What Is Mindfulness? Refocusing Your Thoughts by Taylor Bennett | Dec 22, 2017 | Mental Health Topics, Psychology, Self-Improvement What is Mindfulness? Have you ever found yourself unable to shake the past? Or maybe you’re anxious about the future, and you can’t focus your attention elsewhere. In both regards, practicing mindfulness will bring you back to your center and to the current moment. Mindfulness is all about focusing on…
Start the New Year on the Right Foot: 5 Tips by Taylor Bennett | Dec 22, 2017 | Mental Health Topics, Self-Improvement The hustle and bustle of Christmas is officially over. You know what that means—it’s just about the new year! Just a few weeks ago, you were writing down inspired resolutions for this very occasion. But now that the new year is on your doorstep, you’re just not sure how to…
10 Resolutions We Should All Have for the New Year by Taylor Bennett | Dec 21, 2017 | Mental Health Topics, Self-Improvement I don’t know about you, but the holidays are certainly creeping up on me. It feels like just yesterday I was clearing the table after Thanksgiving dinner—and now we’re just days away from the new year! And it’s about time to have those resolutions locked in. I’ve never been one…
8 Ways to Be More Decisive by Taylor Bennett | Dec 13, 2017 | Mental Health Topics, Self-Improvement When asked my biggest flaw, the first thing that comes to mind (if I’m being honest) is my indecisiveness. This issue dates back to when I was just a little kid. I experienced extreme distress over choosing between the chicken nuggets or the mac & cheese and could never pick…
Feeling Overwhelmed? Organize Your Life by Taylor Bennett | Dec 12, 2017 | Mental Health Topics, Self-Improvement Are you feeling a little overwhelmed today? Is your head on the verge of exploding? Don’t worry, I’m not going to ask for any details, a simple yes or no will do—because I know the feeling, and I know it well. Every couple months of college, I would start to…
10 Ways to Spread the Love This Holiday Season by Taylor Bennett | Dec 6, 2017 | Mental Health Topics, Self-Improvement People really love to celebrate the holidays, whether it be Halloween, the Fourth of July, or even National Pizza Day—but they really love to celebrate Christmas. The second that Thanksgiving is over, out come the twinkly lights, the tinsel, the carolers, and the gift wrap. We rejoice in decorating the…
5 Mental Health Pros Share Sage-Level Life Advice by Taylor Bennett | Nov 24, 2017 | Mental Health Topics, Self-Improvement “In three words, I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” Many years ago, I read this infamous quote by Robert Frost for the first time. And while then, it was a simple excerpt in a book, it now provides me comfort in times of despair,…
10 Pieces of Life Advice from Psychologists and Therapists by Taylor Bennett | Nov 2, 2017 | Mental Health Topics, Self-Improvement Life’s hard—that is a fact. We all struggle from time to time, whether it be at work, in our relationships, or in our own compact minds. We get off course, can’t figure out which way’s up, and scramble for something to keep us afloat. Sometimes, however, all we really need…
How to Defeat Your Personal Triggers by Taylor Bennett | Nov 2, 2017 | Mental Health Topics, Self-Improvement When I got into my dream school, I was over the moon. It was the perfect campus, the perfect community, even the perfect distance away from home. But my dad had one concern: the drive. The bulk of it was spent on a highway infamous for tractor trailer congestion, which…
Incredibly Inspiring Quotes From World Series Champions by Nathan Davidson | Nov 2, 2017 | Mental Health Topics, Self-Improvement The Houston Astros are officially 2017 World Series champions after winning game seven in Los Angeles. It was probably one of the greatest World Series ever played and it had so many amazing and inspiring comebacks, which is why we were compelled to make this photo gallery. Congratulations to the…
5 Tips for Adult Education Students to Reduce School Stress by Curtiss Robinson | Oct 27, 2017 | Mental Health Topics, Self-Improvement This article has direct application to me, the writer, as I am back in school at age 46, but truth be told, these five tips will absolutely help any person in school regardless of age or grade. Let me just begin by saying school is tough. Expectations are high and…
How to Bounce Back After Losing Your Internal Locus of Control by Taylor Bennett | Oct 23, 2017 | Mental Health Topics, Self-Improvement Your locus of control is simply your belief system, it’s what you attribute your experiences, your successes and failures to. Now, you can have either an internal or an external locus of control: individuals with an internal locus of control attribute their successes and failures to their efforts and…