Here Are Three Ways to Surround Yourself with People Who Help You Become Your Highest Self
Not all relationships are healthy for you. This applies to anyone around whether they be family members, friends you grew up with, coworkers, religious leaders and so on.
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Life Becomes Much More Satisfying When You Allow Things to Happen on Their Own Perfect Timing
I used to get stressed out when the things I wanted to materialize where not happening in my desired timing. I wasted a lot of years pushing, striving and trying to break down the barriers that were keeping me from that next promotion, having more money, finding a romantic partner, forming a family, etc.
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Repeating Lies Does not Make them True
We have all grown up with certain negative beliefs about ourselves. Some of us think we are flawed, unworthy of love and never good enough. Life has reinforced these opinions until they convinced us they are true, but they are not. They are self lies we mindlessly repeat, and they became the foundational pillars where we base our current lives. Although they are not real, these lies have taken you away from your true center and they are sabotaging the joy right out of your life.
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If You Want to be Successful at Anything, Learn to be Calm
I used to get really upset after missing a critical shot during a tennis match. It was not unusual for people to hear me drop an f-bomb or two whenever on those occasions. Sometimes, I even threw my racquet. For years I stoked this fury until I realized no amount of...
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If Your Life has Become an Unthinking Routine, it is Time to Make Changes
I am all set to move to from my current home to another town all the way across Florida. For as far back as I can remember, I have dreaded moving, for it can resurface the feelings of fear and abandonment I experienced on the day my parents put me on a plane bound for the USA seeking political asylum. I was a ten-years-old then, but the memories still linger as though this happened an hour ago.
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How the Six Most Important Lessons I Have Learned About Life (So Far) Help
Life is full of important lessons. I remember how proud I was when I learned to drive a car, balance a checkbook, change my babies’ diapers. But these pale in comparison to the importance that the following seven lessons have meant to my life.
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When Death Takes Someone Close to You, a Part of You Dies with Them. That Doesn’t Have to be a Bad Thing
No one will survive their journey on this earth, yet that knowledge does nothing to ease the pain of losing someone close to us. Dealing with the heartache of such a loss can be one of life’s most difficult challenges.
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An Eye for an Eye and a Tooth for a Tooth is the Dumbest Advice I Ever Got
Nothing damages our psyche more profoundly than the betrayal, abuse, humiliation, larceny and abandonment from the people in our lives. These can be life changing traumas that can affect us for years. The unbearable pain you feel can lead you to anger and to want to get even with those who hurt you, but I have found that it is not wise to pursue revenge.
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Five Things You Can do Today to Help You Live Your Best Life
Are you living your best life today or are you waiting for some miracle to make that happen? Chances are you are reading this because you are traveling on a life path you never picked. This is not uncommon, for most people are living an unconscious life where they don’t know what they want.
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Life Changes are Inevitable. Here are Five Ways to Help the Accompanying Fear and Pain Transform You
I am a sucker for scary shows. I’m not talking about the gore fest like in The Saw movies, I am referring to the mind-bending stories you think imitate real life. One of these movies is Silence of the Lambs. Actor Anthony Hopkins is terrifying as Hannibal Lecter. I have watched this movie more than a dozen times and every viewing has given me the same chills as the first time (I have no explanation as to why I continue to frighten myself watching this movie).
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