onlinecounsellingcollege:

1. Try and develop a calm morning ritual instead of starting the day off in a stressful rush.

2. Notice how you tend to automatically respond to a stressful or irritating person or event.

3. Decide to not take things personally; be the kind of person who it’s hard to offend.

4. Develop an…

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gemmacorrell:

Me right now.

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tedx:

New parents are awash in products claiming the power to turn their kids into geniuses with just a little bit of Mozart. Could any of these claims be true? At TEDxWesternU, Jessica Grahn examines the effects of music on the human brain, debunks common myths and highlights some of music’s real…

philolzophy:

I had a crappy first date once. It wasn’t even the crappiest of first dates. It was annoying and short. The guy seemed weird from the get go and was weirdly picking my brain about whether he should go meet up with his friends for the rest of the night. I told him he should and he responded by…

laughingsquid:

What It’s Like to Live a Year Without the Internet

Henry Rollins 

(so very true) 

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raisingawesomedaughters:

“€œThe young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible, and achieve it, generation after generation.” — Pearl S. Buck

And how awesome when adults scaffold and support their dreams! Here are some great tips to help do just that. 

parentingbunch:

My daughter is sneaking around with a scarf on her face and backpack on. She sneaks up on me and I say,

“What are you doing?”

Annika: “Having fun!”

When was the last time you had fun like that?
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onlinecounsellingcollege:

1. 1 in 5 people in the Western world will battle mental illness. The other 4 in 5 will have a friend, relative, classmate or colleague who suffers from mental illness.

2. Mental illness affects a person’s mood, thought processes and actions. It is usually a source of considerable…

neurosciencestuff:

Abuse during childhood is different.

A study of adult civilians with PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) has shown that individuals with a history of childhood abuse have distinct, profound changes in gene activity patterns, compared to adults with PTSD but without a history of child…

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