Emerging from "Wintering" - A Self Care Guide for Spring

I am currently reading a beautiful book by Katherine May, Wintering, and I am devouring this as food for my soul. Her words speak so much truth. And right now, I feel many of us are "Wintering" - By winter, she means not just the cold season, but "a fallow period in life when you're cut off from the world, feeling rejected, sidelined, blocked from progress, or cast into the role of an outsider." I mean this line pretty much sums up the past two years in terms of a global pandemic and now facing conflict within Europe. It very much feels like looking after each other and ourselves is something we have to cherish and make time for. 

Seven Ways to Change Your Mindset | No. Two

On my previous post in this series, we looked at EQ or emotional intelligence/awareness and how it can serve us towards having a more positive mindset. If you missed it, then make sure you read here and have a read through before continuing. In this post, we will discuss curiosity.

Seven Ways to Change Your Mindset | No. One

Over the next few weeks, I'm going to share with you tips on how to can actively change your mindset so you can have a more positive outlook on life and reach your goals. Whether its to be more happy, successful, motivated - having a positive mindset can help you reach them.

For this first article, I'm going to discuss EQ. EQ is something I hadn't heard of before I decided to take control of my life and actively work to better myself.  EQ is an abbreviation for emotional quotient which basically means a measure of a person's adequacy in such areas as self-awareness, empathy and dealing sensitively with others.