Reporters and Artists When we speak, we often think that we are a reporter – factually reporting on what we are observing. But our words are much more like the artist’s brush – painting and creating our experience. Think about something or someone that makes you mad and then say these three different things and […]
You Have Already Arrived
You Have Already Arrived People live so much of their lives thinking that they have not arrived yet – but that they will arrive when they are (fill in the blank) more successful, wealthier, skinnier, happier, etc. This is a lousy life strategy. First of all it creates a lot of suffering. “I’m not okay because I […]
A Lesson from Your Lungs
Valuing Aliveness and Well-Being
Valuing Aliveness and Well-Being Clearly we do not place a high value on being happy, feeling good, having peace of mind, or being full of vitality and aliveness. Why do I say this? Because I watch people (including myself) take things personally all the time. I watch people get all bent out of shape over […]
Hearts Don’t Judge
Definite consequences to feeling stressed and rushed
Definite consequences to feeling stressed and rushed A big trap people fall into is the story that we don’t have enough time. This automatically puts us into scarcity consciousness. We will then naturally feel stressed, pressured, and rushed. And there are serious negative consequences to feeling this way. When we are feeling this way, our […]
Stop Listening To The Noise
ARGGGGHHHH ~ I Cannot Believe I’m Doing This Again
ARGGGGHHHH ~ I Cannot Believe I’m Doing This Again Human beings are both a mess and a miracle – this is not optional, it came with your body. Making mistakes, screwing up, back sliding, finding yourself thinking or behaving in a way that you don’t want to ~ this is all an inevitable part of […]
The Happiness Advantage Meets The Law of Attraction
Have you seen Shawn Achor’s TED talk? If not, please watch. He is so good! http://www.ted.com/talks/shawn_achor_the_happy_secret_to_better_work Shawn gives us the data about how our brains at positive perform significantly better than they do at negative or neutral. Then there’s the whole law of attraction side of things. When we are at negative or even neutral, we […]