The first time that we experience peer pressure is during childhood. Most of us have this innate desire to fit in, and sometimes we are willing to do whatever it takes to make that happen… When I was in junior high, I had a group of friends just like everyone that age does. I wasn’t the most popular person, but …
I have a bit of a temper, and I always have, but it was particularly bad when I was younger. There were many times when I would hit and kick things in order to get out my frustration. I remember one time during my sophomore year in high school when I was so mad that I actually kicked a hole …
A few weeks ago I wrote about the importance of taking care of yourself. In that post I mentioned the phrase, “you can’t pour from an empty glass,” and how you need to make sure that you don’t give away all of your energy and time at the expense of yourself. This is very important to remember, but it’s also …
Have you ever encountered a bully before? For whatever reason, this person just seems like their main goal in life is to wreak havoc on you. They may have teased you mercilessly or perhaps they even hurt you physically, but whatever way they decided to inflict their pain upon you, it wasn’t fun. And if you were lucky enough to …
Throughout my life I’ve participated in many different types of ice breakers. Whenever I find myself in a new group of people, it seems like the first thing people decide to do is have some type of ice breaker. Sometimes we play games like Never Have I Ever or Two Truths and a Lie and other times the ice breaker …
Bad days. Nobody likes to have them, but they do happen every now and again. Perhaps you start off your day late for work and then everything just starts to go down hill from there. Possibly someone close to you received some bad health news, and now you’re worried about them. It could be that you may wake up not …
As the year comes to a close, we are all thinking about resolutions and what we want to change in the new year. One of ours here at Positivity Works! is to continue to encourage a healthy and optimistic view on life for both our readers and ourselves. In that effort to bring us all into the new year with a smile, we have found a great video supporting wondrously positive ideas about kindness and it’s ability to improve happiness. The music is pretty cool too. So why not take a look? Maybe it can inspire you to spread the kindness, too!