Russell H Armstrong

You're reading 3-Step Guide To Stop Sabotage and Make Progress On Your Health, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles. For the longest time, I struggled to get healthier – it seemed that I couldn’t lose weight or stick to my diet no matter what I tried. It seemed to me like I was sabotaging myself, that I had no willpower, self-control or discipline. Often, I wondered if I couldn’t even stop myself from eating a cookie, how was I going to do all the other amazing things that I wanted to accomplish in my life? Looking back today from a healthier place in my life, I can see clearly how using discipline or willpower to get healthier is a myth. Not only are these methods inept but they also make us feel like failures, pushing us deeper into depression and affecting our confidence. The real reason we are not able to make lasting health changes is because we secretly don’t h...

You're reading Know The 5 Stages Of Sleep For Better Rest, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles. We get it. There’s nothing better than an extra 30 minutes of sleep on a warm, cozy bed. But did you know that it could actually make you more tired? I know, it sounds counterintuitive. More sleep = more tired doesn’t seem like an equation that makes sense, but hear me out. After launching my language lessons company, my sleep was completely out of wack. Some nights I would only get 2-3 hours of sleep, while other nights I would get 10, and still feel exhausted. If you can relate, I hope to share the 5 different stages of sleep we all experience, and some actionable tips to help you sleep better! The 5 Stages of Sleep It turns out that there are 5 major sleep stages that we all go through during the night. Starting with… Stage 1 (NREM) In this first stage, you’re in a N h...

You're reading 10 Ways To Get Back To Life After The Loss Of A Loved One, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles. A death in the family can be a life-changing experience. It can change your outlook towards relationships and how you see life. It takes time to recuperate from the loss of a loved one and fill the vacuum created by the absence of that person. But life doesn’t stop after the departure of anyone and it has to move on. So if you feel shattered after the demise of a loved one, here are some of the tips that will help you get back to life: Accept It As A Reality Humans are mortal. We all have to bid farewell to this loved ones and leave this world forever. It is a transitional process and we have to accept it as a reality. While it is okay to grieve the loss of that special person for some time, occupying your mind with the sad thoughts will do not good. What y...

You're reading Intuition Training For Better Decision Making, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles. Intuition can simply be described as that voice at the back of your head saying : "Do it" or "stop, you're probably going to regret it." It's your body's personal "how to guide" - formed by your personal experiences and surroundings. Think back to when you did something without thinking. Yep! that's intuitive action at play. The problem however is that intuition can be your pal or enemy when it comes to decision making. If you haven't spent the time practicing intuition training then you have probably suffered the unfortunate consequences. It's never too late to change - here are some great intuition training tips to assist you with better decision making prowess: Expand your circle of friends People typically tend ...

You're reading Mirror, Mirror: To Improve Your Confidence, Change How You See Yourself, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles. In mid-2016, Dove published their third Global Beauty and Confidence Report, after interviewing 10,500 females across 13 countries. The results were rather worrying. They found that only 4% of women around the world considered themselves beautiful, but 72% felt pressure to look a certain way. 9 out of 10 girls wished they could change at least one aspect of their physical appearances. Even more bothering is the fact that nearly all women (85%) and girls (79%) state that they opt out of important life activities - such as trying out for a team or club, and engaging with family or loved ones – because of low body esteem. They simply don't feel good about themselves and the way they look. Glamour magazine did a similar survey in 2014—54% of w...

You're reading 10 Tricks To Break Down Dilemmas and Make Better Decisions, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles.       There is an old saying that hindsight is twenty-twenty. It is easy to look at decisions people make and talk about how good it was or how the decision could have been better. It is much harder to know before someone makes the decision whether it is the right one or not. People who make good decisions on a consistent basis are the ones that succeed in life and business. The people that make poor decisions are the ones that are always trying to fix the problems they created. Most people would rather be the ones that make good decisions. There are a few tricks that can help a person accomplish this. It is possible to learn how to make better choices. Tackling a Problem Trick 1–The first trick a person can use to make better decisions is consider how t h...

You're reading How Stress Damages Your Health, plus Ways to Build Up Your Resilience, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles. "The human capacity for burden is like bamboo - far more flexible than you'd ever believe at first glance." - Jodi Picoult The life I live often results in hearing things like "I could never do [that]" or "I don't know how you [do it]." My response is typically a laugh followed by something like, "I don't know how I do it either." As my focus for my blog and business have become clearer, I've been thinking a lot about relaying to my readers how I actually did it. How do I cope with being a stay-at-home mom even though I have a college education? How do I manage moving frequently and the burden it places on my family? How do I prioritize my life to avoid neglecting one area? How am I able to...