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The Subconscious Mind and Habits: How to Leverage the Link

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How often have you tried to break a bad habit? Have you found yourself attempting new behaviors only to revert to old ones? Many authors have tackled this common struggle. They agree that habits are unconscious decisions—that is, they’re decisions you make without actually thinking about them. The only way to change these unconscious decisions is to address them at their source: your subconscious mind. Continue reading to learn about the link between the subconscious mind and habits and how to leverage it to make lasting changes.

Sadhguru: Mindfulness and Meditation Help You Live and Die Well

What are Sadhguru’s views on mindfulness and meditation? What difference does he believe they can make in your life and your death? Sadhguru is a spiritual teacher and founder of the Isha Foundation. The foundation teaches spiritual practices including yoga and meditation, offers holistic medical services, and organizes large-scale environmental activism. According to Sadhguru, mindfulness and meditation help you live and die well. Keep reading to understand Sadhguru’s concepts and practices surrounding mindfulness and meditation.

Trauma and Mindfulness: How to Meditate for Recovery

Can mindfulness help people with PTSD? What’s the best way to develop mindfulness if you’ve experienced trauma? Trauma and mindfulness are linked in that practicing mindfulness can aid healing. Mindfulness requires understanding yourself in an accepting way, which is critical for those with trauma, and especially for survivors of abuse. Read more for an explanation of why mindfulness can help and how to meditate for mindfulness if you have a history of trauma.

How to Change a Routine by Retraining Your Subconscious Mind

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How often do you operate on autopilot? Are you in control of your thoughts? How do they impact your routines, habits, and behaviors? Your subconscious mind forms automatic routines to save mental energy. These are reinforced by feedback loops. But, you can retrain your subconscious mind to deliberately create new routines of your choosing. Read more to learn how to change a routine by taking control of your thoughts and subconscious mind.

PTSD and Grief: How to Reconnect With Your Emotions

Why is it important for survivors of abuse to grieve? Can PTSD be healed in the grief process? PTSD and grief are connected because grieving allows you to feel and move through complex feelings of loss, anger, and sadness. There are distinct steps that you can follow to progress through the grieving process, separate from the well-known emotional stages of grief. Keep reading for more on grief, trauma, and healing your emotional life.

Sadhguru: Grief Is a Valuable Opportunity to Grow

Are you struggling with loss? Do you feel trapped in pain and wonder whether there’s a way out? According to Sadhguru, grief is a gift. In his book Death: An Inside Story, he shares practical advice for people who are still alive but have been impacted by death, explaining how to overcome painful feelings of grief after someone close to you has died. Continue reading to learn Sadhguru’s view of grief that might cause you to look at death and other losses in a new light.

How to Create Habits That Stick: 6 Ways to Align Your Subconscious

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Do you find it easy to start a new habit but nearly impossible to stick with it? What do you need to change about your approach to instill real change in your life? It’s one thing to adopt a new habit. It’s another to make that habit stick and become part of your life. The key is to get your subconscious mind—not just your conscious mind—to want to adopt the new habit. Keep reading to learn how to create habits that stick by aligning your subconscious with your new behaviors.

CPTSD and Relationships: Recovering Socially From Abuse

Why is it hard for victims of abuse to form connections, and how can they recover? How does complex PTSD (CPTSD) influence relationships? Many people struggle with CPTSD, and relationships are hard for those who do. Because abuse has such an effect on relationships, it takes time and effort for survivors to learn to form healthy friendships. Read on for more on how trauma survivors can heal and develop healthy connections with new people.

Recovering From CPTSD by Embracing the Adequate

How can a survivor of trauma recover from CPTSD? What does it mean to embrace the adequate, and how can that help? Recovering from CPTSD is possible when you embrace the adequate, meaning that you see yourself as good enough and let go of perfectionism. You can apply the “good enough” mindset to other areas of your life, too. Continue on to see how changing your mindset can help you recover.

How to Die Well: 3 Tips From Spiritual Teacher Sadhguru

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If you want to die well, how should you live? What should you avoid at the very end of your life? Dying well isn’t just about your last moments; it’s about the hours, days, and even years before your death. In Death: An Inside Story, spiritual teacher Sadhguru recommends that you practice mindfulness throughout your life, spend your final years in nature, and surrender your individuality as you die. Keep reading for Sadhguru’s advice on how to die well.