurture the seeds of our own happiness.
By Laura Araujo
administrator
Play encourages abstract thought and improves our ability to imagine. It releases endorphins and helps us envision other perspectives — hello empathy!
Even more powerfully, recent research has shown that play helps build connections of neurons in the pre-frontal cortex — what I call “the boss” because it’s the decision making part of our brains.
By Laura Araujo
administrator
So what is gratitude?
Cicero, in Roman culture, named gratitude the “mother” of all human feelings.
In woo-woo talk, it’s that tingly, fuzzy, feel-good sensation inside our minds, and maybe even hearts. It’s validation. It’s instant happiness.
And it is. When we express gratitude, it acts as a catalyst for our brain to release dopamine and serotonin – neurotransmitters responsible for happiness.
By Laura Araujo
administrator
It is estimated that over 400 MILLION people meditate around the world. Our supermarket shelves are bursting with magazines, and since 2015 this budding industry has launched more than 2,500 meditation applications and now claims millions of online practitioners. Yet it seems that people are more stressed out than ever before. Why?
By Laura Araujo
administrator
“Water makes up a tremendous percentage of our adult bodies — about 60% — or that everyone from doctors to wellness advisors prescribe regular water consumption.
But have you ever considered that how you consume that water might make a difference?
Shockingly, it does. “
By Laura Araujo
administrator
Amid the fear, the guilt, the hate, and the uncertainty that has exploded this past week, I decided that a Tonglen meditation, which is a meditation to cultivate compassion, was appropriate.
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