Tag: mindfulness
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Psychological Manipulation-7: The Final / How to be a Free individual
When Benjamin Franklin conducted his first electricity experiments, people didn’t even know what electricity was, let alone how it was transmitted. They found it mystical. When he said that lightning was a kind of electricity, what do you think the crowd, who saw lightning as something divine, said? “Maaann you are crazy, get the fuck…
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How to Know Yourself-75: Analyzing Your Goals and Patterns
Looking Back, Looking Forward: Goals, Lessons, and Reflections By now, after reflecting so much on yourself, you’ve probably noticed certain patterns and repetitions.These patterns are actually routines that can help increase your overall satisfaction.When it comes to your defined goals, these patterns act as measures of how suitable and realistic those goals are for you.…
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How to know yourself-74: Goals and Future
The Final Step in the Journey of Self-Discovery We have now reached the final step of our journey of self-discovery.Until today, we have reflected on how we feel about different subjects, what we do, analyzed ourselves extensively, and identified what is going right or wrong in our lives.We have tried not only to understand why…
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How to Know Yourself-65: Mastering Mind and Stress
Today’s questions revolve around how the mind influences our physical health and emotional state. But let’s be clear — this isn’t about “it’s all in your head” or some heavy academic study. As always, we’re approaching today’s reflections playfully, without aiming for rigid conclusions. How does our mind affect our physical and emotional health? It…
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How to Know Yourself-63: Understanding Health and Self-Awareness
Health, Self-Awareness, and Modern Misconceptions It’s a common saying: “Health comes first.” We’ve all heard it — a cliché as old as time, and famously voiced by figures like Sakıp Sabancı. But let’s set aside the cliché itself and ask ourselves some real questions about our own relationship with health. Getting to know ourselves is…
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How to Know Yourself-46: Balancing Inner Peace in Relationships
Balancing Inner Peace in Relationships: When is it Too Much? Maintaining a relationship—or being with someone you consider special—can sometimes make it difficult to preserve your inner peace. What would you do if you felt your happiness was being threatened by the very relationship you’re in? How long can you continue to prioritize your own…
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How to Know Yourself-32: Finding Happiness Beyond Your Past
Can You Be Happy Despite the Past? How much do the negative experiences from your past affect your current happiness?And perhaps more importantly—can you build a sense of happiness that’s independent of those past hardships? One of the brain’s most defining characteristics is its tendency to take the easy way out. While this instinct was…
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How to Know Yourself-28: Steps to Genuine Happiness
How can I reach happiness, or how is happiness achieved? How often do I find myself thinking that there are things out there that will make me happy? How often does a person or an activity make me happy? How did that one happy moment that I can never forget become such a special memory?…
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