Exhibiting loving-kindness and compassion is one of the most underrated methods of improving our mental well-being. It gets us to step out of our own ego-driven tendencies, to empathize with others, and to share both their pain and joy. Their happiness becomes our happiness.

This list is a collection of intentions one can have when conversing with others and choosing the right words to say. Following this advice can lead to more purposeful and effective speech.

Don’t just sit down and wait to die! Get up right now and find something that makes a difference in you and in others. So you wanted to spend the weekend locked in your room writing another blog post? F— that! Free yourself first. Then you can write about all the rich experiences you had after the fact.

Some may say that blogging distracts us from our “real work” or our “real job.” But is this even true? How can blogging actually make us more productive, not less?

Personal development guru Dragos Roua asks 33 questions about you and your life.

By focusing on these different dimensions of life we can determine which areas need work and which areas we already have a good handle on.

The good life necessitates that we find balance. Whether it is physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, social or financial, how do we keep our lives together without drifting too far one way or another?

It seldom happens when we go through a day without experiencing stress. We are especially familiar with these feelings when they build up after a long day at work or while studying for a difficult final exam. In our modern industrialized world, it is more difficult now than ever to avoid stress, and some experts say this is leading to many unforeseen health-related problems.

Cognitive liberty is the concept that an individual has absolute sovereignty over their state of consciousness, as long as it does not infringe on the rights of another. This includes the use of meditation, prayer, and psychoactive drugs.

LSD is one of the strangest and most controversial substances known to science. A dose smaller than a grain of salt precipitates a hazardous mental journey into a universe of hallucination, intense emotion and, some believe, mystical revelation.

Deepak Chopra delivers an excellent lecture, elegantly touching on topics like theoretical physics, neuroscience, and Buddhist meditation. He goes on to explain how these have all contributed to a new science of consciousness.

“It’s hard to always show compassion — even to the people we love, but Robert Thurman asks that we develop compassion for our enemies. He prescribes a seven-step meditation exercise to extend compassion beyond our inner circle.”