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How to Deal When You Feel Frustrated and Hopeless

By Blon Lee in Blog, change & challenges

“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.” ~Victor Hugo

Last year, my life was in ruins.

I had to visit two different hospitals almost every day of the week. At noon, I’d watch my grandmother suffering on her deathbed. In the evening, I’d sit beside a close friend who’d fallen off a building, broken his spine, and couldn’t even go to the toilet on his own.

All the while, I was toiling in the dark every night until the sun rose. I needed to save my career, which was on the verge of complete failure.…

7 Crucial Steps to Minimize Drama in Your Life

By Lori Deschene in Blog, mindfulness & peace

“When you are not honoring the present moment by allowing it to be, you are creating drama.” ~Eckhart Tolle

Well into my twenties, all of my friendships with women looked a lot like junior high.

One day, we’d be codependent and attached at the hip, sending incessant play-by-play emails throughout the workday like one too many notes in class.

The next day, we’d be dragging each other by the hair into a heap of combined emotional issues, complete with nasty suspicions, unfounded accusations, and a dramatic reconciliation that would inevitably be short-lived.

Shortly after one toxic friendship eroded, I found …

How to Stop Dwelling: A Simple Practice to Let Go of Anxious Thoughts

By Kimberly Diaz-Rosso in Blog, letting go, mindfulness & peace

“Change your thoughts and you change the world.” ~Norman Vincent Peale

We all encounter times in life when someone says or does something that offends us. After the fact, no matter how hard we try to let go of feelings of hurt or resentment, we might find it hard to move on.

I know, I’ve been there before myself, mostly when I wished I’d told people how I really felt in certain encounters, or when I doubted what I’d said or done and then replayed past events over again in my mind.

I am a reformed people pleaser, …

What I’ve Learned About Life While Volunteering in a Rwandan Youth Village

By Lauren Gross in Blog, happiness & fun, love & relationships

“Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.” ~Maya Angelou

Have you ever been in a situation where your thoughts and beliefs are put to test and you have to reconsider who you are? Do you adapt to a new environment or hold on to the values and cultural norms of your past?

I’m living in Rwanda for the next year, volunteering at a youth village that also serves as a boarding school …

It’s Less Important to Have More Friends and More Important to Have Real Ones

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

Breathe, You’re Going to Be Okay

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

Do Not be Afraid of Change

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

A Moment of Patience

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

Sometimes Music Is the Only Thing That Takes Your Mind Off Everything Else

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

There’s No WiFi in the Forest But You’ll Find a Better Connection

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

Leaping into the Unknown: Why We Don’t Always Need a Plan

By Louise Watson in Blog, letting go, meaning & passion, work fulfillment

“You don’t always need a plan. Sometimes you just need to breathe, trust, let go, and see what happens.” ~Mandy Hale

Wake up.

Wish I could go back to sleep.

Get up and ready for work. Tell myself that today I’ll leave earlier but then leave the same time as usual.

Walk to work. Pass all the same people I did yesterday. At the same time.

Arrive at work. Listen to the same people complaining about the same things. Complain about the same things myself.

Teach my classes. Tell people off for being late—the same people as yesterday and the …

Family Is Anyone Who Loves You Unconditionally

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

My Proactive 8-Part Plan for Beating Anxiety and Negativity

By Marigny Goodyear in Blog, change & challenges, healthy habits, mindfulness & peace

“Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

I’m on a much needed and looked forward to vacation with family whom I love dearly, and yet I’m entering the belly of the whale. Perhaps it was triggered by my habit of making sure everyone is okay and having a good time. Perhaps it’s because the act of preparing for and traveling to Baja was exhausting and now I’m just tired.

Whatever the cause, my anxiety starts as an uncertainty, an insecurity tickling the back of my skull. Then it attacks my ego, assigning me responsible for the self-created …

Those Who Know Me Never Doubt Me

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

Try Not to Stress Over What You Can’t Control

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

Tiny Buddha’s Gratitude Journal Giveaway

By Lori Deschene in Blog, happiness & fun

UPDATE: The winners for this giveaway have been chosen. They are:

Keri Olson
Your Computer
Kelly Hawkins
Jadice-Teal N Momz
Maryrose

Hi friends! Last week I launched Tiny Buddha’s Gratitude Journal, after sharing some of the book’s fifteen coloring pages over the past several weeks. I’ve received some wonderful feedback so far, and I’m thrilled to know that so many of you are finding the book fun and helpful!

Along with today’s coloring page, I’m running a giveaway, offering five free copies. If you’ve already purchased one for yourself, you may want to enter the giveaway for a chance …

To Make a Difference in Someone’s Life

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

Be Led by Your Dreams

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

10 Things I Wish Someone Would Have Told Me When I Was 18

By Maria Stenvinkel in Blog, happiness & fun, meaning & passion, mindfulness & peace

“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” ~Maya Angelou

Can you remember what it was like?

Becoming an adult. Having to take responsibility for your life. Having the world opening up to you. Having to suddenly start making decisions and setting a clear direction for your life.

Exciting, yet terrifying and confusing all at the same time.

Looking back, there are things you wish you’d known, right? Here are some things I’ve learned that I wish someone would have told me when I was eighteen.