“Each moment in time we have it all, even when we think we don’t.” – Melody Beattie
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Let’s face it Barbie is a cultural icon. There aren’t too many people who are known on a first-name only basis. She’s in the category with Elvis, Beyoncé, and Oprah. To make matters worse—she’s perfect. She’s 54 years old and super sexy. She has a perfect body, perfect hair, and a perfect life with boyfriend Ken. Do we have any haters yet? Maybe you have a few Barbie’s in your life. Maybe she’s the girl at the gym, your boss, or your best friend. It’s hard to be around someone you think has everything and not be envious, especially in today’s body obsessed culture. But if Barbie were real, I bet she’d have plenty to say about the pressure she’s been under over the last 54 years—all in the name of being “perfect.”
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There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time. – Malcolm X
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Stress and anxiety are different from each other, yet the terms are often used interchangeably. Stress is just a synonym for pressure. And pressure is a motivator. Too much of it is overwhelming, but without enough of it you won’t get anything done. Anxiety is very different from stress, in all the worst ways. Anxiety is a false alarm that is set off by anything that you perceive as a threat–and potential threats are all around us if you look for them.
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“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” – Nelson Mandela
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We all have days where we have to drag ourselves out of bed and, for lack of a better way to describe it, just feel “blah.” There are many reasons why you may feel less than inspired about life, from high stress levels at work to a poor diet or lack of exercise, but the good news is that you don’t have to let it ruin your day.
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Many people tend to make things more complex than they have to be. Even when the answer is right in front of us we may overlook what is already there in search of a more complex approach. The same thing happens when we go looking for self-improvement, or ways to be happier and live a more fulfilled life. Trained to look over the simple explanations, we oversee them by a long shot. Happiness doesn’t have to be complex and difficult.
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Happy people have a much wider range of friends and relationships. They spend more time with others and their relationships tend to be deep and meaningful. What relationships offer you this deep emotional connection? Connecting with others isn’t easy and natural for everyone. It can be a difficult task to reach out to others when we don’t feel good about ourselves or our life circumstances. When we’re down and out, relationships are even more important, and that’s why understanding and dealing with loneliness is so critical.
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Depression is one of the most prominent mental diseases known to us today, yet there are still many misconceptions about it. There are some who believe that depression doesn’t really exist – they think that anyone who ‘acts’ depressed should just pull themselves together and get on with their lives. There are also some who treat depression seriously – so seriously that they constantly control their environment to avoid anything that may make them feel depressed, even in the slightest way. And in between these two extremes, there are many stances on a topic that has divided not just common opinion, but professional opinion too. So what can we establish about depression? What is there that we know, that we can agree on as fact?
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Anxiety may have some genetic components, but it’s also manageable, and it’s manageable without heavy medications or addictive behaviors. If you want to eliminate anxiety, start integrating the following tips.
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