“I don’t have time for perfect.” Perfect shows up disguised as virtue – a noble ideal – but I’ve found it’s the enemy of the possible. It persuades me to endlessly fiddle and fine tune, and when I’m lured into its vortex I never finish what I started out to do. Perfect tells me I’m not good enough, …
New Grants to Help States Expand Comprehensive, High-Quality …
Today, our nation took a major step forward in helping communities build their capacity to provide quality behavioral health care and treatment for Americans who experience mental illnesses and addictions, including those …
5 Networking Tips to Help You Build Stronger Relationships – Brazen
Get our best career advice delivered to your inbox. Sign up today! The key to effective networking is to remember that it's the action of building relationships, not just collecting people. Here are five ways to help you build …
press release: migrants form self help group. – African Media …
Refugees and migrants from across Africa have created their own self-help group. For some, life is very hard in Malta. Others have been granted asylum and.
Four F words for your Friday | Self-Development Addict
How was your week? Did you get everything you wanted to accomplish completed? Did you complete that home project? Get your children back in school? What about that project at work? I am sure you had a great week full …
Positive Attitude May Improve Heart Patient Outcomes
Man and woman laughing together A positive attitude could improve prognoses among heart patients, researchers at Pennsylvania State University have found. The results of the study, which analyzed patients with heart …
Construction industry personal development and leadership with …
Erik Harrison joins me on a blab session to talk leadership and self improvement within the construction industry. His background is in electrical contracting, and he now hosts the podcast New Construction Leader. Here is the …
Life Coach | The Weekly Standard
I first met Harvey nearly 20 years ago, introduced by a colleague who had written an article about this latecomer to baseball coaching who had never played the game at the professional level but nonetheless won a World …
Summerfest Camp hailed as self-confidence booster for children …
Children attending Summerfest Camp this year had a myriad of experiences, but there is a common narrative emerging from families and the campers themselves: Summerfest is a self-confidence builder. summerfestpic300 …
How to Stop Being a Perfectionist | Building Self-Esteem …
People need to stop being perfectionists. Being a perfectionist is destructive to your self-esteem, mental health and general wellbeing. However perfectionism is a common self-esteem problem that can be hard to recognise.
Peoples' Self-Help Housing Celebrates New Complex
Founded in 1970 in San Luis Obispo, Peoples' Self-Help Housing is a nonprofit organization that focuses on building affordable housing and community facilities for low-income households. The organization also aims to …
Danbury police offer 'counseling' to marijuana grower in viral …
If you're growing marijuana in the woods of Danbury, police would like to offer you some counseling.
Mental Health Startup Lantern Launches Tool To Manage Stress …
One in five adults in America experienced a mental health issue last year, according to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Meanwhile, one..
Motivational Quotes for Business Writing | itcfirm.com
To keep you motivated, I've pulled together a list of some of my favorite motivational quotes about business writing.
Jony Ive explains motivation behind Apple's decision to sponsor the …
It was revealed last week that Apple would be sponsoring the 2016 Met Gala, with Chief Design Officer Jony Ive serving as a co-chair for the event. Now, Ive, along with Vogue editor Anna Wintour, another Gala co-chair, and …
Davidson County high school band tackles depression, awareness …
DAVIDSON COUNTY, N.C. — The East Davidson High marching band is tackling a tough topic for their performance theme this year called "Carry On." "We hope it touches a life every single time we play," explained drum …
What is Your Mind Actually Good At?
Do you feel that your mind is good at certain types of mental challenges and not as good at others? What kinds of thinking do you excel at? Maybe you’re really good at spelling, but not so good at math. Or perhaps you are good with concepts but not with logistics. How is your mind wired? Understanding what kind of thinking you are naturally good at can help you …
Spiritual Small Bites: Doubt
Doubt is one of the great absurdities of the ego. I’m not talking about doubting ideas and conjecture. There are lots of ways that questioning the words of another are important with so many people speaking falsities and half-truths.No, I’m talking about when doubt arises in the face of what you are actually experiencing. I’m talking about how people doubt their own truth and their own pain.For instance, a powerful memory re-emerges, and the person doesn’t want to believe it. When someone remembers repressed childhood trauma, it often upsets their ideas of their family life, who their parents and siblings are, …
10/17 Check-In Post
Because the blog was down for almost a week, I’m starting a new check-in thread. Feel free to move your last check in to here.
Impulsivity – When You Just Can’t Stop Yourself And It’s Ruining Everything
We all know children who seem to lack the ability to think before they act, grabbing toys off other kids and saying mean things only to promise yet again they’ll be nice. But adults can suffer from impulsivity too. It might be hidden behind your good social skills or even closed doors, but if you …
Get good
“It’s a simple and generous rule that whatever you practice you will get good at.” – Elizabeth Gilbert Practice more. Practice with intent. Find and express your power in practice. It’s not enough to merely go through the motions. You have to practice with intent, with discipline, with an end in mind. Many go through half-hearted motions and fail to get good. But you’re different. You push and drive and cultivate the positive habit of practice. And…
Probiotic 'may help combat stress and improve mental health …
Friendly bacteria can act as a stress buster and improve mental health, research has shown.
Customer relationships are complicated. Relate can help. | Zendesk
Introducing Relate, an exploration of the intersection of relationships & the world of customer service thru articles, events & prof. development.
Bipolar Scotland | Self Help groups meeting w/c 12 October 2015
The following self help groups will be meeting w/c 12 October 2015. Monday 12 October '15, North Lanarkshire, 7pm – 9pm, Coatbridge Community Centre, 9 Old Monkland Road, Coatbridge, ML5 5EA. Tuesday 13 October …