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Having Second Thoughts: What Makes Us Who We Are Is Stunning as Well as Humbling
The first title’s dual meaning says it all. Meaning #1 is figurative: after reading this piece, some readers may have second thoughts about espousing a profound perspective on how we function; one likely never encountered before. Meaning #2 is quite literal: most of what we think we’ve deliberately and rationally produced of our own conscious reasoning is actually secondhand topping. That’s because most thinking begins in brain structures that entail the unconscious mind—the #2-mind whose functions we’re consciously unaware of and cannot access. Our conscious mind is where our personal awareness of self, our �...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - December 16, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: benruark Tags: creativity featured meditation psychology self-improvement brain health personality pickthebrain Source Type: blogs

3 Little-Known Reasons That Could Affect How You Motivate Yourself Forever
Imagine your motivation is a person. And to motivate you, they whisper things in your ears they think will rev you up and make you productive: "You can do it!"Way to be!""Keep at it!" These are pretty typical things you think of when it comes to motivating yourself. But you've got to wonder... does any of that "positivity" actually work? I've been in the self-improvement world for over 14 years, and I've tried it all. And if I'm being honest... positivity's never done much for me. Beyond temporarily making me feel like I'm doing something worthwhile, it's rarely actually kept my motivation going for more tha...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - December 15, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ericson Tags: featured motivation self-improvement success inspiration motivation tips pickthebrain productivity Source Type: blogs

8 Ways to Care for Your Mental Health in the New Year
As the pandemic relentlessly drags on, many people are beginning to realize that their mental health is slipping. About 19% of Americans are currently battling a mental health condition, marking a 1.5 million increase from last year. Amid stay-at-home orders, mask mandates and high unemployment rates, many are struggling with severe bouts of anxiety, loneliness and depression. If you’re one of the many Americans suffering from these conditions, you must prioritize self-care in the new year. Incorporate some of the healthy habits below to improve your mental health and embrace 2021 with a smile — however small. 1....
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - December 14, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jennifer Landis Tags: depression featured happiness health and fitness psychology self-improvement goals mental health new year pickthebrain self improvement Source Type: blogs

5 Tips to Network Effectively
A few years back if you had asked me if I would consider getting a job through Networking, I would have scoffed. Never! I can find a job by applying directly through the company and on my own merits, I would have said. Fast forward a couple of years and I found most of my jobs through networking. So what changed? Well, I moved to the US for business school. Business school in the US is all about networking. There are no on campus placements, rather there are information sessions, where you interact with representatives from companies and network with them. They then put in a good word for you, if you've managed to strik...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - December 11, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: shuba Tags: career featured productivity tips self-improvement success networking self improvement Source Type: blogs

Get Further, Faster in your Career: 4 Steps to Finding a Mentor
 Behind every successful person is at least one mentor — who believed in and supported them from the very beginning. A mentor is the cheerleader who encourages your dreams and the advisor who helps you find your way. When things aren’t going well, your mentor provides you with a safe and supportive environment. You can confide in them with your challenges and frustrations, and trust them to provide honest, supportive feedback. Your mentor is your champion — filling three crucial roles: Sounding board: A champion provides wisdom and adviceand challenges you in ways that refine your perspectives and ...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - December 9, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Erin Falconer Tags: career featured motivation self-improvement success mentor pickthebrain Source Type: blogs

4 Venoms That Kill Your Motivation (and Their Antidotes)
Here's a short story that may or may not sound a little familiar. One day an enticing and fresh idea knocks on your door, you welcome it into your life and soon it blossoms into an exciting new project you can't wait to start working on. So you get down to business! All hands on deck. You feel good, motivated, unstoppable and inspired. Everything goes well... at least for a while. Somewhere along the way, things start to go south. The motivation that fueled you at the beginning is gone and without it your project can't survive much longer. So the next thing you know is you are mourning it along with all the other things th...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - December 7, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lisseth Aizpurua Tags: career featured motivation self improvement frustration pickthebrain Source Type: blogs

Why Positive Thinking Won ’t Make You Happy
We are often told that thinking positively can have a life-changing effect on us and be a catalyst for lasting happiness. While thinking positively is a great start, it is not really the ‘answer’ to achieving lasting happiness.  That’s because true happiness isn’t a fleeting feeling or emotion, it is already within us. It’s the energy of our true essence; our soul. Therefore, to attain true happiness we need to access our ‘soul feelings’. Soul feelings do not fluctuate or change. They, like our soul itself, are constant and eternal. Feelings and emotions that are associated with our thoughts (posit...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - December 1, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elle Hari Tags: featured happiness philosophy psychology self-improvement pickthebrain positive thinking self improvement Source Type: blogs

7 Mental Wellness Apps Every Entrepreneur Must Use
Conclusion Mental wellness doesn’t need a major chunk of your time every day, and with digital technology, you can take up sessions and seek answers to your problems through your mobile phone.  These apps have made mental health and wellness easier to assess, giving plenty of options to entrepreneurs to use those apps which appeal to them.  With your busy schedule while working remotely, these apps are perfect to stride over the crisis that is holding you back or to achieve some mental peace. -- Author bio: Hanson Cheng is the founder of Freedom to Ascend. He empowers online entrepreneurs and ...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - December 1, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Hanson Cheng Tags: career confidence creativity depression featured health and fitness internet culture psychology self-improvement apps entrepreneur mental health pickthebrain wellness Source Type: blogs

How We Got Love All Wrong
Our romanticized idea of love made us believe that love is a feeling. That high we experience when we feel we can't be without the other. When we can't stop thinking about them. That is an obsession, and the chemical and neurological state of the feeling described is both what we experience in the honeymoon stage and obsessive-compulsive disorder. When we call it being in love instead of a mental health condition, it's mainly because the object of the obsession is a person and that it's a temporary state. In that lies the key. It's temporary and does not last, and that is a good thing because if it did, you ...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - November 30, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Thomas Westenholz Tags: family featured psychology relationships love pickthebrain self improvement Source Type: blogs

5 Tips for Sustainable Living on a Budget
Many people have a goal to live more sustainably. Unfortunately, it's not always easy to find inexpensive, eco-friendly options. It almost always costs more to create ethically-made products — and those steep price tags can turn away prospective buyers. But did you know certain environmental practices can fit within your budget? Here are a few tips to help you build an environmental-centric lifestyle on a budget. 1. Walk or Bike More Often Here's a simple way to start on your green journey. Let's say you want to grab a beverage at a nearby coffee shop. You could drive a few blocks, but why not walk or bike inste...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - November 26, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jennifer Landis Tags: featured happiness productivity tips self-improvement budgeting clean living pickthebrain sustainable living Source Type: blogs

Diet is Science: Three Steps to Establish Healthy Eating Habits That Last
As any dietician, fitness blogger or biology student will tell you — if you want to lose weight, you must consume fewer calories than your body is burning. While this simple rule can certainly be a useful tool to incorporate into your larger health and fitness plan, cutting calories does not make a healthy diet. In fact, over-prioritizing portion control can lead to negative health consequences of its own, without offering the desired benefit of improved wellness and fitness.  A healthy diet is, at its core, more about understanding what goes into the food you eat than it is about reducing portion sizes. If you c...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - November 23, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Erin Falconer Tags: diet featured health and fitness self-improvement eating habits self improvemet Source Type: blogs

6 Real World Benefits of Embracing a Simpler Life That Make It Worthwhile
A lot of families are realizing that having more stuff and earning more money doesn't necessarily equate to a better life. As a result, the growing trend toward simplicity has emerged. If you have been thinking about paring down the extras in your life and moving toward a simpler lifestyle, these six benefits may convince you to get started. 1. Experience Fewer Distractions The busy things that demand your time are often extras. When you commit to enjoying a simpler life, you can begin to shed these things. That means fewer distractions, which lets you really remove the mental — and physical — clutter from your l...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - November 20, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: IndySummers Tags: featured happiness philosophy self-improvement lifestyle pickthebrain self improvement simple life simplicity Source Type: blogs

Why Romanticized Love is Destroying Relationships
Divorce rates are currently at 40-50% in the US and even higher for subsequential marriages. Marriage satisfaction is 58%, so something is not working. What has gone wrong? Love is the top reason for people getting married in the USA. But where did this come from? We have to start with a history lesson, so buckle up. Throughout history, marriage used to be an arrangement created to promote the family unit's survival and safety. The industrial age changed all that. As safety increased and resources became independent of the tribal collective to survive, individuality took form. They didn't rely on...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - November 18, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Thomas Westenholz Tags: featured happiness psychology relationships self-improvement love marriage relationship advice self improvement Source Type: blogs

How To Boost Work-Life Balance When Working Remotely
When I think about work-life balance, the first word that comes to mind is fluidity. While we’d like to imagine it as a static, ready-made formula we can buy off the shelf, the reality is work-life balance is not a destination, it’s a journey! While we live in a time where having a work-life balance is one of the most valuable assets we can possess, being confined in one environment makes it challenging to achieve. Having been working remotely for most of my professional life, I discovered work-life balance is more about self-management than time management: understanding how we operate is key to improve the qual...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - November 17, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Filippo Di Lenardo Tags: career featured self improvement success working from home pickthebrain work-life balance Source Type: blogs

How To Survive A Worry-Filled COVID Christmas
“I think a vaccine will be ready in December,” he said. “But, I don’t think I would take it as soon as it comes out because it was rushed. So, I’m going to wait for other people to try it first.” I can understand that, I thought to myself. I would be concerned about ending up as a lab rat too. As I turned to the TV the newscaster said, “...here with us today to discuss whether or not it’s constitutional or legal to force Americans to wear masks...” Man, this is really the world now. There is plenty to worry about this year and there may be more concerns come Christmas time. What’s important is knowin...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - November 16, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: AliScarlett Tags: featured relationships self-improvement christmas covid family holidays stress Source Type: blogs