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Feeling Anxious or Depressed Amidst COVID-19?
Once you begin to see your resistance as a guide, showing you that you’ve encountered something personally meaningful and pointing you in the direction of where you need to turn next, follow these 4 steps to skillfully integrate and move through it.
What You Resist, Persists. What You Accept, Transforms You.
Once you begin to see your resistance as a guide, showing you that you’ve encountered something personally meaningful and pointing you in the direction of where you need to turn next, follow these 4 steps to skillfully integrate and move through it.
How to Go From Resistance to Ease in 4 Simple Steps
Once you begin to see your resistance as a guide, showing you that you’ve encountered something personally meaningful and pointing you in the direction of where you need to turn next, follow these 4 steps to skillfully integrate and move through it.
Make SHIFT Happen - 5 Ways to Bring Change to Your Life
Dr. Sophia Godkin highlights the 5 most effective ways to bring to life the change that you want to see happen in a less daunting and more doable way, learned through living, loving example and brought to you courtesy of the letters S.H.I.F.T.
7 Ways To Build Resilience From the Inside Out
The best part about these 7 strategies is that they all work in unison, complementing each other in augmenting who you can become as a resilient human being. Going at it from this perspective is incredibly efficient, effective, and it’s my favourite way to go about any change aimed at making us better at who we are and what we do in life.
Three Myths (and Three Truths) About Resilience
Resilience is an ideal accomplice during difficult or tough times. And the best part about it is that it’s not a quality that you either are or aren’t born with. It’s a quality that you can make the conscious decision to practice and a state of being that you can access and cultivate at any time.
When It Feels Like Life Has Been Put on Hold
Whether it's an illness, break-up, or global event that's leading life to feel like it's on hold, the truth is that this experience is no different than being put on hold when making an outbound telephone call. Just as you don’t stop doing things while waiting for the operator to ring you back to respond to your needs, you don't just stop living life!
That 'Sweet Spot' to a Successful and Sultry Romantic Relationship
A good relationship is all about balance. It’s about finding a sense of equilibrium that is unique to the connection that exists between you. It’s about setting the stage for each person to empower rather than overpower the other.
Discover Your Self-Love Language
Dr. Sophia Godkin a.k.a. the Happiness Doctor, dives deep into the relationship you have with yourself. You may have heard about the love languages but have you heard about the self-love languages? Take the quiz to find out what your love language is then find out how to apply that to the relationship you have with yourself.
The 10 Cs of Conscious Relating
Though we are each unique and each relationship is certainly unlike any other, there are themes of conscious relating that without a doubt contribute to fulfilling, healthy, relationships regardless of your age, gender, cultural, religious, personal beliefs, and current life circumstances. Here they are the 10 Cs of Conscious Relating.
Self-Criticism and Self-Compassion: Only One Hinders Your Goals
Contrary to popular belief, bashing and being hard on yourself for not being where you want to be in your pursuit of your goals doesn’t motivate you to change for the better. Here's how to recognize criticism and how to make the switch to self-compassion .
Go From Winter Woes To Winter Wellness With These 11 Tips
Whether it be sadness, fatigue, irritability, low sex drive, low energy, difficulty concentrating and making decisions, increased appetite, weight gain, and/or a greater desire to be alone, you can beat the Winter Woes with these 11 tips.
An Intimate End-of-the Year Date With Yourself
Looking at where you’ve been is one of the best ways to prepare yourself for where you’re going. That’s why as 2021 comes to a close, we get ready to welcome in 2022 with acknowledgement, intention, and of course, self-reflection. Here is Dr. Sophia’s guide to self-reflection for preparation for the new year.
Why Loneliness Is More Common Than Ever Before
To be distinguished from the state of being alone, loneliness refers to our perspective, feelings, and state of mind, and its prevalence is growing every day. Here's what you can do about it.
What I See In YOU – Is a Reflection of ME!?
The first time I ever presented this concept that ‘what you see in another person is, in some way, also a reflection of you’ to my students in a college course on Positive Psychology, I got lots of blank stares and probably an equal amount of dirty looks. Rightfully so. This topic isn't for the faint of heart.