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8 Ways to Heal Your Throat Chakra

The seven chakras are associated with the flow of energy in your body. And the fifth one, more commonly known as the throat chakra, is linked, in the general sense, to your communication.

It’s the energy center through which you express your personal truth and connect to the highest truth. According to Anodea Judith, leading authority in the field of chakras and trainer of Mindvalley’s Chakra Healing Quest, it’s your link to the spiritual plane.

When this link is broken, you can’t communic...

How to Create an Online Course: The Why, When & How

In this age of the internet, there are countless ways to share your knowledge — YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and the list goes on. As wonderful as they are, they’re only bite-sized wisdom.

If you’re looking for another way to share your knowledge and generate revenue, there’s a way you can tap into the market. It’s called online learning. 

But what do you need to know about how to create an online course, let alone sell it? With insights from Jimmy Naraine, award-winning educator and Udemy ...

How to Develop a Growth Mindset That Will Change Your Life

Along with all the trendy terms going around the Internet nowadays, here comes another special one: a growth mindset.

Why is it special? Because this kind of mentality isn’t necessarily a trend; it’s a whole other perspective of seeing everything in your life. From your finances and business to your knowledge and very own soul.

It’s about opening yourself up to life and saying a good old big “yes.” Of course, you don’t need to be Jim Carrey in Yes Man, but that’s an interesting depiction o...

How to Focus Better: 4 Powerful Tips to Become Indistractable

In this era of distraction, knowing how to focus is crucial. With so much going around us at any given moment, it can become a struggle to concentrate on the one activity, task, or even person in front of us.

Let’s face it: we’re all world-class jugglers. We’re constantly throwing and catching the million and one things that are up in the air — working hard, playing harder, catching the latest episode of House of the Dragon, doing school runs, cooking meals, making a TikTok video, and so on a...

Fluid Reasoning: What It Is, Why We Need It, and When to Use It

If you like challenges, are a creative problem solver, or are considered “street smart,” it may just mean that you have a high level of fluid reasoning.

Although it’s not a term commonly thrown around in everyday vernacular, what is it exactly? And why is it something that should be on your radar?

Here are the basics:

What Is Fluid Reasoning?Fluid Reasoning Index: What Is It?Fluid Reasoning ExamplesWhy Is Fluid Reasoning Important?Fluid Reasoning Skills: How Do You Develop Them?

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Chakra Symbols & Their Meanings: How to Unlock Your Energy Body

Triangles, circles, petals, squares, and colors — all chakra symbols reveal each energy center’s profound meaning and application.

Apart from their intellectual description, their visual representation holds enormous transformative power. 

To unlock the power of chakra symbols and colors, here’s what you need to know:

What Are Chakras?The 7 Chakra Symbols ExplainedChakras & Animals: Symbols

By merely contemplating each symbol, you can heal, open, and balance your energy centers — thi...

Cognitive Skills: 3 Ways to Improve Your Brain’s Superpowers

The brain is a powerful asset of human beings, to the point that scientists are trying to build computers that would model its complexity. And once your brained-based abilities — also known as cognitive skills — are working efficiently, there’s nothing to stop you from achieving your most desired goals.

This cognitive ability can ensure everything from how fast you learn and how well you remember things to your social skills and capacity to solve problems.

So what can you do to support you...

A Realistic Guide to Authentic Self-Love

“Love makes the world go ‘round,” so the saying goes. More often than not, it’s associated with romance, passion, and grand gestures to the person who makes our heart go a-thumpin’. Little do we realize that for the world to truly go ‘round, love begins with oneself (or it should, anyway). 

The truth is, self-love is the cornerstone of all things good in this life. It’s the foundation of the different aspects of the self — awareness, acceptance, care, compassion, trust, esteem, empowerment, r...

7 Essential Soft Skills to Supercharge Your Career

School, more often than not, puts emphasis on hard skills — writing, reading, science, technology, math, and so on and so forth. Of course, they’re all invaluable knowledge to have. But what about soft skills?

As we move on to join the rat race, we find out very quickly that employers value something more than being able to use the Oxford comma properly or knowing that “the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.” They appreciate employees who have interpersonal traits that contribute to ...

What to Do (& Not Do) to Help With Your Children’s Anxiety

Breathing gets shallow, heart’s pounding, irritability and restlessness ensue — those are symptoms of anxiety at the surface. The intensity or sudden onset can be scary for any adult. What more if it’s our children’s anxiety at that level?

You may know a bit about this emotional response, most likely from your own experience. When it comes to helping your children overcome stress, though, here is some foundational knowledge you can explore:

Understanding Children’s AnxietyHow to Identify A...