Author: Leslie Bosch, PhD

30SHARESShareTweet When was the last time you felt relaxed? Check out these 15 simple ways to stress less. Stress affects all systems of the body including the musculoskeletal, respiratory, cardiovascular, endocrine, gastrointestinal, nervous, and reproductive systems. So, it’s easy for stress to build up without you realizing what is happening. After a while, you might think that feeling irritable, sad, or restless is just your natural state. Meanwhile,...

25SHARESShareTweet Is regret weighting you down? This article is full of ways to deal with regret effectively. According to Wikipedia regret is “the emotion of wishing one had made a different decision in the past, because the consequences of the decision were unfavorable.” If your feeling regretful, you’re not alone! Top regrets among older people include: not being careful enough when choosing a life partner, not resolving a family...

40SHARESShareTweet Create happiness during tough times, really? Upheaval drags everyone down. A crisis wears on a person, eroding mood and destroying optimism. As you go into survival mode, it becomes harder and harder to hold onto any kind of joy at all. Instead, your days are taken up with emotions such as worry, anxiety, depression, anger, frustration, and fear. It seems like a pretty tough time to find happiness, doesn’t it? Yet, more than ever, this is...

25SHARESShareTweet If you’re a perfectionist, you probably find that it’s a challenging way to live. In most cases, it’s a road to disappointment and dissatisfaction. It can also have a negative effect on the relationships in your life. It might be time to conquer your quest for perfection. When you’re a perfectionist, it seems like nothing can ever be as perfect as you’d like. Perfectionism consists of demanding a higher level of performance than the...

25SHARESShareTweet Given a setback, do you blame someone else for what’s happened? Do you think that no matter what you do, things aren’t really going to change? When things go wrong, do you tend to beat yourself up? It’s possible you suffer from a manner of thinking known as having a victim mentality. And having a victim mentality won’t get you anywhere in life, so it’s important to learn to overcome it, and fast so that you can take control of your...

What’s the difference between a victim and a victor? This article highlights some of the differences between a victim versus a victor mindset. Everyone on this earth experiences a bad or disheartening situation at some point in their lives, but what matters is, how they handle it, what they do next, and how they let it shape them in the end. In essence, your mindset or the way you approach problems in your life will either classify you as a victim or a victor. The following distinctions...