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What Are Your Most Common Emotions?

written by Myrko Thum at May 5, 2013 in Personal Growth — 5 Comments
Smiling Expresses the Common Emotion of Joy

What is the most important thing for you in your life? What, at it’s core, is what you want most in life? I bet it’s the same thing as for most people: at the deepest level you want to… feel good.

Even when you said peace of mind, or good luck for your family, if you think about what that gives you… it’s really a feeling. A feeling of peace, safety, contentment, happiness.

Your emotions are determining how you feel. Most emotions repeat themselves over and over again – in other words: the kind of emotions you feel are similar day in and day out. And the quality of your life, how you perceive your life, is heavily influenced by the emotions you feel regularly.

Are You Feeling Your Favorite Emotions Daily?

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You Are Enough.

written by Myrko Thum at March 12, 2013 in Inspiration — 13 Comments
You Are Good Enough.

One of the many good suggestions I got from you as a reply to my last newsletter was the topic of not feeling worthy enough. So I thought I’ll take the topic of worthiness and show that at the core, which is what matters, you are 100% worthy of everything you can dream of.

The feeling of not being good enough or even inadequate can act as a very self-limiting belief, which would be like a self-fulfilling prophecy: It (you) will always get in your own way. On the other side, knowing that you are enough for what you want in your life is as important for your success as it could get.

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The Little Guide to Face Your Fears

written by Myrko Thum at February 27, 2013 in Personal Growth — 4 Comments
Face Your Fears

Your fear is what is holding you back most in life. If you really look at it and are honest with yourself: What is the reason why you didn’t do things that you might regret a bit today?
It’s most probably somehow linked to the emotion of fear.
On the other hand, facing your fear is often connected with what you have to do in order to grow the most in your life. It’s probably exactly the area where you have to go right now. Facing your fear will exactly create the breakthrough that is waiting for you.

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How to Keep Going Even If You Don’t Feel Like It

written by Myrko Thum at December 10, 2012 in Productivity — 4 Comments
keep going and follow through

It’s a very common thing: You set out some nice plans and started very motivated with something that seemed so important to you at the time. But then, somehow, it wears off. The initial drive is gone, things seem to be tough again, it’s no fun anymore. And somehow it doesn’t look so interesting anymore, anyway. What happened? The simple answer: You didn’t follow through. But why?

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The Small Guide to Overcome Negativity

written by Myrko Thum at October 11, 2012 in Personal Growth — 11 Comments
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Have you ever noticed how negative emotions can completely consume your reality and how strange, frustrating or hopeless everything seemed at those moments? I know from the feedback that I am getting to this site that many people would like to break out of the cycle of continuous emotional drama and finally overcome negativity.

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How to Change Your State of Mind

written by Myrko Thum at September 29, 2012 in Self Improvement — 18 Comments
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Have you ever noticed that the way you perceive the world is largely dependent on your inner state of mind? Can you remember how disturbing or even alienating everything around you can be if you are in a bad mood? On the other hand there is this state where everything just seems to flow. Having control over your inner state and being able to change your mind fast is a powerful ability. It can save you time and help you to refocus on what takes you forward. So what is influencing our state and what are the best ways to make a change quickly?

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How I Suffered From Clinical Depression and Came Back From It

written by Myrko Thum at October 3, 2008 in Personal Growth — 48 Comments
Lost in Depression

This is the story of my clinical depression. My intention here is to show what I have learned from it, how I came out of it and to inspire people that there is hope. This too shall pass…

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