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The notion that failure is part of life can be hard to accept, especially when you are failing continuously. The brain being the center of the response to all cognitive activities that occur in your life, you are highly likely to experience effects associated with a mental disorder. To different people, it's tough to dwell away from past failures that they can do nothing about them. Mental effects from continuous career failure require a great strategy to overcome it. Apart from avoiding your painful situations, below are tips on managing your mental effects related to your career failure. Do not feel threatened by failure Feeling threatened by failure ...

It’s no secret that smoking is detrimental to your health. Prolonged exposure and inhalation of cigarette smoke can not only cause serious damage to the lungs and other life-threatening diseases. According to the WHO, tobacco kills 8 million people a year worldwide. Smoking is the leading cause of preventable deaths in the United States. So, if you’re trying to quit but can’t find enough reasons why you should, we’ve listed some important ones here. What makes tobacco so dangerous The life expectancy of a smoker is ten years less than that of a non-smoker. The chemicals contained inside a cigarette are incredibly harmful. This is because ...

There is no ideal age to conceive a child that works for all women. Do you do it young so you have plenty of energy or when you’re older and more financially stable? The best time to conceive from a biological point of view is often no longer the best time for a woman to conceive due to her career goals, financial status or personal preference. Women in industrialized nations are tending to wait longer before they have children than they did before. Fortunately, women today do have options, such as freezing their eggs and using in vitro fertilization, that enable them to conceive at a later age. Best biological time for conception Fertility begins when ...

My twenties taught me many things about navigating the outside world as an adult. Ironically, the biggest lesson was learning to pay close attention to my inner world. I turned thirty years young this year. Being on the cusp of a new decade feels momentous. Over these last ten years, I have struggled with depression, anxiety, and a crippling lack of self-confidence. On more than one occasion, I have looked down the dark abyss that awaits anyone with mental health issues. I even underwent counseling and therapy, sought recourse in medication, opened up to friends, and plunged myself unapologetically into the “self-help” universe. As I share my own battle, ...