Break Free to Success

Feeling like you are the victim in a situation is a common reaction. “But that isn’t fair,” or “That’s not right!” is something you likely say to yourself many times a day. Feeling victimized and being a victim, though, are two different things. Learning how to stop feeling victimized will allow you to reclaim your personal power and live the life you have always wanted. Why Being a Victim Doesn’t Work When you decide that you are a victim in any situation, you end up only feeling worse. Most of the time, you choose to be a victim of life’s circumstances or of your own failures or missteps because you think it will make you feel better. But, it doesn’t. It has the opposite effect. While playing the victim can give you momentary love, concern, or care from others, it also robs you of your own power. Being a victim means you are powerless, that you are fearful and unhappy, and you don’t have any way to turn the situation around. This will leave you feeling even w...

  Do you often rank yourself as being incapable of achieving great things? Let’s face it; when life seems to be spinning out of control, it can seem impossible to slow the rotation of that wheel. You may find yourself quietly or noisily dwelling in the abyss of negativity. Whether in the realm of love, happiness or success, your view of your ability to effectively deliver in these facets of your life might lean towards the negative side of things if you believe that your role in any of these areas is futile. Negative Effects of Thinking You are Incapable When we believe we are incapable of succeeding in some part or all facets of living our lives, it can have adverse effects. Low Expectations of Yourself and Potentially Others Thinking you are incapable often leads you to expect very little of yourself and others. You always believe that others are making negative assumptions about you and your abilities. These expectations of others may cause you to lim...

Getting old is a fact of life, but how you approach aging is entirely up to you. As it turns out, your mindset and outlook have just as much to do with how well you age as physical factors.   You can actually slow down the ageing process and live a longer, happier life by changing your mindset. Here are our top ten anti-ageing tips for a healthier attitude. #1. Be Grateful Focusing on what is good and positive in your life, rather than what is wrong or what you have lost, it a way to stay happy and fight against the march of time. Living in the present and being hopeful about the future, rather than always looking and longing for the past, keeps you optimistic and driven. Practice a daily gratitude exercise to remind you of all your gifts. #2. Stay Active Keeping your body and mind active, regardless of your age, is an essential anti-ageing strategy. Moving your body regularly promotes healthy blood flow, which is great for your bra...

Focusing can be hard work when your brain is working against you. It’s extremely common to find yourself more distracted on some days than others; you can’t seem to stop browsing Facebook rather than doing your work, or even just staring out the window. But what is it, exactly, that’s causing this issue? What is it that’s keeping you in constant distraction? In this article, we’re going to discuss the four things that are killing your ability to focus on the task at hand, be it work, homework, being present in the moment, or even your housework. 1) Lack of Sleep Believe it or not, the amount of sleep you’ve had can lead to your inability to focus. Sleep is crucial to rest your body and mind, allowing you to take on all that the next day has in store for you rejuvenated and energized. Not getting the proper amount of sleep each night can lead to poor performance, distractibility, and even crankiness. Lacking sleep impairs your short-term memory and atten...

Our brains are amazing machines. Containing around 86 billion nerve cells which connect to other nerve cells, our brains are masters at creating an amazing coordinated network that shares and receives information at astounding speeds and with great precision. They can adapt and change for better - or worse - no matter how old you are. This flexibility helps shape our personalities through the advancing or the decline of our brain power which can happen in 2 ways; neural connections are constructed thereby creating new pathways and boosting cognitive abilities, or they’re disjoined resulting in a decrease in brain power. While the aging process does weaken neural pathways resulting in a diminished memory along with other cognitive skills, there are things we can do at any age to enhance neural connections and promote the creation of new pathways while strengthening existing ones. The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association have come up with a list of 7 ...