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Ways To Feel Better About Yourself Right Now
Eat Healthier
Regularly eating foods that are filled with nutrients can help you feel more positive and energetic. You will feel better mentally too.
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Spend Time Outdoors
Spending time outside of your apartment can lift your mood.
If you are unable to get outside, add greenery to your space, for some plant therapy.
Volunteer
People who volunteer are likely to have higher self-esteem, psychological well-being, and happiness.
Help someone else out who really needs it.
Practice Gratitude
Research suggests that writing regularly in your gratitude journal can increase your well-being and overall life satisfaction.
Negative Self-Talk
Don't say things to yourself that you would not say to a loved one.
If you want to feel better about yourself, change how you think about yourself.
Dress Up
What you wear affects how you feel.
Wear the clothes in your closet that makes you feel pretty and confident.
Smile More Often
When your brain senses that you're using your muscles to smile, it's assuming that it must be happy about something.
Smile, even if you don't always feel like it.
Accept Your Status
Rather than comparing yourself to others and finding the disadvantages you feel you're faced with, acknowledge your own path.
Consciously look for the advantages of where you are.
Exercise More
It's hard to ignore how essential exercising is for you to feel happier.
The first 20 minutes of exercise provide most of the health benefits.
Meditate
Meditation allows more rational thinking to take the place of anxiety.
Start the day with meditation by simply letting go of your thoughts.
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Spend time with furry friends
Play fetch with Fido or sneak in a few cuddles with your kitten.
Interacting with your pets can release oxytocin in the brain ― you know, the “warm and fuzzy” hormone ― resulting...
Count your blessings
There’s nothing like a little thankfulness to boost your mood. Research shows expressing gratitude can make you happier.
Try writing down three things you’re thankful for at the end of each night.
Remind yourself how great you are
Studies show self-acceptance is crucial to a happier life, but it’s a habit we barely practice.
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Why food
Negative emotions may lead to a feeling of emptiness or an emotional void.
Food is believed to be a way to fill that void and create a false feeling of “
Emotional vs. true hunger
Physical hunger
- It develops slowly over time.
- You desire a variety of food groups.
- You feel the sensation of fullness and take it as a cue to stop eating.
- You have no negative feelings about eating.
Emotional hunger
- It comes about suddenly or abruptly.
- You crave only certain foods.
- You may binge on food and not feel a sensation of fullness.
- You feel guilt or shame about eating.
Emotional hunger isn’t easily quelled
While filling up could work in the moment, eating because of negative emotions often leaves people feeling more upset than before.
This cycle typically doesn’t end until a person addresses emotional needs head-on.
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Motivation
Motivation is not a switch. Motivation is a flow.
If you can create a self sustaining motivation engine, you’ll not only be able to find more meaning and purpose in your life, bu...
Motivation Engine in 3 parts
- Core. Your purpose. It is sustained by two things: Having Meaning, and Forward Movement.
- Support. What enables your goals. They can magnify the motivation core you have, or speed up the momentum that you build.
- Surface. Any type of external recognition that might give you motivation.