Layers of the Onion When we peel off a layer of an onion, there is still onion there. However, the onion is smaller. This is what often happens in personal growth. We do some work on an issue and then later that issue is in our faces again. But if we look closely, we can […]
Cigarette Ghost
June 11, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Cigarette Ghost Unfortunately, there’s not a ghost that follows us around and burns our arms with a cigarette every time we think our crappy highly repetitive thoughts. If there was, we’d quickly connect the dots that these thoughts are very painful and in no way make our lives better (in fact, they make life much […]
Broken Bottles
May 16, 2016 by Leave a Comment
100 hash mark game
February 13, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Speak nicely and see the best in others
February 11, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Speak nicely and see the best in others When we gossip, complain, or criticize we bring our own energy down. We close our hearts. We make ourselves less magnetic to our good. We deactivate the happiness advantage. We end up giving our energy, focus, and attention to what we do not want instead of what […]
Confidence
February 5, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Confidence People often suffer from a lack of confidence and want to become more confident. The “how to” for that is pretty straight forward. 1. Quit destroying your confidence with negative self-talk. You cannot call yourself a loser idiot and then feel more confident. Instead, replace that negative self-talk with positive self-talk. “I’m a talented […]
Joy ~ your most precious possession
September 30, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Joy ~ your most precious possession Without joy, what do you have? Think about that for a moment. How fulfilling, how satisfying, how enjoyable is life if you have: Wealth without joy A great career without joy Family without joy A hot physically fit body without joy Etc. Joy is something we can cultivate (or […]
Confusion About Pain
October 31, 2014 by Leave a Comment
People are often so anxious to avoid short term pain that they will do whatever it takes to avoid it. However, this almost always ensures long term pain. Seldom does taking the easy way out produce the desired result. The opportunity is to flip this and embrace short term pain for long term gain. Much love, […]
A Change Of Opinion
October 28, 2014 by Leave a Comment
A year ago, the boy we carpool to school with told my daughter that he did not like our Halloween decorations. Sabine was devastated. She loves our decorations. This was a chance to talk with her about not taking things personally. That this was just his opinion. It wasn’t right or wrong, it was just […]
