Christmas season is one of the best opportunities to celebrate throughout the year. Yet, we often take it for granted or treat it as yet another task on our to-do list. I wrote this article to give you ideas on how to make the best out of this year’s Christmas celebration. According to the findings in positive psychology, the fact that good things happen to us doesn’t automatically mean that we feel happier.
Every year, we resolve to be a different person starting on January 1st. But why wait until the New Year takes hold to start making positive changes? This year, challenge yourself to end the year strong, rather than pitting your personal development on a vague point in time in the future. There’s still enough time left to turn this year around – or at the least, to finish it with pride.
So you had a bad day? A really terrible, awful, horrible, no good kind of day? Feels awful, doesn’t it? We all have them. One of those days when nothing goes right. The entire day spirals out of your control and there is nothing you can do to stop it. The anxiety is closing in on you, and all your stress management skills have flown out the window. All you can do is look forward to bedtime when the horrid day will be over. Okay, so you had one. What to do the next time one of these bad days co
People who have never interacted with a person who has a mental or physical disability may think of the exchange as intimidating or nerve-wracking. They might worry what to talk about or how to avoid staring. These concerns are understandable, but it’s important to realize people with disabilities should be treated the same as everyone else. The most important part of interacting with someone who has a disability is seeing that person for whom he or she is, and not what disability that person