How to start something new and keep your drive (part 2)
Dopamine, a neurotransmitter and central to motivation, serves as the brain's signal to start and persist in pursuing our goals. It not only drives the desire to achieve but also sustains effort during the process.
How to start something new and keep your drive (part 1)
Have you made your New Year's resolutions? Even if we don't openly share them, most of us decide on changes for the new year. We often start strong and feel ambitious, successfully sticking to our goals for a few weeks. But what stops us so often from continuing?
The Real History of Thanksgiving
When you hear “Thanksgiving”, what comes first to mind is quite likely roasted turkey and a lot of food. That has become tradition, however Thanksgiving is more than just a day of feasting, it brings family and friends together and gives opportunity to reflect on gratitude and love.
Kauai Garden Island , Nutrition , Exercise , Mindset
How does our environment affect our health?
We all know that our environment can have a big effect on the way that we think and behave. Most of the time we may not actually realize how our environment is affecting us, and yet it can still change our reactions and behaviors.
Is it important to have a goal?
The answer is absolutely yes. So can I finish this article now? Actually, it's not that simple! You need to really think why it is important and what benefits you may gain with it. Having goals is a fundamental process in psychology that influences motivation, self-regulation and overall wellbeing. It involves the identification of objectives or desired outcomes and the formulation of plans and strategies to achieve them. From both theoretical and practical perspectives, goal setting is crucial and you should not underestimate the power and importance of it. Goals provide...
Applying a champion mindset in daily life
We all can be an athlete, or at least we can have a small part of an athlete's mindset and determination. A top level athlete needs consistent work, a strong mindset, and of course genetic factors also come in to play. But even though the concept of a champion mindset is often related with elite athletes who compete at the highest levels, the same principles that drive them to success can be incredibly beneficial for recreational athletes and actually for anyone in our daily life.
How to improve willpower to get what you want
According to a survey by the American Psychological Association, 71% of us believe that willpower is a skill that can be developed. This is encouraging, and actually countless psychological studies have confirmed that this belief is accurate.
Happy holidays — and how to sustain the holiday spirit year round
Holidays make us happier and bring us together, so it's likely that most of us would like to be able to sustain the holiday spirit. And while the holiday season may have a short-lived burst of joy and cheerfulness, there are actually effective strategies that we can use to maintain this uplifting holiday spirit throughout the whole year.
Kauai Garden Island , Exercise , Nutrition , Detox & Healing , Mindset
What about brain health?
Even though our brain is the most important and complex part of the body, we don't often think of brain health.
Sometimes words have no meaning
We all have our own challenges in our life. Everyone who we see, maybe in person or maybe on social media, is undoubtedly going through something and we mostly have no idea about it. We think we have lots of time in our life but in reality none of us knows what is going to happen, and things can change so quickly and unexpectedly...
Are goals and dreams really necessary?
One more year has passed and we have had one more opportunity to do something different in our lives, and hopefully our lives are all getting better in every way. Of course, that's what we wish for. And even if we don't have specific New Year resolutions we most likely do have our own subconscious wish list for what we want to get or achieve.
Kauai Garden Island , Detox & Healing , Mindset
Are we expecting too much of others?
Are we creating our own difficulties, unknowingly? Especially if you are living in a busy city it can be very hard to understand that you are living in a permanent state of stress. And it can be impossible to see how much effect it has on our lives.
