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Being generous to yourself and others can improve your mental health in everyday life. Our relationships are strengthened when we show care, understanding, and generosity towards each other. Giving compliments, acknowledging, and expressing gratitude towards friends,...
Life can be challenging at times with demands and expectations for everything you have to manage. Many people struggle to manage their daily lives. It's easy to feel like you're not good enough, to feel guilty about everything you should have done, and in this way,...
Do you often feel that people seems to be happier than you, or that they do more exciting things? Maybe you think that other people look better than you, they do more exercise, and you feel that you are never good enough? If we compare our own lives to our friends’...
Several studies confirm that practicing gratefulness, such as by recording feelings of gratitude in a journal, provides health benefits. Feeling grateful effectively increases happiness and reduces depression. Practicing gratefulness and appreciation can: Help you...
Our everyday lives consist of many tasks, demands and expectations. Many people feel they don't have enough time. With all this external input craving your attention, taking the time to prioritize activities that bring you joy is a great thing to do. To be able to pay...
By Janne Ekeberg Amundsen, specialist psychologist For most of us, life consists of more than just good times, and sooner or later we can expect to be struck by a crisis. A life crisis can include events such as relationship breakups, serious illness, death, job...
By Ida Cathrine Jakobsen, psychologist You have to come to terms with your style of thinking if you want to improve your self-esteem. Negative thoughts are often a critical part of the problem. We all have thoughts and feelings about who we are as people. A number of...
Here is at technique you can use to learn to be more flexible with how you focus your attention In a demanding situation, you may find your focus of attention is too inward, on negative thoughts and feelings. It can be easy to get stuck in a negative mindset. By...
Now and then you might try too hard to control your thoughts and feelings. Here's a technique you can practice letting your thoughts and feelings wander freely. Here’s how: – Allow at least 3 minutes for this exercise: Your assignment is to observe what pops up and...
Breathing exercises can have a relaxing and calming effect. They can also help you ton down your negative thoughts and worries. The way we breathe is of great importance: The rhythm, pace and depth of the breath have a significant calming and healing effects on us....
“Worry is a totalt waste of time. It doesn’t change anything. All is does it steal you joy and keep you very busy doing nothing”
– Unknown
