Advice for thriving, not just surviving
Tweet Over the past few months I have moved locations and minimized what I own immensely, and it feels great! Think of the last time you moved, how much junk did you unintentionally accumulate? Or think of your weekly schedule. How many different appointments and obligations do you try to cram in? The more we [...]
Tweet At the end of your life wouldn’t you like to say that you did your best, contributed what you could, and became the best person you could be? I know I do! There are some truly amazing people in the world who live at high levels of consciousness. These people didn’t get this way [...]
Tweet “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” - Mark Twain Have you ever wondered why super hero movies [...]
Tweet “Each patient carries his own doctor inside him. They come to us now knowing this truth. We are at our best when they give the doctor who resides within each patient a chance to go to work.” ~Albert Schweitzer We live a world fraught with stress. Our fast-paced, technological culture bombards us with sights [...]
Tweet We all have trials and tribulations in life. We are presented with challenges, and these challenges can either tear us down or teach us lessons to help make us stronger. Nicole Sachs, a psychotherapist and author, is a someone who has grown stronger and more wise through her adversity. When Sachs was 19-years-old, she was delivered [...]
Tweet I usually tell the client’s I work with that I’m a recovering bad decision maker. I have made many poor choices in my life, and because of this I have become more determined to learn how to make better ones. What I have learned from my mistakes is that when we lack clarity about [...]
Tweet “Drag your thoughts away from your troubles… by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it.” - Mark Twain When have you felt trapped in life? Sometimes we feel burdened, exhausted, and stuck, as if life’s steel trap has clamped down on us. We can’t seem to shake the fear, [...]
Tweet “How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them” – Benjamin Franklin We have all been our own worst enemy one time or another. We get in our own way and make things more difficult than they have to be. To our credit we are [...]
Tweet Emotional health is a major key to happiness. Happiness is less about what we do and more about becoming emotionally agile, healthy, and balanced. Our mood and emotions are like a pendulum. The further they swing one direction the more difficult it becomes to bring them back to a calm and neutral level. [...]
Tweet “To be nobody but myself-in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make me somebody else-means to fight the hardest battle any human can fight, and never stop fighting.” – E.E. Cummings We all have periods in life when we question who we are and where we’re headed. We feel [...]
Tweet “Each moment in time we have it all, even when we think we don’t.” – Melody Beattie Are you satisfied with your life? Life-satisfaction is the overall assessment of how pleased or content we are with our life. We go through different seasons where we are more fulfilled and satisfied than other times. Sometimes [...]
Tweet “Authentic empowerment is the knowing that you are on purpose, doing God’s work, peacefully and harmoniously.” – Wayne Dyer Empowerment used to be one of the big buzzwords in the personal development world. Because of this, empowerment became cliché and dropped off the radar as a topic of discussion. This is unfortunate because empowerment is the exact [...]
Tweet Let’s face it Barbie is a cultural icon. There aren’t too many people who are known on a first-name only basis. She’s in the category with Elvis, Beyoncé, and Oprah. To make matters worse—she’s perfect. She’s 54 years old and super sexy. She has a perfect body, perfect hair, and a perfect life with boyfriend Ken. [...]
Tweet “People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.” - Zig Ziglar We all have bad days from time to time. Some days we may not feel like doing much. We might be tired, frustrated, or overwhelmed by stress. Its days like these where have to [...]
Tweet Life is about progress not perfection. I believe this is one of the most important reminders we can give ourselves as we work on changing our life. The ongoing process of personal transformation can be very frustrating. Think about what really keeps you stuck. Is it because you don’t have what it takes and [...]
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