When head trash and will power collide When head trash and will power collide, guess what wins pretty much every time? People often think that they just need more will power and that they can power through their head trash and resistance. But, will power has been proven to act like a battery. When you […]
Self-Imposed Identity Theft
October 3, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Self-Imposed Identity Theft My friend, Dr James Jackson – founder of Project CURE, learned from his father that he could take what he had and turn it into what he wanted. This bit of wisdom has served him amazingly well. Unfortunately, “take what you have and turn it into what you want” was not the […]
Social Support
October 3, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Social Support Shawn Achor, author of The Happiness Advantage, tells us, “Social support is the greatest predictor of long-term happiness.“ So, one of the best things that we can do for ourselves is to develop a routine of nurturing our connections. Create a habit of connecting with at least one person in your social support network […]
Avocados
September 30, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Avocados If you have ever bought avocados, you know that you don’t just blindly grab a couple of avocados, throw them into your cart and go on your merry way. Instead, we sort through the avocados to find the ones that are just right – not too hard, not too mushy. And hopefully you don’t […]
Suffering
September 29, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Suffering There is so much needless suffering in our world. There’s an old saying that pain is inevitable but suffering is optional. Suffering is a choice ~ a choice about what we focus on, what we give our attention to, how we talk to ourselves, the stories we tell ourselves, our willing to be hurt […]
Making Friends With Resistance
September 28, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Making Friends With Resistance When resistance shows up in our lives, it is not a problem. It is an opportunity! The resistance is showing us where we have limiting beliefs, lousy stories, or other head trash. Those are the things that create resistance. So when the resistance shows up, it comes hand in hand […]
Not Worth Getting Upset Over
September 27, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Not Worth Getting Upset Over This morning on the way to school, Sabine and I stopped by the donut shop to pick up her order – donuts that spell happy bday Sabine. However, the donuts actually spelled Sabrin. My wife placed the order in person and wrote out “Sabine” so how this happened???? Who knows. […]
My Truth!!!
September 26, 2016 by Leave a Comment
My Truth!!! How often have we heard (or said), “Well, this is my truth!” Usually a more accurate statement would be, “Listen, it is pretty simple. I am right and you are wrong! And this is the end of the discussion! So, get a clue numbskull.” This makes me think of a couple of wonderful […]
Seeing & Believing
September 25, 2016 by Leave a Comment
100 times an hour
September 23, 2016 by Leave a Comment
100 times an hour Here’s an odd thing: People have no problem saying the same lousy negative thing to themselves over and over and over and over and over… For example, someone makes a mistake and then over and over they say, “I’m such an idiot!” Now how in the world does this help? Does […]
