3 Simple Steps to Start a New Life Path or Reach a New Goal (Without the Midlife Crisis)
Starting new doesn’t mean starting over. Here are 3 steps to setting and achieving a new life goal.
Starting new doesn’t mean starting over. Here are 3 steps to setting and achieving a new life goal.
My wife and I recently booked a trip with our kiddo – our first real trip in about six years. Just a few days. Really close to home. Not that big of a deal, right? We knew we wanted to go – needed to go – but something always stopped us. But not that day. …
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“I can’t meditate because my mind just wanders.” “Mindfulness doesn’t work for me! I can’t stop thinking about stuff and I get distracted!” As a former counselor and current coach, author, and speaker on mindfulness, I’ve heard so many reasons why people give up on mindfulness and meditation. Fortunately, the most common thing people believe …
Mindfulness is a lot like golf. It’s simple in theory, but complex in practice. Consider this: Golf is about hitting a ball with a club into a hole. Easy, right? Well, I can tell you as someone who spent many years trying to do that, it’s anything but easy. Mindfulness means purposely focusing your attention …
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There’s a myth that mindfulness should be practiced on a schedule. Yes, it’s nice to set aside time for mindfulness, but did you know that any ordinary moment – including sitting with a coffee – can be the perfect time? What Is Mindfulness? The folks at Greater Good have a nice definition of mindfulness: “Mindfulness …
Practice Mindfulness in Any “Ordinary” Moment: The Coffee Example Read More »
Writers after a personal insult: “One opinion can’t break me!” Writers after one less-than-stellar review: “I knew it! I’m pulling my book down. I’m done with writing. I’m a fraud. I’m deleting my works-in-progress and pulling down my blog. Goodbye writing world!” Does this sound familiar? If you’re a writer who’s put work into the …
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Love is a crazy currency, isn’t it? It seems the more we spend, the richer we become. Don’t think love is like money? Well, think about it: so many times, we look for ways to get love … to bring it in to our lives. Or, we think about how little love we have, and …
Spending Love Makes Us Richer – 25 Simple Suggestions to Give It Away, Now Read More »
“Do something!” “Try it!” “Go for it!” “Be better!” “Get it done!” These phrases – and variations of them, with or without the exclamation points – are all over the place. Whether it’s a personal growth seminar, T-shirt, bumper sticker, social media meme, or a New Year’s Resolution, it always seems to be about action, …
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If we learn to embrace and work with our anxiety, it can help us learn and grow. I know how that sounds, but it really is true. I have anxiety. You probably do, too! There’s so much going on in the world and so many things pulling us around, it’s hard to imagine there’s a …
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“As empaths, our high level of sensitivity means that we are prone to feeling like eternal outsiders who are in the world but not quite of the world.” – Aletheia Luna What Does “Highly Sensitive” Mean to You? When you think of the term “highly sensitive,” what comes to mind? Is it deep empathy? The …
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