Mindfulness
fromPsychology Today
4 days ago3 Ways to Start Feeling More at Home in Your Life
Creating an internal environment of safety, coherence, and agency is essential for feeling at home in one's own life.
Bring blooms inside. Whether you plant bulbs or real plants, collect botanical dishes, or choose flowers on fabrics and rugs, flowers inside the house does wonders for happiness! I treated myself to some inexpensive hardware store plants and the colors and blooms have made me smile all week! Sources for Above: Blue and White Fruit Bowl (with my flowers inside) Floral Rug (color options) Hobnail Planter Blue and White Bunny Source for Above: Blue and White Footed Bowl
Then I started noticing something interesting during my interviews over the years-these meticulous dressers often shared certain qualities that seemed increasingly rare. It wasn't about vanity or showing off. After interviewing over 200 people for various articles, from startup founders to burned-out middle managers, I began to see a pattern. The iron-wielders weren't trying to impress anyone. They were operating from a completely different mindset-one that psychology suggests is becoming endangered in our instant-everything world.
He has never been interviewed. He refused to meet me in person, talk on the phone, or sit still for this profile. He has never made a film or a painting, nor has he written a poem, taken a picture, or tried to "make" anything. Despite all this, he has fascinated the art world and captivated New York society for the past year.
The off-season is usually thought of as downtime for athletes who have been working hard all season, but for NBA All-Star Jaylen Brown, it is anything but idle. He sees the summer as a time to focus on intentional preparation as well as recovery, setting the tone for the taxing season ahead. Jaylen Brown understands the importance of seeing recovery as both mental and physical.
During the pandemic, when we were both working from home, my husband and I started having a daily 'tea-and-toast break' when our schedules accommodated. It provides a few minutes each day when we talk, laugh, sit in the garden, or otherwise relax and enjoy each other's company.