Category: LIFE

How to balance work and personal life

Find balance in your life and be happier and more successful!

Whether you are in love with your job and your carrier, or you have to work long hours, in order to keep your job, or you may even have two jobs, in order to make ends meet, one thing is sure. Your work sucks up all your energy and most of your time, leaving your personal life behind. You feel like you don’t have enough time for you or for your family. Well, it’s about time you changed that! You need to find a good balance between your work and your personal life and you need to take better advantage of your free time, or you will have to deal with depression and a possible burnout. Here are some useful tips that can practically save your life! Continue reading How to balance work and personal life

How to turn your negative mood around

8 easy methods to change your mood from negative to positive quickly and effectively!

Our mood can sometimes become negative in just a second. A bad incident, a failure, a difficult day at work, even a hurtful word from a loved one, can make us feel sad, depressed, unhappy. We all have been there. It may happen in just a moment, but negative mood may stick with us for a very long time. And all of us have had one of those days, when you get up in the morning and everything seems to go wrong. Next time you are feeling down, no matter what the reason, try one of the following, in order to quickly change your mood into a positive one! Continue reading How to turn your negative mood around

How to be happy at work

Learn how to be happy at work and find your way to success!

Work plays a very important role in our lives. We spend a great amount of our time working and it usually consumes a lot of our energy. Apart from supporting our living, work can fulfil our need for creativity and it can give us the satisfaction of being active and being useful and important at what we do. Every job is important! But, in order to feel this satisfaction, you need to learn how to be happy at work. Here are 10 essential tips that will help you find happiness at work: Continue reading How to be happy at work

How to relax after work

Most of us work very hard each day, usually in a high competitive environment. Times are tough. As a result, each day we expose ourselves to extreme stress and, sometimes, it’s very hard to relax even after leaving our workplace. As a result, we are carrying all that stress and all the negative feelings back home with us. All this stress takes its toll on us eventually. We can’t enjoy life after work, because our work is still on our minds. It haunts us. Even a sound sleep is most of the times out of the question. We are increasing the risks of developing serious medical conditions and eventually burnout. So, it’s essential to learn how to relax after work, how to unwind. Here are some helpful tips. Continue reading How to relax after work

How to deal with toxic people

I’m not sure you know the term “toxic people”. Nevertheless, I’m sure you have met these people many times in your life, as I have in mine. They seem to exist everywhere. You can find them in your workplace, among your friends, even in your family sometimes. But what does “toxic people” mean and how can you deal with them?

Generally, we can characterize as “toxic” any person that affects our life and, above all, our emotional world, in a negative way. Toxic people consume our energy and make our lives miserable in many ways. Continue reading How to deal with toxic people

My favorite motivational quotes

Life is a bumpy ride most of the times. Not every day is full of sunshine and laughs. But, hey, that’s the beauty of life! Life is an adventure, as I like to say! But on those difficult periods of our lives, we all need some motivation, we all need something to help us pull through. So, I decided to share with you my top 3 motivational quotes! They have helped me many times in my life, so, they may help you too! Continue reading My favorite motivational quotes

How to detox your body naturally

Most of us lead stressful lives and this has serious negative effects on our body. I am sure you have experienced extreme tiredness that you couldn’t explain many times. You probably get up in the morning feeling tired, as if you haven’t slept at all, or you may often feel your body hurting all over and you don’t know the reason. The most common reason for these symptoms are toxins that are accumulating in your body. So, let’s talk about detoxing your body naturally!

Your body has its own mechanisms in order to get rid of all the harmful toxins. But sometimes, those mechanisms are not working properly, especially if the amount of toxins entering your body is high. This can result in medical problems, if you keep on pushing your body and keep on feeding it with toxins. Also, did you know that one of the main reasons for obesity is toxins? So, you may get better results if you combine a diet with a detox.

Here is what you can do to help your body detox naturally: Continue reading How to detox your body naturally

Forgiveness and its merits

We all have been hurt by someone, a friend, a relative, a colleague, a partner, a neighbor. And time doesn’t always heal our wounds. The pain remains and the anger increases. They say that revenge is a dish best served cold, but have you ever considered of letting go?

Forgiveness is a hard but wonderful thing! Have you ever considered it instead of revenge? As an Orthodox Christian myself, I’ve been taught that forgiveness, together with love, should be the basic principles of our lives. Jesus Christ left us with two major guides: To love our fellow man and treat everyone the same way we would like to be treated, and to unconditionally forgive everyone. Two simple rules that open the doors of Heaven! Continue reading Forgiveness and its merits

How to make the most of your weekend

We all feel some kind of relief when we wake up every Friday morning. It’s the end of our working week, so, no matter how hard and long our day may be, no matter how long and stressful our week has been, weekend is coming! We will finally rest and we will do so many things, for which we don’t have time during the week and we will meet with our friends and we will finally give our home a thorough clean-up and we will…. we will…. we are always thinking of so many things every Friday, that we feel completely disappointed and depressed every Sunday night, when we realize that the weekend just ended and we’ve spent most of it lying on the couch watching TV, nevertheless we are not feeling refreshed. Or we may have been running around doing so many things, that we feel more exhausted than we did on Friday. So, what is the best way to make the most of your weekend? Continue reading How to make the most of your weekend

How to organize your workplace in order to be more productive

Do you spend more time looking for documents, your stapler or emails than you do working every day? Do you fail to complete projects in time, to answer emails or phone calls in time and you are feeling lost every day when you are in your workplace? Then it’s time you took control of your workplace and transformed it into a well-organized, serene place, where you can work with joy and increase your productivity!

Follow the steps below and make your life at work easier, less stressful and be the person who saves the day!

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