Through this article I am going to prove that money and happiness are two different things. First and foremost being happy is really a choice you and I make. Happiness is free. We can feel happiness, right now, if we choose to.
Money CANNOT buy happiness. It’s been said before. We’ve heard it before. Now scientists from all over the world have proved that money cannot buy happiness. The misconception that the more money you have, the happier you can be is simply not true.
It is possible and true that depending on how we choose to use money, it can create powerful and positive changes in our family. By having money we are able to function more easily in this world. It can buy us food, clothes, and comfort. But please do keep in mind that because attachment to money is based on fear, money creates insecurity. Read the rest of this entry »
At some time or other most people suffer from stress, work related, money problems, family problems, worry about health, travelling, in fact anything unusual to your lifestyle can cause stress.
You feel under pressure at work, the work load is too heavy or you feel that work mates are against you, quarrelling and bickering at who is getting the best jobs or who is being promoted above you.
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Cognitive behavior therapy techniques are helpful and teach you to re-arrange your thought patterns that result into low self-esteem.
We all know and worry about the fact that low self-esteem affects every part of your life negatively. May it be relationships, job or health? And we all know it is possible to steer clear of the situation and that it can be nipped at the bud. It is possible to raise our self-esteem to a healthy level, in spite of the fact that we are harboring a negative self-image since childhood.
Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) techniques are especially helpful in re aligning, re- arranging and changing unhealthy behavior and thought patterns. These techniques are based on the assumption that your feelings and behavior result from how you think about yourself and the life you lead. These techniques helps you because it teaches you to recognize, challenge and in the end replace negative thoughts with more positive, realistic thoughts. Read the rest of this entry »
The Centers for Disease Control Prevention estimates that one in every 150 children suffers from autism and this number is on the rise as it is growing at a 10 to 17 percent rate. Autism can affect any child and bears no relation to race, age, ethnicity, or lifestyle. However, boys are four times more likely to be affected than girls.Autism is not a mental illness. It occurs as a result of a neurological ailment that affects the working of the brain. Abnormalities in the brain structure cause autism. It is a developmental disability that appears within the first three years of a child’s life. It affects communication and social interaction skills and is characterized by the lack of such skills and repetitive behaviors.
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The more you have or possess in terms of materialistic possessions and luxuries, the more happy will you be, is not how it actually works. In fact the opposite works better in the long run. You will be happier by limiting your choices. Freedom of choice, increased expectations, indecision and unhappiness at some point get entwined and make a bad picture, leading to a stressed life. Read the rest of this entry »
You’re tossing and turning the whole night through, sleep eludes you, and you have to start the day again on depleted reserves. If this sounds familiar then you must be an insomniac.
Insomnia generally refers to the condition of getting very little sleep or sleep of a very poor quality. You may not be able to fall asleep at all or wake up often through the night but are unable to fall asleep again. Also, your sleep may not have refreshed you in spite of having slept for the usual number of hours. This will obviously affect your functioning the next day when you may be overfatigued, feel sleepy through the day, have trouble focusing on the job at hand, and feel irritable or depressed. Read the rest of this entry »
Bipolar disorder is claimed to be the sixth leading cause of disability in the world. This is a condition that has been described as being manic-depressive but is actually a lot more complicated than that. It is a disorder in which the sufferer switches between episodes of depression and mania in varying degrees of intensity. It affects feelings, behavior, perceptions, and thoughts and is more common in people whose families have a history of some kind of mental illness, so in fact it is hereditary. Read the rest of this entry »
The same Creator who thought of covering the orange with a thick sour peel to protect it from being eaten away and damaged by insects has also equipped human brain with in-built mechanism to deal with ups and downs in our everyday life. The researchers and scientists over a period of time have discovered that this is possible because of chemical circuit breakers technique that shut off the stress hormones to entire networks of nerves and it’s only function or job is to calm the human brain down.
There are certain things that work in a certain way in our brains. And our internal systems react to them in a particular way. There are certain techniques we will discuss and adopt in our daily life to protect ourselves from being various ailments, which are a result of nothing but stress. Read the rest of this entry »
The fastest growing disability category in the United States of America is Insurance claims for depression, stress and job burnout. So it’s time we learnt to handle stress and fatigue or burn out more effectively. People somehow tend to find all the wrong things to do to de-stress. They watch Television. Munch on unhealthy food and skip exercise in the process of being glued to the TV. And they consider it a way to unwind and de-stress.
Let’s know some more surprising facts in our everyday life that hardly help us fight or deal with stress, but we encourage them without giving it a serious thought. Some of our favorite, slick and handy gadgets stress us out the most. Cell phones and mobile electronic mail devices are two examples, which make it difficult to get away from the office. We are not spending on gadgets; we are spending on ways to carry office in our pockets and cars. Another newfound thing that gives stress is the concept of working from home. It may sound like a new mantra but it does add to stress because somewhere we are erasing, or rather blurring the line between work and leisure. Read the rest of this entry »
One thing for everyone to understand is that foundation of happiness is robust health. It’s an open secret most people do not give too much consideration too. Let us imagine a situation where we are professionally or academically successful, our spouse [or spice 
] are doing all right, children seem to be on track and are focusing their energy where they should, parents are taken are of - everything sounds in place and in control.
No tiff with the boss, no malice brewing behind our backs, nothing… but we have this persistent headache for lack of sleep over past few days that wouldn’t go away even with a painkillers. It’s nothing. Just a headache but is enough to take our minds off everything and the pain frustrates us. We lose temper, the feeling reflects in our work and nothing sounds good. We don’t want to eat, talk, nothing. Just want to be left alone. Read the rest of this entry »
