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How Ramadan Can Be a Source of Strength All-Year Round
March 19, 2025 · Najma Khorrami
In times of uncertainty and angst, an individual faces a choice: Can I rise up to make something out of opportunity? Or do I fall back and leave it to chance? However way you put it, life throws curve balls no matter who you are. When you face the decision to make lemonade out of… Read More &
3 Surprising Benefits of a Gratitude Habit
February 12, 2025 · Najma Khorrami
Feeling grateful is a treasure and is most often associated with positive moments in our lives. Yet the initiation of a regular gratitude practice is not emphasized enough because we may not understand some of its key benefits. Surprisingly, a regular gratitude mindset and or habit has at least 3 be
Gratitude’s Ability to Strengthen the Brain to Prepare You for Life
January 22, 2025 · Najma Khorrami
The gift of gratitude is one that is a never-ending treasure. Why wouldn’t you want to gift it to yourself or others? When looking for reasons to be grateful, one of the main reasons that is not often stated is that gratitude promotes optimism and a resilient outlook on life. This is perhaps the big
Why You Need 10 Seconds of Gratitude At Least Each Day to Heal, Thrive or Improve
January 15, 2025 · Najma Khorrami
A gratitude mindset is a gift you can provide to yourself this year because it is neuroscientifically proven to prime your brain for joy and happiness. When you practice gratitude, at least 3 things happen that have immediate effects on your brain. They include increased happy neurotransmitters, inc
Gratitude-Centered Living: 4 Ways Gratitude Can Help Find and Sustain a Hobby
October 29, 2024 · Najma Khorrami
How can we better spend our time and be happy while doing so? Hobbies and or passions. In today’s busy society, we must find and sustain ways to make ourselves happy especially if we choose to be happy. Gratitude helps. In this gratitude-centered approach, you’ll see how appreciation can affect our
Gratitude-Centered Living: 5 Ways Gratitude Strengthens Your Personality
October 8, 2024 · Najma Khorrami
When thinking about personality and strengths, appreciativeness usually won’t come to mind for most. Yet, it is a vital personality trait because it builds personality from the inside out. Having gratitude for daily things and activities and even circumstances will add to one’s personality by adding
Gratitude-Centered Living: 4 Ways to Incorporate Gratitude into Your Sleep Cycle
October 1, 2024 · Najma Khorrami
Sleeping is one of the biggest components to self-care that helps us heal both physically and mentally, regulate our mood, and find the energy to tackle the next day. When coupled with appreciation, the benefits of sleep can increase for our minds and bodies. How can we incorporate gratitude into th
Gratitude-Centered Living: 3 Ways to Pump Up Your Workouts with Appreciation
September 26, 2024 · Najma Khorrami
When at the gym, there is plenty of opportunity to build up your physical health. From the treadmill to the bike machine to a medicine ball exercise, there is ample opportunity to get in a good workout. If you want to create a consistent and motivational routine, one of the most important steps is t
Gratitude-Centered Living: 3 Ways to Incorporate Gratitude into Your Cooking
September 16, 2024 · Najma Khorrami
When spending time in the kitchen, there are plenty of moments you have to be in the present moment while cooking. From the time it takes to buy your ingredients to setting the finishing touches to your dish to tasting the first spoonful, the thoughtfulness of meal prep allows a lot of moments to be
Gratitude-Centered Living: 5 Ways to Incorporate Gratitude in Your Life
September 11, 2024 · Najma Khorrami
During the ups and downs of making a living, are there moments of gratitude that you capture and use to reflect on? If not, this short article can help make a big difference in using appreciation from within to savor good moments, people, events, foods, music, workouts, whatever you name it, in your
5 Major Benefits from Strength Training
September 5, 2024 · Najma Khorrami
Strength training or resistance training including weight machines can help the body reach balance and become overall stronger from everything mental-based to physical benefits as well. There are at least 5 major benefits to strength or weight training which include: 1. Stronger bones: Strength trai
Shooting for the Stars and Landing on the Moon: My Experience as an Entrepreneur
August 21, 2024 · Najma Khorrami
When we picture ourselves as successful, there’s a tendency to ignore real emotions and hardship that every successful person goes through. By shooting for the stars in your quest for success, your dreams are on the horizon and can seem possible to achieve which is one step towards becoming successf