Mindfulness: The Secret to Happiness

Mindfulness: The Secret to Happiness

The science of happiness is perhaps something unexpected for most people. The first time I stumbled upon an anthropology on happiness my first thought was how trite. Shouldn't we be studying how to prevent genocide or how to end world hunger, who cares about happiness? But then I thought about it more and I realized, happiness is the thing we pursue. Why there are wars or famines or inequalities ultimately comes from the fact that some nations and groups of people are pursuing their own or their people's happiness at the expense of others' happiness. But ultimately, the pursuit…

Mindful Trading

Mindful Trading

As we enter the summer, there is more than just new life and fresh beginnings everywhere, there are new tax plans and changes in the country going into effect. As if the market wasn't volatile enough as of late, people trading off of their emotions and speculation over what the new plans will mean for business are driving the markets to swing like crazy. Just because it seems like everyone else around you is trading based off of emotion though, does not mean you should do…

Guided Meditations - For Children’s Bedtime

Guided Meditations - For Children’s Bedtime

We love meditations and mindfulness at Bullionite. We all find these practices to be the “secret weapon” of sorts for handling rough days and just being more present in our lives. Though we love using these tools in our daily lives, for the most part we all discovered meditation and mindfulness as adults, but what about children? Children can benefit greatly from these practices. Not only will it help them learn how to have a meaningful relationship with their emotions, it will also give them the…

Coronaphobia: What Is It And You Need To Know

Coronaphobia: What Is It And You Need To Know

As we start to return to normal in life post vaccine, some of us may have noticed that not all of our friends are returning in quite the same way. Of course things are still new and there may still be many places requiring masks, but in the rare incidences where we can go somewhere fully vaccinated and maskless you may notice a few friends opting to keep the mask on. Or maybe your circle is planning a dinner party on a patio and despite everyone being fully vaccinated, a few…

Types of Losses in the Market and How to Deal With Them

Types of Losses in the Market and How to Deal With Them

Loss is something we all must face in our lives. Personal, professional, fiscal, all of it. Just because loss is universal though, it does not make it any easier. This is especially true in the markets. While you may think loss is only when you sell a security or commodity at a loss, there are several types. All of these types of losses in the market can cause increases in stress and irritability, but lucky for us we have our mindfulness to help us through the losses we will inevitably have.

The Benefits of Meditation: Three Scientifically Backed Benefits

The Benefits of Meditation: Three Scientifically Backed Benefits

We talk a lot about mindfulness and meditation here and sometimes it may seem a little out there, we know. Why is a trading site focused on market education so concerned about some sort of wishy washy new age stuff? And we get it. Lots of people we know feel the same way when they hear one of us talking about the importance of mindset or meditation or any of these things. And while it may look a little hippy, there is real science behind the benefits of meditation. Think about it, how many…

Meditation For When the Stock Market Dips

Meditation For When the Stock Market Dips

The markets have been going crazy. That we all can agree on. From the meme stock fiasco to Dogecoin and crypto crazes and crashes, to speculations making the whole market turn itself on its head, very few of us have been having an easy time as of late. Even though seeing your portfolio go through a rollercoaster makes you want to lose your mind, this is the time you need to be keeping it. Why we focus so much…

Meditating for Pre-Market

Meditating for Pre-Market

It seems we may be up for a bumpy road ahead in trading. We have been saying this for over a year now that the market is volatile and acting like a toddler. This makes the market a scary place indeed. When the market is throwing temper tantrums, it is acting irrationally and we have a harder time deciphering the next move. But we are in it and we need to make it work so how is this possible? Everyone has their own strategy and we are not here today to discuss trading news or predictions but rather we…

What is Mindset

What is Mindset

If you work in any financial job, you experience high levels of stress on a daily basis. Whenever humans are exposed to stress it initiates evolutionary responses in our bodies. Fight or flight, we have all heard of it, but there is also a third one, freeze. When our bodies are exposed to high levels of stress it initiates the fight, flight or freeze response by raising our cortisol levels so we are able to use our adrenaline to respond and survive. What our bodies do not know however, is that we are not…

How You Spend Your Day, is How You Spend Your Life

How You Spend Your Day, is How You Spend Your Life

How we spend our days, that is what we do everyday, the little things, the trips to the store, going to the office, scrolling through our phones is not just how we spend our days, but how we spend our lives. It can be a little troubling to think of this perhaps. Often we have thoughts of grandeur over how we will spend our lives, what we will accomplish and what we will be known for. These thoughts will rarely, if ever, coincide with our daily habits, yet these daily habits are…