Published in The Daily Cuppa

·Jun 15

5 Minute Mental Wellbeing Check

Did you check in with yourself today? — Breathe.🧘‍♀️ Take 5 minutes to ask yourself these core questions to check in with your mental wellbeing. A practice that needs to be done at least thrice a week for optimum mental health. Ask yourself: Did I get enough sleep? Did I show myself and others kindness today? Did I drink enough water? Am I eating healthily and regularly? Do my muscles need stretching?

Mental Health

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5 Minute Mental Wellbeing Check

Did you check in with yourself today?

Breathe.🧘‍♀️

Take 5 minutes to ask yourself these core questions to check in with your mental wellbeing.

A practice that needs to be done at least thrice a week for optimum mental health.

Ask yourself:

Did I get enough sleep?
Did I show myself and others kindness today?
Did I drink enough water?
Am I eating healthily and regularly?
Do my muscles need stretching?
How am I feeling right now?

When you honestly and accurately check in with yourself, you create a habit of not just physical wellbeing but also mental wellbeing.

And it takes only 5 minutes to prioritize YOU.

💗With Love, Zeenat Merchant Syal, M.A, M.Sc

Published in ILLUMINATION

·Jun 13

5 Positive Ways to Be Humble for more Happiness

Humility refines the soul on so many levels — “We must not be wise and prudent according to the flesh. Rather, we must be simple, humble and pure.” ~ Francis of Assisi In our modern society, full of corporate power and stardom, being humble, being modest is often viewed as a weakness. …

Mental Health

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5 Positive Ways to Be Humble for more Happiness

Published in Know Thyself, Heal Thyself

·May 30

4 Simple Ways To Be Spiritually Healthy

Learn how to ensure optimum spiritual wellness — “We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.” ~Teilhard de Chardin We human beings tend to think of ourselves as being either healthy or sick. We act as if there are only these two options. …

Spirituality

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Published in Know Thyself, Heal Thyself

·May 19

20 Positive Affirmations to Beat Overthinking

Add a dose of calm to your overthinking mind — “Overthinking will not empower you over things that are beyond your control. So, let it be if it is meant to be and cherish the moment.” ~ Mahsati A. This article is simple and short, but powerful. Because powerful healing is what we are focusing on here. I wanted to…

Mental Health

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20 Positive Affirmations to Beat Overthinking

Published in Know Thyself, Heal Thyself

·May 10

Eight Positive Ways to Heal from Overthinking

Allow your mind to calm down and heal — “Put your thoughts to sleep. Do not let them cast a shadow over the moon of your heart. Let go of thinking.”~ Rumi. Life can feel daunting at times. Some unforseen situations can make our thinking go from peaceful to overwhelming in no time. When overwhelm kicks in, the mind…

Mental Health

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Eight Positive Ways to Heal from Overthinking

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·May 3

The Power of Your Stories

And the positive spin they need — Sometimes you find yourself living on auto-pilot, playing out the stories of your past. Becoming conscious of these stories is to step into your power. You, my dear, get to author your own story. As we grow up, we are handed a rule book for how to be in this world. Sometimes, we unconsciously play out these roles, reliving old hurts and acting-out behaviors that don’t serve us.

Mental Health

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The Power of Your Stories

And the positive spin they need

Photo by S O C I A L . C U T on Unsplash

Sometimes you find yourself living on auto-pilot, playing out the stories of your past.

Becoming conscious of these stories is to step into your power. You, my dear, get to author your own story.

As we grow up, we are handed a rule book for how to be in this world.

Sometimes, we unconsciously play out these roles, reliving old hurts and acting-out behaviors that don’t serve us.

When you become conscious of your stories, you also become conscious of the power in re-writing them.

You are the author of your own story. It’s up to you to write your next chapter and decide the positive narrative you want to write it in.

❤ With Love, Zeenat Merchant Syal, M.A, M.Sc

Published in ILLUMINATION

·Apr 26

The Simplest and Most Rewarding Cure for Loneliness

Learning to positively embrace loneliness and thrive in solitude — Do you crave companionship? Or are you perfectly content by yourself? Do you feel lonely in this big world? Today’s fast-paced world leaves all of us feeling lost and lonely at times. By the time your day ends, you are exhausted and crave a certain familiar warmth. If only to just sit and watch TV with or have dinner with. Failing to have this, there are many who have…

Mental Health

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The Simplest and Most Satisfying Cure for Loneliness

Published in Know Thyself, Heal Thyself

·Apr 14

Understanding Grief and Positive ways to Cope with it

Because we all have to heal at some point — “The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of those depths.” ~Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Grief is the emotional distress we experience followed by a significant loss. It is all part of the human experience…

Mental Health

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Understanding Grief and Positive ways to Cope with it

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·Apr 5

5 Powerful Words that Will Positively Change Your Life

And how to use them for true transformation — “Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.” ~ Rudyard Kipling Words can move mountains and bring about a revolution. I believe the most powerful positive weapon we each possess is our words. But just mere words don’t bring about change. …

Mental Health

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5 Powerful Words that Will Positively Change Your Life

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·Mar 10

5 Minute Mindfulness Checklist

“The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion.”~ Thích Nhất Hạnh My goal this past week was to intentionally try to be more present. I’ve set my intention to be more mindful in the moment. It’s certainly faded my funk the past couple of days! A Mindfulness practice does not have to make you feel overwhelmed. Sprinkle mindfulness into your day in small portions, just like I do. Each way on this checklist takes 5 minutes or less:

Psychology

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5 Minute Mindfulness Checklist

“The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion.”~ Thích Nhất Hạnh

My goal this past week was to intentionally try to be more present.
I’ve set my intention to be more mindful in the moment. It’s certainly faded my funk the past couple of days!

A Mindfulness practice does not have to make you feel overwhelmed. Sprinkle mindfulness into your day in small portions, just like I do.

Each way on this checklist takes 5 minutes or less:

Watch and focus on your breathing.
Have a mindful cup of tea/coffee, feeling every sip.
Make a mindful meal, activating all your senses.
Take a mindful walk, soaking in the nature around you.
Have a Guided Mindful meditation practice.
When feeling tensed, focus on the tensed muscle and release it.

❤ With Love, Zeenat Merchant Syal, M.A, M.Sc