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Human existence is more than living and dying. The complexity of life and the complexity of societies demand an ever-growing need for an intelligent approach to navigate the confusing and contradicting information. Flourishing Life Society investigates the complexity and examines the variety of paths for personal and social development.

Human existence is more than living and dying. The complexity of life and the complexity of societies demand an ever-growing need for an intelligent approach to navigate the confusing and contradicting information. Flourishing Life Society investigates the complexity and examines the variety of paths for personal and social development.

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A FLS link. Mindful Recovery: Mindfulness can assist in the battle against addiction, assisting in recovery by developing better coping strategies to handle stress.

FLS link. Mindfulness and calming the mind; Thoughts can pull us from the present and land us in a world of worry and regret. Through a developed practice of mindfulness, we can better sooth our agitated mind and re-discover peace.

FLS Link: Gaslighting: A techniques common to controlling narcissists is gaslighting. The controller creates instability by creating revolving realities. We fight this through individuality and protective boundaries.

FLS link. A Narrative Identity that Heals: We write the story of our life. We create our identity through the narrative that we tell. We must create a narrative that heals our wounded souls.

Internal FLS link. Victim Consciousness: We learn patterns of engagement. Transactional Analysis defines many of these patterns, giving greater clarity to misguided human transactions. The perpetual victim often overlooks avenues of escape, relying on superficial support for strokes of attention. We can recognize these patterns and provide a more healing response.

FLS link. The Joy of Being. We find joy in living through a more serene path than accumulation and achievement. We find joy in relishing small moments of simply being.

FLS internal Link. Mental Fatigue and Emotional Responses: Our minds get tired. A prolonged flow of strong emotion exhausts our brains and we break, saying and doing things we would otherwise prevent. We must accept this biological given, avoid circumstances where exhaustion is probable, and repair hurt feelings when we respond harshly to those who we love.

Internal FLS Link. Autonomy and communion: Creating balance and equality in the house while respecting the autonomy of each partners.

Classics from July archives:

Life has its challenges. Often the weight of demands drags us down. We need healthy escapes to rejuvenate and lighten our load.

Our preconceived notions of self interfere with desired changes. We must challenge these notions and grow.

The healthy mind needs more than knowledge. We need spiritual practices that give purpose and meaning, realigning our souls with the greater whole.

Link: Healthy living isn't all logic or all emotion but a smooth blend of both. The aliveness of feeling mixed with the preparedness of thought.

We are pulled into harmful routines by emotion. We feel and then we react. Unfortunately, our reaction isn't always helpful. We need space to think and then act more appropriately.

We learn effectively from the success and failures of others. Watching and learning, we can avoid pitfalls and secure opportunities. But we engage in this watchful journey, with compassion, knowing there is always more than what we see, so we refrain from harsh judgments and unjust condemnations.

With grit, we can work ourselves through some problems, other problems persist, and others we need to abandon, close a door and wait for new opportunities to arrive.

The strength of the relationship is exposed by how we treat a partner when irritable, or stressed. Love requires intentional action.

FLS Link. Emotions and Empathy. The feelings of living come to life, pushing experience into a new aliveness. For some feelings are scary and they avoid deep contact with feeling experience. This not only limits their experience but interferes with connection to others.

FLS Internal Link. Being Kind: The world needs more kindness. We get lost in problem solving; but neglect the obvious, more kindness would solve many of the problems.

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Health and fitness is a staple for well-being and ease the path to flourishing..

Mental Health stems covers a variety of subjects within the psychological realm. When we are mentally healthy, we flourish.

An essential element of flourishing is the process of growing. Reaching our potential is a life-long endeavor.

Relationships, when healthy, provide the resources necessary to flourish.

There is no greater obstacle to flourishing than addictions. Chemical or behavioral addictions impede the goodness of our lives, take over motivations and commandeer emotions..

These foundational feelings of well-being ultimately represent our experience. We flourish when we feel good.

Human existence is more than living and dying. The complexity of life and the complexity of our societies demand an intelligent approach to succeed. Flourishing Life Society investigates the complexity and examines the best avenues for personal and social development.