Silent Mind Blog — selfcare

We’re built to survive negative emotions. It feels intolerable, but you always manage to withstand them, no matter how terrible it feels, because you are resilient. The bad things we’re waiting for seldom happen.   

This may be due to the rise of sound therapy, an increasingly popular practice where singing bowls are the most prized instrument. It’s also intrinsically linked to the West’s growing commitment to mindfulness. 

From the outside, other people’s lives may have you thinking that being a big, strong productive grown-up means stress and sacrifices. But happier people know that CREATING your own stress-less life is key. 

You might get to stuff down your bad feelings for a moment, or reassure yourself that you helped someone else by saying a positive thing, but there is no lasting shift in attitude or perspective.