Rachael is the founder of The Be Well Place. She loves to write, travel, recycle, and discuss the meaning of life. Her goal for this website is to provide encouragement for others to get out of their own way and live the lives of their dreams.
By now, we’ve all read every time management trick in the book. We don’t need more training and trackers and timers to keep our days in line. But with all our knowledge and tools, why do we still get off course? Why do unfinished items lurk on our to-do lists? In addition to time management, …
You can be physically fit and still be unhealthy. Health isn’t just about diet and exercise. Although, a wholesome diet and daily exercise are super-duper important. To round off those chiseled muscles, you need to include your mind in your regime. What recurring thoughts do you think? Are they helpful? Self-deprecating? Aligned with your goals? …
Can you work out for 15 minutes each day? Can you do some exercises, go for a walk, or yoga stretches for just 15 minutes? Yes, you can. No matter how busy life gets, there are always 15 minutes available to take care of your body (within your physical abilities, of course). Maybe these 15 …
In the age of social media, it’s easy to crave attention and validation that you’re living an awesome life. But you don’t need anyone to acknowledge you to feel good about yourself. You don’t need other people’s approval and praise. All you need to know is that your thoughts, decisions, and actions are aligned with …
You might find motivational messages that tell you to become obsessed with your passions. Live, breathe, eat, sleep them, and soon they will become your whole life. It’s always good to work hard toward your goals so that your vision becomes your reality. And if you want to outperform the status quo, you’ll need to …
Fear is a weird feeling that prevents us from loving and living fully. It’s a form of “not-love” and cousins to anxiety, resentment, and envy. Fear also becomes a thinking habit and a knee-jerk reaction to unexpected situations or whenever we feel uncomfortable. But we can break this self-deprecating habit by facing our fears on …
When we try to change our habits, we tend to focus on the habit we want to change. The problem with that is, we’re still thinking about the habit. The habit is still the focus of our minds. What we really want to do is stop thinking about the habit and start thinking about other …
We don’t need to suffer to give our lives meaning. Sounds weird, but we sometimes use suffering as a metric for how well we live and how much we love. But we don’t need to suffer to prove our love or justify our joy. It’s always okay to be happy no matter what happens – …
You don’t always have to do things because they’re practical, efficient, or cost effective. You can also do things for the pure joy if it. Life doesn’t always have to be a perfectly orchestrated event. It can be messy, sporadic, unplanned, and take unexpected twists and turns. So why not let go of the need …
Middle path, less-traveled path, straight and narrow path – it doesn’t matter. All that matters is that you stay true to yourself and keep on the path that makes you feel whole. Sometimes we stray from our paths. That’s okay. We can usually tell because our relationships are challenging, our jobs are unsatisfying, and we …
