• Positive thinking, affirmations crucial to self improvement
    Self Improvement

    Positive thinking, affirmations crucial to self improvement

    Len Duenas/The Cougar We’re officially one month into 2024! As we continue to step into the new year and everything it has to offer, now might be a good time to think about how we can meet our goals this year. Making life changes is never easy, but you might just find your goals slightly easier to approach with these tips shared by students and experts alike. Many people try to change themselves completely in the New Year, but this approach often backfires for one reason or another. At the end of the day, there’s no way to completely guarantee success when it comes to self-improvement.  However, many have found…

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  • Adding walnuts to daily diet shows positive effects on mental health
    Diet

    Adding walnuts to daily diet shows positive effects on mental health

    Poorer mental health is common in undergraduate students due to academic stress. An interplay between stress and diet exists, with stress influencing food choices. Nutritional interventions may be effective in preventing mental health decline due to complex bidirectional interactions between the brain, the gut, and the gut microbiota. Previous studies have shown walnut consumption has a positive effect on mental health. In a new study, scientists from the University of South Australia aimed to investigate the effects of academic stress and daily walnut consumption in university students on mental health, biochemical markers of general health, and gut microbiota. They found that daily walnut consumption improved mental health indicators and protected…

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  • Creating a positive mindset is a key to self-improvement. Here’s how to do it
    Self Improvement

    Creating a positive mindset is a key to self-improvement. Here’s how to do it

    Building a positive mindset can assist to shift your actions, behaviours and how you view the world, but self-improvement is a choice and one we have to make, but also follow through on in order to transform our life. Creating and maintaining a positive mindset doesn’t mean you are immune to or will eliminate problems across your life, it just means that your approach to these sticky situations will be viewed through a more positive, logical and rational lens allowing you to explore options, negotiate and be more solution focused. Starting this process is as simple as examining and amending your negative thought patterns, simply put you are basically forming…

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  • How to develop a positive attitude at work and beyond
    Self Improvement

    How to develop a positive attitude at work and beyond

    We get it, honestly – the world is often a difficult, frustrating place. But if you approach its challenges with a positive mindset, even the darkest times will feel a bit more manageable. This is true in the professional and personal spheres, too: if you tackle life’s biggest tests with gratitude and positivity you’ll increase your chances of success and reduce the size of your failures. It’s hard, though, especially after the last couple of years, which is why we’ve detailed ten of the best tips for adopting a positive attitude at work and beyond. Career success isn’t just about positivity, which is why elsewhere on the site we’ve explored…

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