6 Powerful Strategies You Can Start Using Today
“When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to…
How to Take Action Every Day: 5 Powerful Habits
“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.”Leonardo Da Vinci One of the biggest and most common problems with improving your…
How to Overcome Perfectionism: 6 Powerful Habits
“Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks.”Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe “People throw away what they could have by insisting on perfection, which they cannot have, and looking for it where…
Don’t Compare Your Life to Someone’s Highlight Reel
“When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you.”Lao Tzu Today I’d like to focus on a negative habit that creates insecurity within, erodes self-esteem and can make you feel quite unhappy with…
101 New Week Blessings to Give You a Great and Positive Start
A brand new week is here. A time to learn from last week’s setbacks and then turn your focus towards the present and future. A time for a new beginning. To make your life better, more successful and more filled…
How to Get More Done with (a Lot) Less Stress: 12 Daily Habits
“Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”Albert Einstein “Think simple” as my old master used to say – meaning reduce the whole of its parts into the…
9 Things You Need to Stop Doing to Start Living a Happier and Self-Kinder Life
“When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.”’Helen Keller “Happiness is when what you think, what you…
How to Keep a Conversation Going: 8 Simple Tips
Do you have problems with keeping a conversation going? Do you sometimes run out of things to say? Then you’re in the right place. Because in this post I’d like to share 8 of my own favorite tips and habits…
7 Small Ways to Make This The Happiest Summer of Your Life
“Then followed that beautiful season… Summer… Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood.”Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Summer is here in full bloom after what…
How to Stop Catastrophizing: 7 Helpful Steps
One of the most destructive daily habits I carried with me for a long time and I think is a very common one for many people was the thought habit of catastrophizing. What is catastrophizing? This is when you build…
3 Quick Things You Can Do Today
“Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.”Marcus Aurelius Antoninus “If you want happiness for an hour — take a nap.’ If you want happiness for a day —…
How to Stop Overthinking Everything: 22 Simple Tips
What is holding people back from the life that they truly want to live? I’d say that one very common and destructive thing is that they don’t know how to stop overthinking. They overthink every little problem until it becomes…
75 Karma Cheating Quotes to Help You Recover From Betrayal and Infidelity
Betrayal is one of the worst things in life. And the worst of the worst may be infidelity and your partner cheating on you. It can make you feel like you want some kind of revenge, make it hard to…
How to Stay Positive at Work: 22 Helpful Tips
It’s not always easy to stay positive at work. Sometimes because it’s Monday and you’re tired and would like another weekend right now. At other times because it’s Wednesday and you are doing some boring routine work or you are…
5 Small Tips for a Happy Life Starting Today
“Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind.”Lionel Hampton “Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”Marcel Proust Maybe the simplest…
95 Words of Encouragement for Women (to Help You or Someone You Care About)
Women often experience pressure and stress from several different directions at the same time. Such as a career combined with usually plenty of work in the home. And many women in younger generations have experienced even more pressure with the…
Kanelstrand: Whole Wheat Apple Muffins
I’ve been spending much of my time lately baking (because I’m a baking addict but don’t tell anyone) and experimenting with tastes and textures. I’ve been baking so much actually, that I thought of starting a separate Kanelstrand blog to…
How to Stay Positive: 19 Smart Habits
“Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying it can’t be done.”Bo Bennett “To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all.”Peter McWilliams “We don’t see…
Can Turmeric Really Whiten Teeth?
Last month I posted 5 ways to whiten your teeth naturally and one of them was turmeric. I must admit I raised my brow the first time I heard that turmeric can whiten teeth because I knew that it stained…
23 Small Ways to Make Life Simpler
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”Leonardo da Vinci “The aspects of things that are most important for us are hidden because of their simplicity and familiarity.” Ludwig Wittgenstein I love simplifying my life. It makes me more effective and life less…
How to Simplify Family Craft Time
Forrest Espinoza is an artist, mother, and the founder of Artterro. The Artterro brand is all about creativity, with a line of Eco Art Kits—open-ended art projects with natural materials, for kids and adults alike. Along with nurturing her business,…
How to Say No: 10 Powerful Tips
How do you stop saying yes when you honestly just want to say no? Well, it’s not easy. I used to have a lot of trouble with it. And so I’d become frustrated and angry with myself and others who…
