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Ditch the Short Lived New Year ’s Resolutions This Year
How to create healthy habits that actually stick   By Katey Chambers With the new year quickly approaching, you might be starting to think about your health goals, such as losing weight, eating healthier, starting an exercise routine and/or finding ways to manage your stress. And let’s be honest, these might be the same goals you had at the top of your list last year, am I right?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ So what prevented you from reaching your goals? How will this year be different? Sometimes, the difference between success and failure is simply in the approach. The reason most people abandon their ...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - December 20, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Katey Chambers Tags: confidence creativity featured happiness health and fitness self-improvement gut health microbiome Source Type: blogs

How To Break Up With Your Friends!
Hello Pick The Brain Community!! As you may know, my new book, How To Break Up With Your Friends: Finding Meaning, Connection and Boundaries in Modern Friendship (Sounds True) is officially out January 18th! Part of me is excited to write this email to you, and the other part feels vulnerable and exposed as I officially introduce the book to the world. I sold this latest title Feb 23, 2020. I thought this topic was important then. Three weeks later we went into quarantine. I couldn’t imagine the impact it would have across the board, but specifically in how we viewed our friendships. Nearly two years later, as we s...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - December 14, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Erin Falconer Tags: confidence depression happiness psychology relationships friendships how to break up with your friends Source Type: blogs

Why We Can All Benefit From Training Our Mental Wellbeing
When we think of training, what comes to mind? Maybe it’s muscular people lifting weights intensely in a gym. Perhaps it’s people running long distances with huge packs on their backs. Perhaps we think about it from a workplace perspective, of pushing ourselves to be better, more educated in our professional lives. The first thing that comes to mind however, probably isn’t training our mind. Our brain is one of the most important parts of our body so why don’t we make the effort to train it? Like our muscles, our brain becomes more resilient and pliable the more we work on it. Think about when you get physica...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - December 14, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: RebeccaMarie Tags: featured health and fitness self-improvement mental health wellbeing Source Type: blogs

5 Easy Ways To Increase Income As A Freelancer and Avoid Bankruptcy
Conclusion - Time Management Lessens The Pressure and Stress Stress and pressure may be normal in any kind of work, but there are always ways to lessen the amount that you actually experience. The secret to avoiding a lot of pressure from your work as a freelancer is to become as productive as possible every day. Of course, the key to becoming productive is to effectively allocate and manage your time between your tasks. By taking all of the five tips above in mind, you’re certain to boost your productivity by more than 50%! As a freelancer, it takes a lot of willpower to practice time management, because, again, t...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - December 6, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: BenTejes Tags: career featured money and finance productivity tips self-improvement bankruptcy finances freelance side hustle Source Type: blogs

6 Habits for Mental Health That Will Change Your Life for the Better
Conclusion One of the ways to ensure you lead a happy and quality life is to take good care of your mental health continually. Practicing the habits discussed above will take you a step forward in staying mentally healthy. Do you have any bad mental health habits you struggle with? Can you commit to kicking them to the curb and practicing the above helpful mental health habits? We would appreciate your feedback in the comment section.   Sherry Kimball likes to write articles with advice that help people to improve their lives.  Sherry enjoys researching, discussing, and writing on the topics of ...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - November 30, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Erin Falconer Tags: featured happiness psychology habits mental health Source Type: blogs

7 Psychology-Backed Hacks for Boosting Your Motivation
It is no secret that motivation can be hard to come by. And when you do find it, it seems like the most insignificant things can take away all of your drive. But fear not - there are many ways to increase your motivation levels and keep them high all day long. In this article, I will explore ways to keep motivation high and bounce back from setbacks; these methods are psychology-proven to work in any situation. Let's dive deep into this topic.  Consider Your Reason(s) Why  One of the best ways to motivate yourself is by considering your "why." What do we mean by that? Think about why you want to achieve ...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - November 22, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Hanson Cheng Tags: featured motivation psychology self-improvement life hacks Source Type: blogs

The Surprisingly Sustainable Household Items You Didn ’t Know You Could Recycle
One of the biggest environmental issues we are facing today is climate change. It has an impact on every aspect of our lives, including our health and wellbeing. Recycling means fewer raw materials are required to make items, which helps reduce our carbon footprint and our contribution to climate change. A new study by packaging experts RAJA UK has uncovered just how much waste is not being recycled, and as a result, ends up in our ecosystem. Here are just a few of the ways not recycling or reusing items is having a direct impact on both our health and the world around us. The pressures that are put on the environment...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - November 19, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Erin Falconer Tags: featured self education self-improvement lifestyle pollution recycling sustainability Source Type: blogs

3 Tips For Generating a Positive & Productive Mindset First Thing in The Morning
Can you tell how your day’s gonna go by your mood in the morning? I sure can! If I find myself in a negative mood early in the morning, it’s almost as though I should just crawl back in bed and say, “You know what, I’ll try again tomorrow.” It’s funny but also very serious. The mindset we have first thing in the morning is likely to be carried with us throughout the day. Unless we put forth a major amount of effort to change, which is incredibly hard as anyone who has been in the depths of a bad mood knows.  Understanding how important our mood is in the morning can either be empowering or terr...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - November 16, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: elistraw Tags: featured happiness meditation psychology self-improvement mindset Source Type: blogs

What is the Truth to Gaining Confidence?
You’re confident. You’re confident? You’re confident! If only gaining confidence was as easy as telling yourself that you’re confident. But the truth is, it takes just a bit of effort in a few specific areas. Here’s the deal: I know it’s not easy to be confident at all times. I've been there. And I've made it to the other side. The good news about confidence is that it can be learned. Yes, I had to do some work. But with practice, you can actually become a master at it. You must be wondering, what are the steps? How does one gain confidence if they don’t have any of it built-in yet? ...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - November 11, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christian Pyrros Tags: confidence featured productivity tips psychology self-improvement Source Type: blogs

How To Be Confident – 5 Ways That Actually Work
When you start looking for ways to be confident, you'll probably end up finding tons of different tips and tricks. Some of them work more, some less. However, there's lots of content that suggests you to rather fake it or focus on little details. Details that will help but won't create rock-hard core confidence. Today, I'd like to share with you five tips to be confident that actually work. I've spent years improving my confidence and these tips are something that have had a massive impact. Now, I'd love to share these battle-tested methods with you. 1 Take care of the "little things" When I say little things I me...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - November 9, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Veikko Arvonen Tags: confidence featured happiness productivity tips psychology self confidence Source Type: blogs

Reign in Your Busy Mind to Live More Consciously
Too often, as we move through our daily lives, we pack more than we need — and I’m referring to mental baggage. No matter where we’re going or what we’re doing, we allow our minds to run rampant and never stop. Recent research shows that humans tally more than 6,000 thoughts each day. Those thousands of thoughts are an irrefutable consequence of our society’s obsessive need to be busy and distracted.  Yet if we don’t stop, even occasionally, from our obsessive mental planning, rehashing and cataloguing, we become disconnected and removed from a source greater than us. Instead of busily looking for ...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - November 2, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ora Nadrich Tags: creativity depression featured happiness meditation philosophy psychology busy mind calm choas stress Source Type: blogs

How To Overcome Instant Gratification: The Dangers of the “Right Now” Mindset
You know the feeling - You realize you've been scrolling through your smartphone for an hour, and it's not even noon yet. Suddenly, you remember that you wanted to work on that project for school or write your resume.  You decide to take a break, but then, after five minutes of doing something else, you find yourself back on your phone again. It's easy to succumb to instant gratification, to check social media one more time, or scroll through Instagram or YouTube videos. But this short-term reward can come at the expense of long-term goals and fulfillment.  The good news is there are 9 ways to overcom...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - November 1, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Varun Pahwa Tags: career creativity happiness psychology self-improvement instant gratification Source Type: blogs