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Reflect and integrate

The Toll of the News on Our Mental Health [part 6/6]

March 21, 2025
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Ebooks, Series, True Stories

Reflect and integrate As we wrap up this series of 6 articles, it’s time to reflect on the journey we’ve taken together. We’ve explored various strategies to manage our news consumption and enhance our mental well-being. How have you felt about the changes we’ve discussed so far? Remember, this process is about progress, not perfection. Here is the first article if you missed the series. Here are some reflective questions: What have you learned about your news consumption habits? Which of the practices introduced felt most impactful? Have you noticed any changes in how you feel daily since beginning these new practices? Here are some more tips to integrate those new habits in the long term (did you guess I love tips and lists?!): Habit Stacking: Inspired by...

Eating mindfully

The Toll of the News on Our Mental Health [part 5/6]

March 19, 2025
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Ebooks, Personal Journey, Series

Replace this new free time with positive news Now, we’re shifting our focus from merely avoiding negative influences to actively incorporating positive elements into our lives. How have you been doing with the changes we’ve discussed so far? Remember, be kind to yourself; it’s about progress, not perfection. Slow and steady wins the race. Now, let’s explore how we can replace the time usually spent on consuming negative news with more uplifting and enriching activities. Tip #11: Discover Positive News Sources A few years ago, I started looking out for apps dedicated to broadcasting good news, and I found some gems! Apps like GoodNews offer content in English and German, while Good News Network provides a daily dose of uplifting stories. These apps are free, though donations are welcomed to...

Digital Detox: put the phone away

The Toll of the News on Our Mental Health [part 4/6]

March 17, 2025
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Ebooks, Series, True Stories

Reduce the amount of news that doesn’t serve you “News is to the mind what sugar is to the body.” - Rolf Dobelli In a recent podcast, I was reminded of a striking fact: our brains are wired for negativity bias, meaning we tend to favor negative information. This inherent predisposition means that negative news often has a more profound impact than positive news. Therefore, removing negative influences can often be more beneficial than merely adding positive ones! Also, in our daily lives, much like in the poignant Zen story of the Angry Young Man and the Buddha, we encounter the “gift” of news—often negative. The tale involves a Zen master who refuses to accept a gift of anger from a young man, illustrating a profound lesson: just...

Laure with her feeling wheel's pillow

The Toll of the News on Our Mental Health [part 3/6]

March 14, 2025
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Ebooks, Mindfulness, Series

“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” - Marcus Aurelius Welcome to the third article in the 6-part series on “The Toll of the News on Our Mental Health.” If you missed the first article, you can find it here. Today we’ll tackle a critical skill that can truly transform how we interact with the daily news: emotional self-regulation. This concept might sound formal, but it’s really about understanding and managing our emotional responses more effectively, especially when they’re triggered by negative news. Emotional self-regulation isn’t about suppressing your feelings or pretending they don’t exist. Far from it. It’s about recognizing your emotions, understanding their origins, and learning to direct them in a way that is healthy and...

Slow and steady wins the race

The Toll of the News on Our Mental Health [part 2/6]

March 12, 2025
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Ebooks, Mindfulness, Series, Uncategorized

Awareness of your news consumption Welcome to the second article in the 6-part series on “The Toll of the News on Our Mental Health.” If you missed the first article, you can find it here. Today, we dive into the foundational step of any change process: awareness. We’ll explore how becoming aware of our news consumption and its impact on our mental health is crucial for long-term habit change. While “awareness” might seem like a mundane topic, I assure you, it is perhaps the most critical step you can take. Without awareness, change is impossible. If you’re not conscious of your news consumption habits and the effects they have on your mental health, altering these patterns will be challenging. The journey towards change is beautifully illustrated in the poem...

The Hummingbird story

The Toll of the News on Our Mental Health [part 1/6]

March 10, 2025
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Ebooks, Mindfulness, Personal Journey, Series

I’ve always felt a deep compassion for the world and a strong sense of justice, which made me highly sensitive to news reports. I used to get triggered by news from around the globe, and even more when it concerned my home countries or ‘my people’, but feelings don’t have frontiers. The injustice, violence, and nonsensical political actions—it is overwhelming. But I’m not here to dwell on those issues. I’m here to share the choice we have in protecting our mental health amidst the chaos. There’s beauty in the world and good news too, if we choose to look for it.  One day, it all became ‘too much, too fast, too soon’ for me. I had to take a stand and change my habits. It wasn’t...

Mindfulness on-demand

Mindfulness On-Demand: Accessing Calm in the Heat of the Moment

February 20, 2025
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Mindfulness

I will always remember the day I truly experienced the power of mindfulness on-demand. It was one morning during the first few years of Covid, a time when anxiety was high for everyone. I live half a block away from a three-way stop where most cars barely pause, let alone stop completely. On this particular day, my anxiety was higher than usual, and I was terrified that a pedestrian trying to cross the street would get hit by one of those speeding cars. I went to the kitchen to share my worry with my partner, and his response was a simple, ‘Oh yes, for sure.’ Triggered by what I felt was a dismissive reply—compounded by my lifelong struggles with anxiety, depression, and trauma—I reacted almost immediately....

Laure terrified, scared to stand out

I’m Terrified to Show Myself: Choosing Vulnerability Over Fear

January 27, 2025
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Personal Journey

I’ve noticed a frustrating pattern in my life: when I’m in flow, doing what I love, everything clicks. Then, without fail, I lose momentum and land back at my fallback job as a nanny—practical, but not what truly lights me up. I recently discovered something called the “Drama Triangle” and realized I’d been stuck playing the victim role, afraid to be vulnerable in my business. A simple but profound insight—“We choose what is less worse”—showed me I’d been playing it safe rather than facing my deepest fears. Now, I’m challenging the belief that my writing and my voice aren’t good enough, and I’m determined to share my thoughts anyway, imperfections and all. Reflect: What fear is keeping you from fully showing up in your life? What one...

The Rest & Digest versus the Fight Flight or Freeze Response

ANS Simplified for Dummies: Fight, Flight, and Freeze Demystified

January 7, 2025
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Neuroscience

It took me a while to fully grasp the concept of the Autonomic Nervous System. At first, I kept hearing all these complicated terms—“sympathetic,” “parasympathetic,” “fight, flight, or freeze responses”—but no one ever explained them in a way that really clicked for me. It all felt so distant and overly technical! But once I finally understood it? Wow. It completely changed how I see myself and the world around me. It was such a profound realization that I knew I had to simplify it—so that anyone could get it, regardless of background. Because I believe everyone deserves access to life-changing concepts. Sadly, that’s not always how they’re presented. So, I created two ways to explain it: one using everyday language, and another with the “fancy jargon” of the medical world. You’ll...

Children on smartphone

Smartphone-Free Childhood in Canada: Take action now!

January 6, 2025
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Welcome to the Smartphone-Free Childhood Movement in Canada Hi everyone, Bonjour! Join the Pledge! Delay the use of smartphones for your child until 14 years old (without social media) by signing the pledge on Unplugged Canada. This is urgent—we need to act now to save our children’s childhood. I know many of you are passionate about this topic, so let’s come together to make a difference. Let’s start a conversation and a movement around one simple idea: Smartphone-Free Childhood. If people in the UK can do it, we can do it here in Canada too—En Français aussi! Here is an article about what is happening in the UK. If you’re a parent or an educator and you care about this issue, please join the WhatsApp group (Canada only). If you have time...

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