beginning anew
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A New Beginning: Change Your Life by Changing Your Mind

ByAtte Nissinen

Spring is upon us here in the northern hemisphere of planet earth. To me it is always one of those “new beginning”-type of moments. Something new and exciting is coming! It’s always been my absolute favourite time of the year. Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that I was born in late…

benefits of nature
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The Amazing Benefits of Nature: Gain Them in 2 Hours

ByAtte Nissinen

One of the benefits of nature is that it’s beautiful, isn’t it? There’s just something about the beauty of nature that puts our mind at ease. The picture above (as well as other pictures in this post) is from Koli national park, Finland. It’s called “the national landscape” of Finland, because it inspired many of…

Limiting beliefs
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How To Identify And Fix Your Limiting Beliefs?

ByAtte Nissinen

One of the things that was somewhat annoying to me when I started my journey with spiritual practices, was the fact that many teachers in books or videos talked about working on your issues without discussing how to identify those issues. They offered powerful methods on working on your deeper issues, or limiting beliefs, in…

spiritual needs
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What Does a Human Need to Be Happy 3/3: Spiritual Needs

ByAtte Nissinen

This is the third part of our series of understanding and fulfilling human needs. As our guide, we have used Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, drawn in the shape of a pyramid (below). Well, my drawing is more like half a pyramid, but it gets the job done. The first part was about basic human needs,…

emotional needs
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What Does a Human Need to Be Happy 2/3: Emotional Needs

ByAtte Nissinen

Previously we took a look at human physiological needs, especially the human diet. Now it’s time to delve deep into human psychological I.e. emotional needs. What are those and how do we fulfill them? In this blog post, we will be taking a look at our emotional needs by continuing our journey upward along the…

Physiological Needs
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What Does a Human Need to Be Happy 1/3: Physiological Needs

ByAtte Nissinen

How do we provide for human physiological needs? Not to mention our emotional needs. And I’m not talking just about taking care of our children. I’m talking about human beings in general.  There’s more to this question than meets the eye. To gain a deeper understanding, let’s start with an example. If you’ve ever owned a…

What Make Good Friends
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Why Friends Are So Important: Social Connections And Happiness

ByAtte Nissinen

Friends. Can’t stand them, but can’t live without them? All jokes aside, humans are inherently social beings and there are many benefits that social connections bestow upon our well-being. Our well-being in general will be the topic of the following blog posts (a deep dive into human physical, emotional and spiritual needs), so let’s take…

Not Needing
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The #1 Reason Why You Shouldn’t Want Or Need Anything

ByAtte Nissinen

Our mind is an incredibly powerful tool. Did you know that there’s for example no such thing as a good memory or a bad memory?* There’s only a trained memory or an untrained memory. The best thinkers among us through the centuries have given us incredible inventions, some even unlocking the mysteries of the universe…