#self-help

#self-help

I have been a full-time, professional art critic for most of my adult life. I spend my days in galleries, surrounded by art, reading about it, absorbing it. I like art a lot, but I am also cynical about its supposed benefits beyond the merely aesthetic. But just as a new study by the Art Fund finds that art isn't just good for our mental wellbeing but our physical health,

"Yearning is a little bit different from love in that it's more intense. It feels like you're constantly reaching for more. Like, you deeply care about a person and want them to know how much you care about them."

In one chapter, Ricker found a way to turn five-minute bedtime stories into five-second stories! One line stuck with me: 'For 30 years you felt like Batman, and you woke up one day and you were Alfred.'

"Reality Transurfing is the idea that infinite versions of reality already exist, and you can 'surf' into the one where your dreams are already real by shifting your thoughts, energy, and behavior."

The self-help series has compiled reader-submitted stories about kindness, courage, and perseverance into easily digestible books aimed at almost every conceivable demographic.

Acceptance is recognizing others' actions and emotions without the need to control or change them. It allows for personal peace while setting boundaries.