Creative Art — Creative Art An interesting project that joins paper art with generosity. The author of this book “Paper Houses — Volume 8 — Let’s Help Ukraine” will donate half of the income he earns from this book to help the people of Ukraine. The paper art in this book includes 27…

ZEN BREAKS 52 — Listen to your body — “Don’t take your health for granted. Don’t take your body for granted. Do something today that communicates to your body that you desire to care for it. Tomorrow is not promised.” — Jada Pinkett Smith 136. Body Scan to Relax and Connect Body Scan meditation can help us not only to relax the body but also to…

ZEN BREAKS 51 — Looking into the past to live better NOW — “Growing old is mandatory, but growing up is optional!” — Walt Disney 135. Learning to Be Free Looking into our past can be a positive thing. When we look to observe and not to blame ourselves. When we look to try to understand better what happened, using a different view that distance allows us. …

ZEN BREAKS 50 — Discover the wisdom of your heart — “The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.” — Albert Einstein 134. Discover your heart We tend to think that our hearts and minds are separate identities. However, science, in particular the investigation…

ZEN BREAKS 49 — The unknown gives flavor to life — “Stress is a byproduct of subconscious beliefs you have about the world. You can’t choose not to believe something. You believe it because you think it’s true. To eliminate stress, you must learn to challenge these beliefs so that you see them differently.” — Andrew J. Bernstein 133. Restoring the connection Sometimes we…

ZEN BREAKS 48 — Laughter breaks the Ego and creates joy — “The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible”. — David Ogilvy 131. Laugh at yourself Humor is a very powerful tool for dealing with stress. In this hilarious TED Talk, Loretta LaRoche shows us how we can make our lives much simpler and lighter using the power of…

ZEN BREAKS 47 — “Awareness is often the medicine” we need — “The way you treat me is your path, the way I react is mine.” — Wayne Dyer 130. Understanding our emotions Emotions are a touchy subject for most of us. They are the ones who give flavor to our lives, even if that flavor is sometimes bitter. Given the role that emotion plays…

ZEN BREAKS 46 — Small and easy is the best way to start — “Once you understand that habits can change, you have the freedom and the responsibility to remake them”. — Charles Duhigg 129. How to create new habits We usually think that modifying our behavior is something very complicated. Our habits have a lot of strength and introducing changes is very hard, it seems to require a…

ZEN BREAKS 45 — Are you ready for boarding with ease? — ZEN BREAKS 45 — Are you ready for boarding with ease? “Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes… Including you. — Anne Lamott 128. Will you choose a slower flight? Taking a break from work to devote a minute or two to ourselves is not an escape from work. On the…