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Achieving Work-Life Balance Changed my Life & can Change Yours too
“Work-life balance is for the lazy and the losers”.
I am a corporate lawyer and worked in a field almost alien to the work-life balance concept. This is the story of how I discovered the importance of work-life balance, how I achieved it, how it changed my life, and how you can achieve work-life balance to change yours if you like.
I...
The Anger Iceberg Worksheet: Master Your Emotions in 3 Simple Steps
What is the Anger Iceberg?
Someone watching you when you’re angry can see your face swell up, your eyes get bigger, your fists clenching, and your hands in the air. They can hear you yell. That’s all they notice – the anger on the tip of the metaphorical emotional iceberg.
They can’t identify or even guess the myriad of feelings you’re experiencing...
Judger to Learner Mindset: 9 Vital Steps to Take Charge of Success
Are you a judger or a learner?
Take a minute before you answer because this answer will tell you how you think about everything in your life, about your approach to dealing with problems in life—personal and professional—and maybe even how far you’ll be able to go in your professional and personal life.
The answer to this question tells you what...
Replace the Victim Mentality: 7 Tips to Empower Yourself
Let me start this post by clarifying what we’re NOT discussing here when we talk about systematic self-improvement techniques to replace victim mentality.
This is not about telling the victims to stop being victims because we know some of us have to deal with things that are worse than others. Poverty, war, disease, harassment, hunger, illiteracy...
What is a Pathological People Pleaser & How to Stop Being One
Being a pathalogical people pleaser means that you’re the kind of person who unreasonably goes out of your way to win others’ approval at the expense of their needs and wishes and have no control over this trait. You can’t help saying yes to anything and everything asked of them no matter the cost.
In this article, we talk about everything...
7 Strategies to Break Your Social Media Addiction
Did you know using too much social media can change the structure of your brain? When was the last time you stepped into the loo without your phone? Are social media platforms your first source of news these days? How many times do you instinctively reach out to your phone and open a social media app to scroll through without having a specific agenda? Is...
How to Embrace The Art of Doing Nothing in Italian - Dolce far niente
It’s the day and age of hustle culture. We talk about working hard and staying committed to work so much that taking time off for yourself or your family is often looked down upon. Being available on vacations is rewarded with quicker promotions and higher bonuses. Leaving the office even at 8.00 p.m. (yes, that late) is considered a half-day. Saying...
Why Assumptions Are Toxic For Relationships
“I’m so sure she was trying to throw me off when she said she needed to ‘work late’ in the office tonight! It took her all day to respond to one text of mine – who is too busy to respond to one text? Was she not free even for 30 seconds through the day? If they want to make time – they make the time! I know what that means.”
We...
13 Signs that your Life will Never Get Better
Let me be blunt with you and come right to the point. You don’t know what your life in the future holds. You don’t have any idea what is going to happen tomorrow. There are, therefore, absolutely no signs you will find that your life will never get better.
The mere fact that you landed on this page is a huge sign that your life is about to get...
8 Ways to Stop the Rut from Ruining your Relationship
Relationships are profoundly exciting, fulfilling, grounding and stabilising. They give you the quintessential feeling of being at home. They bring with them an inherent sense of security and comfort that we all need as mere mortals. They make living life fun and truly meaningful, worth living, if I may!
Except what happens when you have been...
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