Category: Mental Health

When you change your thoughts, you change your life. Dwelling on negative thoughts is bad for you and your mental health. Here is an audio clip of Eckhart Tolle who reminds us to stay in the present, and focus on the now, not the how.

Kevin Breel didn’t look like a depressed kid: team captain, at every party, funny and confident. But he tells the story of the night he realized that — to save his own life — he needed to say four simple words.

Through a story of one of his students, Billy shows the importance of loving others and of being loved.

Billy Ward is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and has been practicing in for the past 13 years in the New York City Suburbs of New Jersey. In addition to having a private practice, he has also been counseling students at Seton Hall Prep High School since 1998. Currently he is the director of retreats for the school and also teaches a senior course for Human Development and Theology. Billy’s approach to teaching centers on the development of mind, body and spirit. His personal philosophy is LOVE and Be LOVED.
Billy is a graduate from Georgetown University where he studied Psychology. He was also the quarterback of the football team for four years. He had a short stint with the Baltimore Ravens in 1999, which was a great experience and personal achievement.

He continues to credit his athletic experiences with helping him to understand the mind-body connection and the ability to set a life goal with great determination and tenacity. After leaving Baltimore he continued his study of psychology at Seton Hall University where he attained his Masters Degree and Post Masters Degree.

Billy is married to his soul mate and best friend Lia. They have two sons, two-year-old JD and 5 month old Casey. The family is completed by their Golden Retriever, Grover Ward.

Ever doubt yourself? Learn how to liberate yourself from self doubt:

In a time when beauty is defined by supermodels, success is defined by wealth, and fame is deified by how many followers you have on social media, Lizzie Velasquez asks the question how do you define yourself? Once labeled, “The Worlds Ugliest Woman,” Lizzie decided to turn things around and create her own definitions of what she defines as beauty and happiness.

The old model of dragging your feet to go do a task is broken. Have a look at why the way we think about work is broken and how we need to change it in this Tedx Talk.

Ever wonder how to live a good life with less stuff. Learn how materialism, and clutter can get the best of you, and how to be happy with less things.

Mindfullness is the state of awareness. Is mindfulness the key to a sound mind and body? Have a look a this, and comment below.

You might not know this, but your body language does have an impact on the way you feel. If you sit slouched with shoulders slumped, you are more than likely in a defeated state. Learn how you can instantly change your mood, by just changing your body expressions.

Often times, we tend to want to behave like other people. We imagine everything in life, it being someone else, not us. Learn how this affect is not particular to you, and there is actually an art to be you.