Self-Help - BahaiTeachings.org https://bahaiteachings.org/tag/self-help/ Personal perspectives inspired by Baha'i teachings Tue, 07 Oct 2025 09:51:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 Knowledge, Resolve, Action: Living a Two-List Life https://bahaiteachings.org/knowledge-resolve-action-living-a-two-list-life/ https://bahaiteachings.org/knowledge-resolve-action-living-a-two-list-life/#comments Sat, 11 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=88136 Knowledge, Resolve, Action: Living a Two-List LifeA colleague sent me an email today lamenting, “I have two lists — one immediate (which grows ever longer) and the regular list which stays the same.” I enjoyed his wit, and...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/knowledge-resolve-action-living-a-two-list-life/feed/ 2 Nine Baha’i Quotes I Turn to for Guidance and Inspiration https://bahaiteachings.org/nine-bahai-quotes-i-turn-to-for-guidance-and-inspiration/ https://bahaiteachings.org/nine-bahai-quotes-i-turn-to-for-guidance-and-inspiration/#comments Sun, 03 Aug 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=83921 In my years as a Baha’i, nine quotations from the Baha’i writings have become especially important to me. I go to them time and time again, because they offer inspiration,...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/nine-bahai-quotes-i-turn-to-for-guidance-and-inspiration/feed/ 2 Neuro-Divergence: When You Just Can’t Pray https://bahaiteachings.org/when-you-cant-pray/ https://bahaiteachings.org/when-you-cant-pray/#comments Sun, 06 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=79608 “Close your eyes, cross your arms, put your two feet on the floor” – as a child, I heard these instructions from adults whenever prayers were said at family gatherings...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/comparison-the-thief-of-joy/feed/ 8 5 Ways to Combat Depression and Pessimism https://bahaiteachings.org/five-ways-to-combat-depression-and-pessimism/ https://bahaiteachings.org/five-ways-to-combat-depression-and-pessimism/#comments Wed, 18 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=74511 If you’re like me, you’ve spent some time in recent months and years feeling ineffective – because of the seemingly intractable problems we humans face as a result of endemic...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/why-do-we-have-good-bad-dreams/feed/ 2 Losing the Stigma: May is Mental Health Awareness Month https://bahaiteachings.org/losing-the-stigma-may-is-mental-health-awareness-month/ https://bahaiteachings.org/losing-the-stigma-may-is-mental-health-awareness-month/#comments Thu, 29 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=76656 Have you been seeing lime green ribbons tied to trees this month? Those would be in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month. Mental Health Awareness Month (MHA) was first observed...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/seven-symptoms-of-spiritual-imbalance-and-how-to-heal-them/feed/ 3 How Meditation Jump-Started My Journey Out of Darkness https://bahaiteachings.org/how-meditation-jump-started-my-journey-out-of-darkness/ https://bahaiteachings.org/how-meditation-jump-started-my-journey-out-of-darkness/#comments Sun, 04 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=54949 How Meditation Jump-Started My Journey Out of DarknessHave you ever heard people talk about “the dark night of the soul?” I’m not sure if I had before, but when you go through the hardest period of your...

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