Category: Positive Living

Positive living is a category that includes all positive ways of living your life. Topics include self-love and self-care, gratitude, quotes, mental health, and all other positive topics.

Improve Your Well-Being With These 4 Home Hacks

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Our home is a place that is always there. We come back to it at the end of each day, and we spend years raising our children in it. But, it is quite often a place we take for granted, and we shouldn’t. You might not be aware of it, but your home can actually...Keep Reading

3 Tips for Managing Stress for a Better Night’s Sleep

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We all know how wonderful it feels when we get a great night’s sleep, we wake full of energy and ready to take on the world! Despite all of us knowing how good sleep is for us, it seems less of us are getting enough of the good stuff, and our health is suffering as...Keep Reading

Create Bedroom Bliss for a Peaceful Sleep Every Evening

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At the moment, you toss and turn as soon as you climb into bed; you dread the evenings, and it makes you anxious to even think about falling asleep. You haven’t been getting your recommended eight hours recently, and you haven’t been able to pinpoint the problem yet. You have worked hard in creating a...Keep Reading

How to Live An Empowered Life | 3 Empowering Tips

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Living in a western society isn’t straightforward if you’re a woman, the system isn’t gamed in our favor. Guys get the chances and opportunities, and it reflects in the way men and woman view one another. We’ve all been caught in a spiral before, stuck in a rut with seemingly no way out, and it’s...Keep Reading

25 Quotes to Help You Stay Positive

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It really is amazing what words of kindness can do in the life of a complete stranger. I am wholeheartedly a supporter of positivity, and you should be too. Simply acting and speaking positively can make such a huge difference in both your mood and the mood of those you come in contact with. This...Keep Reading

How to Make Your Home A Happy Place

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If you care at all about your own mental and physical health, then making your home a happy place should be high up on your list of concerns. The truth is that it is relatively simple and straightforward to make your home happier to be in. As long as you know what you are doing,...Keep Reading

Self-Care Fundamentals You Can Enjoy Every Day

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Self-care has become one of the most defining terms of the past five years. As more and more people have sought to reclaim their busy lives and center in on their health and well-being, self-care has risen to prominence in a way that has never been seen before. Here are some self-care fundamentals you can...Keep Reading

Get Stress-Free Living at Home With These Tips

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You may not realize it, but the environment that you live in plays an awfully big part of your wellbeing too. If your home is an unpleasant, messy place to be in, then your mind is going to pan out that way too, and that's the last thing you want. So make sure that you...Keep Reading

Simple Ways to Look After Yourself Better | Simple Self-Care

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Realistically, we need there to be at least 30 hours in a day. This twenty-four-hour thing just isn’t cutting it anymore. Life’s just too hectic. That sense of being overwhelmed is affecting one thing: our self-care. Here are a few simple self-care techniques you need. We’re just not looking after ourselves the way we ought...Keep Reading

Improve Your Sleep | Why You Do Not Sleep Well

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Not getting a good night’s sleep can be extremely frustrating indeed. Waking up still exhausted won’t set your day off to a great start, and all that tiredness could follow you to the office. You will feel very fatigued throughout the whole day, and your concentration and productivity could be affected as a result. So,...Keep Reading

Create Your Own Self-Care Challenge | Self-Care Your Way

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Do you see all of these self-care challenges on Pinterest but none of them seem to quite be what you need? Then this challenge is for you because you create it! This self-care challenge is a step-by-step guide to creating your own self-care challenge that fits your needs most. This post may contain affiliate links....Keep Reading

How to Be That Confident Person You Wish to Be

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Confidence is something that comes naturally to most people. However, for the vast majority of us, we struggle to feel confident. We are always worrying about what is ‘wrong’ with ourselves, instead of focusing on all the amazing qualities we have. It’s time for a change! Read on to discover how you can become the...Keep Reading

Promote Relaxation At Home With These 5 Tips

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Does your home make you feel relaxed? Is it a haven you long to retreat to at the end of a frantic day? For many of us, our home is the place we feel happiest, but it doesn’t always provide relaxation. If you’re on a mission to promote relaxation and calm at home, keep reading!...Keep Reading

20+ Positive Quotes to Brighten Your Mood

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It is so incredibly easy to fall into a slump of anger, sadness, or anxiousness. The world can be so depressing and hard to deal with. If you are in a slump or looking for something to brighten your mood, check out these 20 positive quotes! Brightening Quotes “Life is better while laughing.”unknown “Letting go gives...Keep Reading

How to Make Your Home Zen

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Your home should be a peaceful sanctuary. It should be a place where you can relax and de-stress. If this is not the case, it is time to make some critical changes. But, where should you begin? Read on to discover some mindful ways you can make your home more Zen. Eliminate Clutter There is...Keep Reading

Embracing Self-Care Even When It’s Hard

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There are many times in life when suddenly your ability to care for yourself goes out the window. In a flash, all of your learned habits become extremely difficult to uphold, and before you know it, you are letting yourself get behind with your own self-care. When this happens, however, it is best not to...Keep Reading

Having A Home that Feeds the Senses

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When it comes to our homes, most people design them solely with one thing in mind: how they look! But remember, that sight is just one of the senses you’ve been blessed with. As such, you can add a lot to your home just by having additions that feed the other senses. Below, we take...Keep Reading
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Get A Bright Smile | Teeth Whitening for Self-Care

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If you haven’t noticed it yet, I am a HUGE advocate for self-care! Self-care is much more than taking a walk, eating right, or a nice relaxing bath. Self-care involves taking care of yourself in a way that causes you to LOVE yourself and who you are. Walking or eating right can surely help this,...Keep Reading

4 Ways to Improve Your Self-Esteem

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If you want to experience a happy and healthy life, then self-love isn’t just incredibly important, it is necessary. Of course, it can be difficult to practice self-love sometimes if you don’t see yourself in a positive way. While it is common for people to have low self-esteem, it isn’t okay. So, you should do...Keep Reading

Mental Health, Physical Health, and Your Home

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We all know the importance of looking after ourselves both physically and mentally. When we are stressed, not eating well, and overworked we end up in a productivity slump. Feelings of sadness and generally feeling overwhelmed which is not a great way to live. It makes sense that the place we retreat to each day...Keep Reading

5 Self-Care Tools To Amplify Your Self-Care Regimen

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Self-care is a big deal and should be taken seriously. If you are not going to invest in yourself and your happiness and fulfillment, then what will you invest in? The following products are great investments to help amplify your regular self-care regimen. Massage Tools Most people don’t have the money nor the time to...Keep Reading

10 Quick and Easy Ways to Practice Self-Love

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Self-Love is so good. Not only is it essential to feel comfortable and happy in your own skin, but it’s essential to build confidence in all areas of your life. There are endless ways to practice self-love, but here are 10 of my favorite self-love practices (in no specific order, of course). This post may...Keep Reading

A Lesson on Self-Love | The Importance of Loving Yourself

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In some ways, you could consider self-love to be the same as self-esteem. However, self-esteem tends to be more about how competent and effective we feel we are. Whereas self-love is more about acceptance and loving ourselves just the way we are. In society today, we expend a lot of energy looking to external solutions...Keep Reading

Take Back Control of Your Life

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It is time to take back control. This could be your finances, your home, your fitness, your career, your anything—your everything. Here is a list of tips, tricks, and bits of advice that could help you take back control in your life. There is nothing more magical than seeing the world through a kid’s eyes....Keep Reading

Is Your Home Office Bad for Your Health?

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There are loads of benefits of working from home. When you work out of your home office you no longer having to commute to work and you are more able to spend quality time with your nearest and dearest. But is it really always this great? Do you want to make sure that your home...Keep Reading

30 Days of Yoga for Self-Love Challenge

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One of my goals for 2018 was to do yoga regularly. Regularly can be defined as almost every day and consistent. I have not been doing a great job at keeping up with this. I chose yoga because I enjoy it, I can do it at home, and it is so good for physical and...Keep Reading

Why It Is Never Too Late to Chase Your Dreams

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What dreams did you have when you were younger? Some people would say they wanted to be an astronaut, and others would have said they wanted to become a superhero. Children love to dream and they love to think of unique ways to live out their lives, but reality will eventually settle in and those...Keep Reading

Secrets to Designing a More Tranquil and Relaxing Home

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Your home should be your tranquil sanctuary, your escape from the world. However, if you don’t take steps to ensure that your home is a relaxing place for you to relax and unwind in, then you won’t be able to make the most of the space. When you look around your home, how do you...Keep Reading

Meditation | How to Keep Calm During the Holidays

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Meditation is one of those commonly misunderstood forms of self-care. This post will talk all about meditating to stay calm and to lessen anxieties during the holidays. The holidays are a hectic time full of great times, but also full of stress and anxiety. It can sometimes be hard to stay calm and avoid these...Keep Reading

5 Easy Holiday Self-Care Practices

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With the hustle and bustle of the Holiday season, it’s easy to allow yourself to become overwhelmed with everything on your to-do list and everyone who wants to spend time with you. it’s during this time that we tend to neglect ourselves the most. For that reason, I have a collection of holiday self-care practices...Keep Reading

How to Get that Cozy Christmas Feeling

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This post is a sponsored post. This means that I received compensation for writing it. Let’s be honest with ourselves, who doesn’t love that cozy Christmas feeling?? It’s the best to get cozy on your couch or in your home, especially when the weather starts to get cold! Everyone has their own tricks to feeling...Keep Reading

A Bullet Journal for Bujo Beginners | 10-Day Challenge

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I was sitting at my desk the other day, looking at my list of bullet journal post ideas, trying to figure out what to post today. It occurred to me that I had not done a challenge in a while, nor had I addressed bullet journaling beginners. So today I will be challenging both beginners...Keep Reading

How to Create the Most Relaxing Bathroom

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Creating a relaxing bathroom design is essential if you enjoy unwinding in the tub after a long day at work. The last thing you want is a bathing space that is not fit for relaxation. This post will provide a few hints and tips for the most relaxing bathroom. Improved Bathroom Lighting Most people find...Keep Reading

A People-Helping Career Can Improve Fulfillment

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When it comes to your job, are you fulfilled? If you aren’t, a career helping others is sure to increase your fulfillment. Positions within the health and social care industry allow you to make a genuine difference in the lives of others. This is because you are helping them when they’re at their weakest and...Keep Reading

The Benefits of Anxiety Journaling & Why You Need It

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Since my move to North Carolina, I have been seeing a counselor on a monthly basis. Counseling is super valuable and I have learned a lot from it, including a lot about myself. One practice that I have taken from counseling is to track my anxiety. In my second session with my new counselor, she...Keep Reading

Dealing with Loneliness: Living By Yourself Far Away From Home, Family, and Friends

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Everyone gets lonely, especially when you are in a new town far away from those you know and love. It’s hard, very hard. And sometimes it’s even emotionally draining. Here are some tips to help you manage loneliness when living by yourself far away from home, family, and friends. Go Out Often (AKA Don’t Pout...Keep Reading

Factor Your Feelings After A Long-Distance Move

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Moving long distance, while life-affirming, can be terrifying. To some degree, it’s obvious before you’ve even embarked on the journey. No one could undertake a move like this without an overfill of feelings or at least a fluttering in your stomach. It’s simply not possible. This post gives a brief rundown of some feelings you...Keep Reading

Designing A Bedroom For A Better Night’s Sleep

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Do you struggle to get your 8 hours of sleep each night? Maybe your bedroom is a problem. There are several factors that are important for making sure that you get good-quality sleep, and many of them come down to your bedroom’s design. Need some tips and inspiration? Read all about designing a bedroom for...Keep Reading

12-Day Gratitude Challenge

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This week on ElizabethJournals I have been planning an Instagram challenge and I want to share it with you amazing people! The goal of this challenge is to express gratefulness publicly with the hope that it inspires gratitude in those around us. Being grateful is so so so important and wonderful, which I have talked...Keep Reading

10 Happiness-Promoting Practices and Quotes

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What is happiness? Happiness is a phenomenon, emotion, or state of being we all strive to achieve. Here are 10 ways to promote happiness in your life. What is Happiness? There are a million ways to define happiness. "Be happy. Be bright. Be you." The dictionaries define happiness as Delighted, pleased, or glad, as over...Keep Reading

My Gratitude Journey | Meaningful Artwork

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I’ve titled this post ‘My Gratitude Journey,’ though it is mainly about a piece of artwork I spent a year creating and the story behind it. Warning, I have to get a little vulnerable to tell this story. The Back Story I’d like to start from the beginning. I was in a toxic relationship which...Keep Reading

Seeing the World from Another Angle: Developmental Disabilities

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I have worked in the mental health field for a decade. My favorite part of that work was the last half of it, working with kids from ages 3-21 with developmental disabilities and delays. I had absolutely zero experience with this population before then but I left with a lot of experience and a totally...Keep Reading

65 Encouraging Journal Prompts + 10 Quotes

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Journaling is such a good way to de-stress and stay mentally healthy. I generally use journaling as a debrief at the end of my day or to encourage and motivate me at the beginning. Here are 65 encouraging journaling prompts. Encouraging Statements Name 5 qualities you like about yourself.Write about a time where you felt...Keep Reading

10 Ways to Reduce Your Anger

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I have recently been feeling very angry. This anger feels overwhelming and just builds and builds until I end up exploding on someone. Anger isn’t a good feeling, nothing good comes out of it. Because I have recently struggled with and have been working through anger, I have decided to write about coping with anger....Keep Reading

Self-Love Challenge | 30 Days of Loving Yourself

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Are you up for a challenge!? Awesome! I challenge you to 30 days of self-love! For the next 30 days, pamper yourself! Self-love is so important, I cannot stress it enough! This challenge calls you to spend 30 days pampering and taking care of yourself, working on loving yourself. Self-love is more than just loving your...Keep Reading

25 Self-Love Quotes

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Self-love is such an important topic and practice. And no one is able to love you like you can. These quotes are meant to help you with your own self-care in a little way! Everyone is important and needs some pampering, that includes yourself! Try adding these quotes to images on your wall, write them...Keep Reading

How to Set Up the Perfect Bath for Relaxation

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You’ve come home from a stressful day at work or school. How do you de-stress? A Bath! Setting up a nice relaxing bath is a science. It requires not only a relaxing bath but a relaxing bath environment. I am here to tell you exactly how to set up the perfect relaxation bath. This article contains...Keep Reading