Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we only ever experienced moments of pure joy and pleasure in our lives? Unfortunately, not all moments are joyous and pleasurable. We all experience dark, difficult times. It’s a natural part of life.

Experiencing problems and challenges can make us experience fear, anxiety, and worry, and it can feel like there is no respite at all. We may begin to lose hope and not see any bright light at the end of the deep dark tunnel.

One way to help ride out these difficult moments in life is to find inner peace. You may be thinking, how can I do that during all this upheaval in my life? Well, you can if you want to. Here are a few ways to help you.

Have Faith In Yourself

It is easy to lose faith in yourself when going through challenging times, but allowing yourself to trust yourself helps you to let go of the negativity and instead focus on finding solutions. Having faith in yourself gives you that boost of confidence you need to see the silver lining during tough situations. Continue reading →

Fear is a natural human emotion. However, some of us are competent at overcoming our fears, while others develop intense, irrational fears, called phobias. These fears and phobias can truly prevent us from having the life we deserve and want to live.

Living in constant fear takes away our opportunity to achieve inner peace, as these fears constantly distract our thoughts. We need to be able to overcome our fears and phobias for us to experience inner peace.

However, many of us do not know how to overcome our crippling fears and phobias. It’s not a matter of simply ‘getting over them,’ and for those who don’t experience the same fears, it can be difficult for them to understand why another person can’t.

You can become stuck living with these negative emotions because you get used to feeling that way. When any set of feelings and emotions becomes normalized, your subconscious mind works against you. Its job is to keep you safe, and ‘safe’ to your subconscious mind is sticking to whatever is ‘normal’ to you. Continue reading →