In the wake of the terrible news of the Orlando shootings, numerous posts are being shared on social media. Many beautifully remember and respectfully mourn the victims. Some focus on the shooter and his background. But few reveal a much larger issue. You may have seen this video by former CIA undercover officer Amaryllis Fox. […]
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I don’t know whether it’s because it is fall, but somehow letting go keeps on coming up as a theme around me. It’s a hard thing to do for many, because at the heart of it is fear. Whether it’s letting go of a career, a relationship, or resentment, we are afraid what will happen
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
Have you ever felt stuck on a project and decided to clean up your desk instead? Did you feel some temporary relief once you did? I have long been wondering about the apparent connection between clearing your surroundings and clearing your mind. So I was eager to start reading and working through Marie Kondo’s book
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“Holding on is believing that there’s only a past; letting go is knowing that there’s a future.” ~Daphne Rose Kingma Sometimes we hold on to things so tightly, because we are afraid. Because it’s the only thing we know, and even though it is not great, we are even more afraid of the unknown, even
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Sometimes things happen in our lives that we find hard to accept. We might be informed that we are getting laid off, find out about a health issue, discover that someone betrayed us or that someone we care about got into an accident. Our first reaction is usually: “No!” “That can’t be!” “I can’t believe
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“The mental and physical space we create by letting go of things that belong in our past gives us…the option to fill the space with something new.” ~Susan Faye West Dwelling in the past undermines our happiness. Every day I hear from people who are resentful about something that happened to them or about a
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Why is letting go so hard to do? After all, the past is the past, right? Yet oftentimes, we spend time occupying ourselves with things that happened in the past. Someone may have wronged us, disappointed us, or let us down. It might have been a friend, a co-worker, an ex or a family member.And
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“Happiness can only exist in acceptance.” ~Denis de Rougamont It sounds simple, but acceptance is one of the most powerful practices that allows us to get past disappointments, frustrations, and resentments. If we don’t accept something, it means that we are still entangled in it, we are pushing against it, and we can’t let it
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