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Amelia, life's cycle is all alone traveling path, during this path everyone has to meet and once leave eachothers, yes God has created feelings mind and loving heart but have to be stress free cause nothing is constant have to move ON - so don't feel embraced and upset about the past - present - future.

Meditation has been helpful to reduce stress and mood swings. Just found new good meditation video from Great Meditation channel: https://shrinke.me/RYmBYe1. Additionally, workout (cardio, gym) in the mornings has helped a lot.

This a very good ebook to know more about stress "Living a Free Stress life" https://payhip.com/b/zNEi

It's all about to enjoy life without stress and Helping others to gain luxury life style, freedom. Expand happiness.

I Am mary a student at the University, passing through had time of emotional stress that is affecting my studies. am really wishing to get a family of my own. going through this it's really not easy.

Hi my name is Mary, am from serra Leone west Africa. am going through a lots of stress in terms of relationship who to trust. also thinking about settling down i want to have a home i can call my own .🙌

There are a lot of things that can affect our memory and ability to remember things; for example not getting enough sleep or being under a lot of stress. However, I would suggest talking to your doctor so you can figure out the root of the problem and find the best solution for you. 🌻

My name is Louis 40years old, It's been 2years my wife took my 11years old daughter and has applied for divorce,it took a year for me to over come my mental stress, since a week I came to know were my wife is staying the most difficult part is this she has started staying with one of my family member, this is made me very much broken,

I was looking for things to help manage the stress from CO-VID-19. It is hard with working from home and worrying about my family. I found two books that have helped me to deal with the stress. I put them below.How to Stop Worrying and Start LivingReduce Anxiety and Discover True HappinessWhat books have helped you? I love reading and would be interested in other mental health books recommended.Thanksjerome

Why do we feel stressed when we feel angry and not when we feel happy. Why does stress go down when we are near a beach or a beautiful location? Stress is actually directly related to the uncontrolled amount of thoughts that occur in your mind. The states of anger etc are negative states which triggers more and more thoughts coming to your mind. Where as when you are happy or in a beautiful location very less number of thoughts are triggered in your mind. So we need to find a way to effortlessly control the amount of unnecessary thoughts that comes to our mind.

Hi there. I am tremendously sorry for the loss of your beloved cat. It’s clear she was a huge part of your life, you both grew up together. I am a cat mom myself and currently have a 5yr old who I love with my whole heart and soul. Reading your post made me feel emotional and so empathetic towards what you’re going through. Your cat lived around 18+ years which is incredible! It sounds like she had a very long and loving life with you as her cat mom, and I’m sure you brought her as much joy and love as she brought you. Try not to focus on the loss of your beautiful baby, but think about the joy of her life. Think about all the times you’ve shared with her, each time you have had a milestone and she has been there. The relationship you can build with a cat is phenomenal and truly something to be proud of, because cats can be so very selective with their humans! Im sorry you had to see your cat in the state she was in before she passed, but she is no longer in any discomfort or pain. She is free. Her soul is still very much alive and she will always be with you. Take time to mourn and to grieve because this is a huge loss you are experiencing. You are allowed to feel the way you do, and to take time off from school and whatever responsibilities you may stress over. You are experiencing the death of a beloved, and in this case it can be just as painful as losing a person. I know this will be one of the hardest things you have to do, but do it for your cat, for yourself, for your family, your future, and your future kitties! Cherish all the memories and hold them dear to your heart but do not feel on the loss. This chapter of your life has closed, and soon a new one will open, you must have faith in this process. It’s the circle of life. Regarding your depression and anxiety, do you have a support system for this? Also, remember that pain is TEMPORARY. We are constantly in a state of change, as is everything around us. The deep feelings of sadness will heal with time, I promise you. You have to be strong for your cat baby, and for yourself. Try be kind to yourself, even more so during this time. So nice things for yourself, take time out, listen to music that makes you feel good. I don’t know how this site works yet as I’ve literally just downloaded the app. Yours was the first post I saw, and I couldn’t scroll past it without leaving you a message. I hope this helps in some way. Please take care of yourself. I’m sending you love and healing 💕

A minimum of 30 minutes a day can allow you to enjoy these benefits. A number of studies have found that exercise helps depression. There are many views as to how exercise helps people with depression: Exercise may block negative thoughts or distract you from daily worries. Exercising with others provides an opportunity for increased social contact. Increased fitness may lift your mood and improve your sleep patterns. Exercise may also change levels of chemicals in your brain, such as serotonin, endorphins and stress hormones. My Health Calculator

Welcome to happiness 🌱 Why don't you check out the Academy where you can find our free Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction course along with many others that you might find interesting. I hope you'll find our community helpful! 🌈

Im new with this i just all need a exercise to make me feel no stress because of the online learning and many more of it so I also need a trainer for me actually im 19 i be 20 this october 4,2001 so to help me feel calm and relaxed is music but i need more exercise. and Im a JHS Student.

'Chasing meaning in your life is better for your health than trying to avoid discomfort.' from Kelly McGonigal's Ted Talk Courage and helping others turns stress upside down in your brain & in your blood vessels! I'm excited about this, and it makes sense to me intrinsically, as well as in how I tend to deal with my stress by giving... :-) ?

Our event system isn't yet able to handle online events, but we are working on it. Until then, I'd use the forum to collect some ideas for those who are looking for ideas. Then again if this is the time for you to slow down, recharge and watch series or play world of warcraft, that's ok too. Be honest with yourself - push yourself a little, but also be gentle. It depends on what you need right now. This is not a competition about who has the most to show during this time but who used it best - and "best" is only defined by you! (I do a bit of everything - not putting too much pressure at myself) Jon Kabat-Zinn - the founder of MBSR - gave a live talk on the 25th of March: Mindfulness, Healing, and Wisdom in a Time of COVID-19 Tara Brach has a talk from the 18th of March on youtube too: Facing Pandemic Fears with an Awake Heart Tara Brach has lots of fantastic talks and guided meditations on her website for free. The UC Berkeley greater good science centre also already has lots of great resources like Six Daily Questions to Ask Yourself in Quarantine, they even already have a full-on COVID-19 guide for individuals, families, and educators. Follow us on Instagram: We have collected tips around mindfulness, and we are regularly posting motivating and encouraging quotes and ideas. Do you miss the theatre, museums, exhibitions or opera? There are exciting opportunities our there like the Metropolitan Opera's nightly stream. Here's a full list of museums which offer online exhibitions. Art class anyone? I watch Lewis Rossignol teach art live, but the recordings are also available afterwards. Take the free MBSR online course in our happiness academy. Stress has a negative impact not only on our overall well-being but on our health and immune system as well. You can always reach out to me directly or post in the MBSR course forum if you have question. All great resources, but maybe you are like me - I seem to have much less time now that I can't go out. So once again - no pressure. ? Be healthy, be happy, be safe!

Hi everyone! Until recently I have been a true people pleaser and social butterfly. I didn't know how to say "No" without hurting the people around me. I felt guilty to put myself first. Combined with a busy work and study life, there was no time for myself anymore... Without me realising it, the stress affected my physical health and the relationships around me... So I decided to make a change: I did a master with the focus on Happiness Economics and became a certified meditation and mindfulness teacher. The techniques and knowledge I have learned since have helped me to truly love myself and make myself a priority. I was able to stop pleasing everyone around me and as a result create healthy and fulfilled relationships. Anyone else has a similar experience or is maybe still struggling? Would love to hear your thoughts and connect! 🙂

I read meditation a few times in the answers already. The toughest part with that advice for me is to actually get up during a phase of intense stress, go somewhere else do the meditation. If I get that part done I am already much better.

Hi there, I am very excited to join this beautiful community of like-minded people! Until recently I have been a true people pleaser and social butterfly. I didn't know how to say "No" without hurting the people around me. I felt guilty to put myself first. Combined with a busy study (and later work) life, there was no time for myself anymore... Without me realising it, the stress affected my physical health and the relationships around me. So I decided to make a change: I completed a master with the focus on HAPPINESS ECONOMICS and I became a CERTIFIED MEDITATION AND MINDFULNESS TEACHER. Now I am coaching individuals and groups to create happy and healthy relationships with themselves and others. What is special about my coaching is that I use customised meditation and mindfulness techniques to support the journey. I am happy to connect with everyone of you! 🙂 What is your story?

It's true that the stress of everyday life such as paying the bills and taking care of a family are often something that can block happiness for many of us. Although money definitely doesn't equal happiness, it helps if at least the worry of making ends meet each month is taken out of the equation.

Hey this is Pratheep. Covid situation made my life completely a mess. At first I lost my job then my relationship got broken and then I was affected by covid and my health was affected. I am going through a lot heartbreak, depression having stress and anxiety so I thought having new friends would help ease my thoughts and I will have someone to talk too... Looking forward to knowing you.

Hey am Evelyn lately am going through a lot financially, and also trying to move into my own place, just having stress and anxiety so I thought having friends would help ease my thoughts and I will have someone to talk too... Looking forward to knowing you.

I would say yes and here is why: The most influential course I took was "the science of happiness" about which I wrote an article for the Happiness Magazine a few years ago when happiness.com was just a little blog. Since then many things changed (for the better), and I think it is fair to attribute a big chunk of it to this course because it convinced me to start with meditation. I then did an MBSR (meditation-based stress reduction) course, and a few years later I am a certified meditation and MBSR teacher. What is your favourite course and why? How did it influence your life?

This weeks theme "Working with Stress: Mindful Responding instead of Reacting" invites us to look closely at our mental, emotional and physical discomfort. Pain of any kind (physical, or mental) is our primary experience which can cause suffering and heartache. We may have no control over the situation that caused the pain; however, when we push this away by resisting it, we generate more pain and suffering. Although all life has pain, a mindful life can be free of the additional burden of suffering. If we can gently move towards acceptance of our pain, even a little by saying perhaps “this hurts… can I be OK with this”? We can avoid or reduce suffering. In other words, we can gently pay attention to our experience as it is at that moment without trying to block it out or feeling overwhelmed. I am curious about the experiences you share with the practice of "turning towards" the unpleasant. If you did this course in it's early stages it was the "Soften, Soothe, Allow" practive which is very similar so this is a good space to also share you rexperiences with it here. Are you aware of how resistance shows up for you? Can you describe it? I remember doing this exercice a lot around the feeling of unworthiness, of not being good enough. I was so afraid that if I would look into those feelings they would grow and overwhelm me, crush me. It took me lots of different attempts to finally have the strength to look at them and the closer I looked the more I realized that there was no big, no valid reason behind them, just some notion I picked up from an abusive relative. Only my fear of looking at them, investigationg them made them strong. This has a physical componet too. As I tried to push them away, hide, ignore the feeling of not good enough I made myself small, crouched down, let the shoulders sink and when I dared to look I rose up to my normal size - nothing more than that. I don't think of myself as flawless or anything the like, but I accept myself as a lovable human with good intentions who fucks up sometimes, but now as I see myself as lovable I can also apologize more easily and make things right again. Before with the strong feeling of unworthyness a mistake did feel like I lost my right to exist now it's just that - a mistake which I make up for but which doesn't make me a bad person.

2nd year of covid-19 has hit everyone very badly, also affects many areas of life including mental health. Nowadays people are facing fear, stress, anger, anxiety, depression. People are hopeless, helpless, and depressed, poor people have been struggling with the anxiety of hunger. Some people are struggling with their jobs, while many have been struggling with another subject. Few people come out of broken relationships and may not know how to move on, Maybe some people have parental pressure. Read More ? are you okay ? depressio:n corona affecting lives/