The Importance of Taking Breaks and Slowing Down

Taking breaks and slowing down is normal. Rushing doesn't guarantee success. It causes you to lose control over the situation! 'I can't keep up! It's all gone!' These are the thoughts that race through our minds when deadlines approach. We worry, we get nervous, and when 'that day' arrives, the result of our work is far from satisfying. And all because our brain, in a state of anxious rush, cannot work at full capacity. Conclusion: slow down, take a break.

Love: Beyond Romance and Sacrificial Love

When you finally get fed up with all this nonsense about romance and sacrificial love, you will understand that love ends where suffering, tears, and sleepless nights begin, not where it begins. That passion is not about scandals, jealousy, and passionate makeup sex, but about looks, touches, and the desire to be alone more often. You will finally understand that love is about tranquility, security, and care. Everything else is just an illness.

The Impact of Indifference on Human Connections

The less people talk to each other, the more they become strangers. The gap is not created immediately. Warm greetings such as 'hello, how are you?', 'tell me what's new with you', 'are you doing well?' are gradually fading away from your conversations. Indifference destroys human connections. It renders heartfelt conversations unnecessary. Indifference distances loved ones, making them strangers with nothing more to say when they meet...

Learn to praise yourself

For example, in a situation when you refuse someone who is trying to take advantage of you or manipulate you. Be proud of yourself when you stand up for your values, when you can prioritize your time and resources over the audacity of others. Just try saying a firm 'no' once and see that it's actually not difficult at all. And then, go with the flow.

Controlling Emotions and Finding Solutions

We can control our emotions. Replace them, tune ourselves for the better. We can smile, give that smile, receive a smile in return. All problems are solvable. But only when we are ready to solve them. When we are tuned to find the solution. And then everything will work out!

The Dark Side of Obsessive Cleanliness

Passion for order and excessive love for cleaning can lead to wild nights out and casual sex. A psychologist claimed that excessive love for order can be triggered by obsessive-compulsive disorder, excessively excited mental state, or pedantry. Such individuals are usually impeccably dressed, and their homes are characterized by perfect cleanliness, he noted. As an example of the side effects of love for order, he mentioned sporadic indulgence in wild nights out, casual sex, and alcohol abuse.

Life Satisfaction and Emotional States Vary Throughout the Lifespan

Psychologists have found that subjective life satisfaction varies throughout life. It decreases during adolescence, then increases, reaching its peak at 70 years old, and decreases again at 96 years. The results are based on the analysis of studies involving over 460,000 people. They have also noted that positive emotional states gradually decrease throughout life, while negative states decrease until the age of 60, and then increase again.

Enhancing Self-Esteem through Self-Compassion

Self-esteem can be compared to the human immune system, as it protects us from internal pain and makes us emotionally resilient. That's why it is important to take care of our self-esteem. Healing self-esteem can be achieved through self-compassion. If you feel the urge to criticize yourself, simply do one exercise. Imagine that your friend is suffering from the same problem, write them a letter expressing words of support and empathy. Then, read the letter. These are the words you need to speak to yourself.

Happiness and Kindness: The Key to a Fulfilling Life

Happy people are not mean. When someone hurts us, they are most likely deeply unhappy themselves. Happy people do not act rudely in lines, argue in transportation, or gossip about colleagues. Happy people exist in a different reality. It means nothing to them. Only a truly happy person can rejoice in another person's happiness, while only a deeply unhappy person finds joy in someone else's misfortunes.

How to Accept a Situation?

It's a nightmare when you've been waiting for something and then the dream finally starts coming true, but suddenly all kinds of FEARS come along with it. Fears that something will go wrong, that nothing will work out. They don't let you sleep or even live. What to do? Take a sheet of paper and a pen. For example, if you're worried that your plans might go awry and you won't be able to go where you planned, ask yourself: What would I do if that happened? And give a clear answer: I would stay home. Then ask yourself: What good changes could happen if that happened? And answer, for example: I would visit my sister, I promised her a long time ago. The truth is, when you offer alternatives to your brain and imagine the possible consequences of a specific action, the anxiety decreases and it becomes easier to accept the situation.

Don't Make Hasty Conclusions When You're Upset or Sad

Don't make hasty conclusions and decisions when you're angry or sad. If you're tired or in depression, if you're having a bad day or annoyed by people in public transport, don't jump to conclusions and make hasty decisions. You may think you're always objective and that all your thoughts logically follow one another, but in reality, they largely depend on your physical and emotional state. So, first, calm yourself down and then communicate with someone, make decisions, voice your opinion, and try to find solutions.

Dealing with Disrespect: Removing Toxic Individuals from Your Life

You don't need someone who doesn't respect you. The best response to people who don't respect you is: as long as they don't get in your way, don't care about them. They won't encourage your activities or help you become a better person. Get rid of them as soon and quietly as possible. Otherwise, they will pull you down and prevent you from moving toward your goals. As long as they don't hurt you, ignore them. People who don't respect you shouldn't even be allowed close to you. They're not your audience, they're not your pack, they're not your clients. You don't need them at all.

True Intimacy: When You Share Everything

True intimacy is when you rush to tell someone about your dream in the morning. When you're not afraid to appear funny, awkward, or strange. When you share everything: the good and the bad. When it feels incredibly cozy to be together: to talk and even to be silent. When you text someone 'I'm home' right after opening the door of your apartment. When all the jokes are understood and the phrases complete themselves. When you kiss someone not just with your lips, but with your heart. When words touch you so gently that you feel millions of goosebumps running through your skin. When you're mentally always close, even if you're far away. True intimacy is not about distance, it's about the soul.

The Essence of Love

Love is to go through everything together. To stay, endure, forgive, improve, cherish, value, and be faithful. It is to experience together all the difficulties that befall each person. To only be there when everything is good, beautiful, and joyful is not love. Love is to see the Soul of the other, to dissolve oneself in the feeling of an unstoppable desire to make the other person happier, to be a support for them, a saving circle, a beacon of light. To love is to see the other, even when they are not attractive, weak, or have strayed from the path, but not to be disappointed in them. To continue to give care. To continue to hold their hand tightly. To love is to go through everything together.

Self-Reflection and Society's Opinion: Struggles and Progress

When you stop worrying about what others think, you start worrying about what you think of yourself. And I don't even know which one is harder. Because you can hide from society's opinion, you can interpret it differently. But where can you hide from your own opinion of yourself? When you internally understand that you can do better, but somehow things don't go quite right. When you see your own flaws. Yes, you love yourself despite them, and you try to improve. But progress is slower than you would like.

Embrace the Outstretched Hands

Don't push away the people who reach out to you. Parents, children, friends, loved ones - they all need you, while you are often preoccupied, in a bad mood, or affected by bad weather. Don't shut yourself off from those who want to give you their tenderness, as it overflows from their loving hearts. The day will come when children grow up, parents pass away, and loved ones, tired of carrying their untapped tenderness within, will give it to someone else. And suddenly, when you long for that very tenderness, you will look around, hoping to embrace your loved ones, but there will be no one. And now, while it's not too late, reach out for the hands extended to you.

The Importance of Embracing Your Past

Trying to forget the past. Every event, every person who was part of your life was important. No meeting happens by chance. Everything has a cause-and-effect relationship and a meaning. When you try to forget something, in essence, you are limiting yourself, cutting off and saying to yourself, 'no.' You are saying 'no' to your own experiences, feelings, and conclusions. It's a lack of self-love to detach from your previous experiences, which were undeniably significant.

Methods for Living Happily

Several methods for living happily. The Magical Elixir Method. Fill your favorite cup with purified or mineral water that is warm enough. Hold it in your hands, bring it to your lips, and start chanting. You are preparing a magical elixir. Whisper what you want to have in life. For example: 'I am wealthy, happy, successful, loved and loving, beautiful.' The Mirror Method. Approach the mirror and greet your reflection. Joyfully and lovingly. Smile at yourself and remember who you truly are. A unique, talented, successful individual. A beautiful woman. Remind yourself of your divine origin. The Door Method. When you step outside your house, say to yourself: 'Today is the luckiest, most successful, wonderful day.' Or 'The whole Universe supports me on my journey.' And confidently walk into the new day, knowing that luck is on your side.

Choose Your Path: Living a Life You Love

People forget about the most important thing. You have to live your whole life with yourself. So choose the profession you desire. Choose to be with the person you love. Move away from where it's not good and go where you dream to live. Dress in what you like. Take care of yourself, love yourself and your appearance. Finally, become someone you will be proud of. And remember, your life is in your hands.

The Key to a Happy Relationship

To live a happy life together, and not to separate after the first argument, it is not enough to rely only on feelings. Respect for each other, a desire to change for the loved one, a desire to grow and multiply are necessary. Relationships require effort, which amazes those around. The result of this work is a healthy and strong family.