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Book Review: Set Boundaries, Find Peace by Nedra Glover Tawwab — Reclaim Your Life and Well-Being

ByThe Mind Connectory

Quick Overview: Licensed therapist Nedra Tawwab delivers practical, compassionate guidance for establishing and maintaining healthy boundaries in all life areas.

Key Focus: Relationship boundaries, workplace limits, family dynamics, self-care practices, and communication strategies

Best For: People-pleasers, professionals experiencing burnout, anyone struggling with relationship dynamics, and mental health advocates

Why Read in 2025: Boundary-setting is essential for mental health in our hyper-connected world where work-life balance is increasingly challenging

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Book Review: The 48 Laws of Power Review by Robert Greene — A Complete Strategy Guide for 2025

ByThe Mind Connectory

Quick Overview: Robert Greene’s masterwork presents 48 universal laws governing power dynamics across human interactions through compelling historical examples.

Key Focus: Strategic thinking, emotional mastery, reputation management, and understanding human psychology in power structures

Best For: Business leaders, entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals navigating complex organizational dynamics

Why Read in 2025: Power principles remain timeless, with new relevance for digital influence, remote leadership, and modern competitive landscapes

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Our Focus is our Greatest Commodity

ByThe Mind Connectory

The Daily Question We All Face Every day we wake, we are posed the question, ‘where should my focus aim today?’. The answer to this question is critical in determining our level of success on this given day. Focus as the Foundation of Our Values In fact, we may be asked this question multiple time…

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One Step At A Time

ByThe Mind Connectory

Life’s Inevitable Challenges Life will not always be easy. In fact, life will bring many challenges, often catching us by surprise. These situations can feel overwhelming and make it seem as if there is no solution, like we can’t take the first step, and time continues to move. When we find ourselves in these situations…

Bring Light Wherever Life May Lead you

Bring Light Wherever Life May Lead you

ByThe Mind Connectory

Our Divine Calling to Shine We are called by God to bring light wherever we may go, whatever we should do. The world changes if we change, therefore we play some role in building an environment that is inclusive, empowering and loving. Understandably so, our role might seem quite small in the grand scheme of…

All We Have is Today

All We Have is Today

ByThe Mind Connectory

The Futility of Worry If all we have is today, why should we worry about tomorrow or yesterday? For these things are not in our control, and worrying is simply a waste of time. In St Paul’s letter to the Philippians, he shares this inspiring message, “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by…

God is Present

God is Present

ByThe Mind Connectory

Wherever you go today, God will be present. Look for him in everything that you do, and seek him out. Do not be afraid about the circumstances you face, but place your trust in the Lord for he will guide you. He is your rock and he is your shelter. All things, good and bad…

This Year’s Hope – 2021

This Year’s Hope – 2021

ByThe Mind Connectory

As we welcome 2021, we reflect on the year that was. One that challenged many mentally more than they have ever been. 2020 brought a shift in reality that was truly unexpected, which required many to change the way they perceived life, and ultimately challenged their worldview. When a year brings as much challenge and…

“The Great Mind De-Clutter”

“The Great Mind De-Clutter”

ByThe Mind Connectory

“The Great Mind De-Clutter” is a term I’ve coined to represent mental clarity, not just the prospect of mental clarity itself, but the process of it’s acquisition. “The Great Mind De-Clutter” is a term I’ve coined to represent mental clarity, not just the prospect of mental clarity itself, but the process of it’s acquisition. I…

Music + Exercise + Superfoods = Dopamine Production For A Motivated Mindset

Music + Exercise + Superfoods = Dopamine Production For A Motivated Mindset

ByThe Mind Connectory

You ever heard a song come on and it just changes your whole day? It’s like something remarkably emotional comes out of you – you may have never heard that song before but somehow you think you have – it’s pretty cool, hey? It just resonates with you. There’s actually some science behind it. When…

No Pressure, No Diamond – Self Empowerment

No Pressure, No Diamond – Self Empowerment

ByThe Mind Connectory

You have probably heard this one before, and if you haven’t you probably just don’t realise it! One of the most beautiful stones in existence and the strongest mineral on earth forms over billions of years in some of the most pressurised conditions. So what’s so remarkable about it? People wear them all the time…

When Negative Thoughts Resurface – Psychology Today

When Negative Thoughts Resurface – Psychology Today

ByThe Mind Connectory

Your thoughts always matter because they are what set the foundation for how you feel about yourself and others. Often we refer to it as our ‘self-talk’ and it can make us or break us. What’s important to understand is that we have full control over the way we think and exactly what we think…

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Forgiveness Of Others Is Self Love

ByThe Mind Connectory

It’s often difficult to break free from feelings that we hold towards certain people – with our friends, our family and other close relations. Feelings of resentment can build up if these feelings are suppressed over time and we can find it difficult to live our day to day life with the burdens we carry…

The Answers We Seek Are Already Within Us

The Answers We Seek Are Already Within Us

ByThe Mind Connectory

We need to be committed to whatever we desire out of life because if we are not, we’ll fall off track too easily, be distracted too easily and give-up too easily. Commitment is the cornerstone of what it takes to keep striving for a goal, trusting in a belief and continuing on a positive growth…

Making It Through Today With Anxiety

Making It Through Today With Anxiety

ByThe Mind Connectory

Anxiety can cripple you and control you and your day – but only if you allow it to. When we get anxious it’s mostly because we have a fear that something is worse than what it actually is. We amplify its connotations into something that seems monumentally more severe. Rationalise your thoughts today and try…

Create The World You Want To Live In

Create The World You Want To Live In

ByThe Mind Connectory

If you see something and you don’t like the way it is or the way it operates – seek to change it. Have the guts to stand for a world that you believe in. Einstein said, “The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.” Albert Einstein A…

The Key To Getting Ahead Is Starting

The Key To Getting Ahead Is Starting

ByThe Mind Connectory

If you have all these grand ambitions and visions of yourself in the future, you must get them out. They are your purpose in life. If you never work on them and build them up for the world to see, nobody will ever see them. Only YOU are capable of making a unique mark on…

Juggling Priorities – A Dilemma

Juggling Priorities – A Dilemma

ByThe Mind Connectory

Opportunities present themselves all the time in life, even if we do not see them. Sometimes there’s so many things we could choose to do and they happen to appear all at once. So how do we choose what to do and what to let go? Maybe you’ve been asked to attend two different gatherings…

All Problems Have Solutions

All Problems Have Solutions

ByThe Mind Connectory

There are solutions that exist to all the problems that surround our life and sometimes we just need to think outside the box and look at these problems from a new perspective. Thinking outside the box means being creative in the way you approach things. Seeking a new perspective means giving up your old metrics…

Change Your Mindset, Change Your Day

Change Your Mindset, Change Your Day

ByThe Mind Connectory

The reality is, and you’ve probably heard this quote before; If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. Wayne Dyer For those that do not know, Wayne Dyer was an American self-help author and a motivational speaker. So, what was he trying to say when he shared this…

Feeling Behind On Your Goals?

Feeling Behind On Your Goals?

ByThe Mind Connectory

Do you ever get this anxious feeling that you’re behind or in some ways off track in life? Maybe your goals keep escaping you or they’re taking a long time and you get demotivated and disappointed with yourself. Then you look back to all the times you’ve failed or the things that haven’t worked out…

Grow And Adapt To Your Surrounding

Grow And Adapt To Your Surrounding

ByThe Mind Connectory

Maybe your choices have put you in a situation that is more pressurised than normal. You might have to complete usual tasks in a shorter amount of time or you may be tired from lack of sleep. Whichever you find yourself, you must grow and adapt because the betterment of your future self is at…

Taking Control Of A Busy Schedule

Taking Control Of A Busy Schedule

ByThe Mind Connectory

There comes times in life when we feel like we’re really pushing our limits. We’re trying to fit so much more into our day or our week than we ever have before. Over time we have built up more and more opportunities and we continue to take them – that’s a great thing if we…

The Things I Cannot Understand In Life

The Things I Cannot Understand In Life

ByThe Mind Connectory

In life there’s things I will not understand, not now, not tomorrow, maybe never. So how do I deal with that? What purpose will they serve me? That’s one of the burning questions of life – why do certain things happen and for what cause? Both good things and bad things. First I want to…

Discipline Is A Pathway To Creativity

Discipline Is A Pathway To Creativity

ByThe Mind Connectory

The greatest we can offer to this world is rooted in discipline. Discipline is what allows our true self to shine out through the darkness of insecurity and fear. Our creativity nature will blossom if we consistently place ourselves in the correct environments to grow and learn. Creativity is the use of our imagination or…

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Dear Anxiety

ByThe Mind Connectory

Thank you to Clayton Jennings for sharing this uplifting work and much much more. An inspiring and empathy drawing video. This is one of the most honest and open representations of how we can feel about anxiety and the thoughts that sometimes control us. This a representation of perseverance beyond the demons of anxiety that…

Don’t Conform, Be a Trailblazer

Don’t Conform, Be a Trailblazer

ByThe Mind Connectory

Seeing the world through your own lens is an inherent necessity – it’s a must. That’s if you want any sense of lasting fulfilment in life. Your lens defines your thoughts, from these thoughts you generate a perspective and it’s from this perspective of yourself and others that you develop a metric for validation. Your…

You Have To Be Willing To Expand Yourself

You Have To Be Willing To Expand Yourself

ByThe Mind Connectory

Michael Jordan, arguably the greatest basketball player of all time said, “Limits, just like fears, are often just an illusion.” What can we draw from this statement? It packs in a lot of messages and it also encourages us to develop our self awareness. What I believe Michael was trying to express is that we…

Don’t Be Afraid Of What Others Think

Don’t Be Afraid Of What Others Think

ByThe Mind Connectory

You will be judged and people will make assumptions about you, whether they are fair or not. That’s a fact of life and you need to grow to accept that fact. You need to learn not to take the things that others say personally because nobody truly knows you more than yourself. When you find…

Self Love And Protecting What’s Rightfully Yours

Self Love And Protecting What’s Rightfully Yours

ByThe Mind Connectory

Being a ‘yes man’ so to speak is a difficult character to uphold. At different times in our life we might find ourselves making a lot of sacrifices for others, but we need to be careful that we don’t jeopardise our own health – mentally and physically. So how we can still help others, but…