<ul><li>Tell the truth in your relationships. </li><li>Catch critical, blaming, or self-victimizing thoughts. </li><li>Have fun with someone you love. Forget about everything that feels like a problem and do something silly and childlike.</li><li>Ask a friend to join a yoga studio with you, or invite them to jog with you on the beach.</li></ul>

Connection

<ul><li>Write down everything that’s weighing you down mentally and then burn it as a form of letting go.</li><li>Write down everything you’ve learned from a difficult experience so you can see it as something useful and empowering instead of something to stress you out.</li><li>Apologize for a mistake instead of rehashing it, and then choose to forgive yourself.</li></ul>

Communication as therapy 

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<li>Take 5 to 10 minutes for a simple seated meditation.</li>
<li>Take 100 deep breaths, counting “and one,” “and two,” and so on, with “and” on the inhalations and the numbers on the exhalations.</li>
<li>Take a meditative walk, focusing solely on the physical sensations of walking.</li>
<li>Find a guided meditation on YouTube and let it lull you into a blissful state of presence.</li>
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Meditation tips for peace of mind

<ul><li>Volunteer your time to help a charity you believe in. </li><li>Volunteer at your local animal shelter. </li><li>Do something kind for someone else without expecting anything in return.</li><li>Leverage your passion to help someone else (i.e.: if you’re an aspiring designer, design a logo for a friend). </li></ul>

Contribution

<ul><li>Schedule a date with yourself, a time when you don’t need to meet anyone else’s requests, and do something that feeds your mind and spirit. </li><li>Sit in nature and let yourself simply be.</li><li>Be your own best friend. </li><li>Repeat some positive affirmations that help you feel present, peaceful, and empowered.</li></ul>

Solitude

<ul><li>Engage in art therapy: paint or start a journal.</li><li>Create a peace collage. Include images that make you feel relaxed and at ease. </li><li>Take a walk with the sole intention of photographing beautiful things that make you feel at peace.</li><li>Write a blog post about what gives you peace of mind.</li></ul>

Creativity

"Set peace of mind as your highest goal, and organize your life around it." ~Brian Tracy There was a time when I thought peace was a destination, in much the same way I imagined I'd eventually arrive at happiness or success.

Contribution

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Means And Ends

Let’s let go of the myth that you have to spend to give: