Do you ever compare yourself with others? I recently went to Paint Nite with friends from my book club, where we all tried to copy a painting of the Paris skyline, including the Eiffel tower. At first everyone focused on their own painting, but it wasn’t before long when people started to compare their painting […]
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Most of us are familiar with gratitudes and have picked up a gratitude practice at one point or another. We remind ourselves to be grateful for things, people, situations etc. in order to appreciate all the things we have and to get in the habit on focusing on the positive rather than the negative. And
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As I shared last month, I have been working through and discarding a lot of my physical clutter with the help of the “KonMari” method from Marie Kondo’s book: “The life-changing magic of tidying up.”. (See: Clear Your Clutter, Clear Your Mind.) After going through clothes, books and magazines, I am now at the tail
We all go through difficult times in our lives at some point or another. But while some of us face tougher adversity than others, how we are able to withstand those times also varies widely. The capacity to overcome traumatic events- resilience – is what makes a huge difference when dealing with hardships. So what
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With so much focus on intellectual ability (IQ) in our society, emotional intelligence (EQ) had been neglected until recently. Yet studies have found that emotional intelligence is linked to personal achievement, happiness and professional success, even more so than IQ. And, unlike IQ, it is a flexible skill, which means that no matter what our
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In “The Four Agreements”, Miguel Ruiz calls his fourth agreement: Always Do Your Best. I have always had a hard time with that agreement, because to me, always doing your best implies that you have to always give it your all, do as much as you possibly can, and work like crazy. And that sounds
“Continuing to tell stories of shortage only continues to contradict your desire for abundance, and you cannot have it both ways: You cannot focus upon what is unwanted and receive wanted. You cannot focus upon stories… that make you feel uncomfortable and allow into your experience what makes you feel comfortable. You have to begin
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“You must give up the life you planned in order to have the life that is waiting for you.” ~Joseph Campbell We often think we are in control of our own destiny. We have heard that if we plan, identify goals, visualize, pray, think positively, set intentions, work hard, etc. we will get what we really
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I used to believe that success looked a specific way: Living in a big beautiful house in a great neighborhood in the hills, working as a VP or higher level in a corporation, having enough money to spend on whatever I want. And I worked hard to achieve that picture. But over the years, I
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I just finished watching Shawn Achor, author of “The Happiness Advantage” share some of his research with Google employees. (See: Shawn Achor on Happiness as a Competitive Advantage) He explains that we have a flawed model about happiness and success. Most of us follow the formula that if we work harder, we will be more
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