Positive mindset tools to support sustainable happiness.
So many people who believe that there is divine in our essence, have so much trouble seeing it in themselves. There is a lot of “guck” in there clouding the view. That guck is a whole lotta negative voices, limiting beliefs, and self doubt. Today I have a special treat for you…Joy Holland of Facets Of […]
When I was in grade school, I went to a memory improvement workshop. The leader taught us four important elements to improving memory skills. They are positive, present tense, repetition, and high emotion. They are hard to write without yelling. The workshop presenter drove it home by having the entire auditorium yelling (high emotion) the
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Ever wonder who is in your corner? I get evidence all the time. Last weekend, a strange thing happened when I drove on the throughway toward Syracuse. I was just driving along minding my own business, listening to my book on CD, and I looked up just in time to see the 329th mile marker.
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Having trouble keeping up with the joneses? Join the club. Two quotes struck me this week: “Healing is always a collective experience, just as abuse is always a collective experience. Tragically, our culture has become more skilled at collective trauma than it is at collective healing. It is up to us, you and I to
Many people use writing to heal from the pain and problems of their past. Painful feelings expressed into words uncap a pressure and undermine a power that can bring us down. My clients and friends often write me to release this pressure. The proverbial “getting things off your chest” can be just the ticket to get through
There are three ways to start the day: “This day is going to be awful.” “This day is going to be great.” and “I don’t know what today’s going to be like and what it may mean.” Beginning with a beginner’s mind is a method taught in Zen Buddhism. It is meant to strip the
Peace on Earth Isn’t it interesting how close Peace On Earth is to Peace One Earth. Just an ‘e’ makes the difference. And at risk of being really cheesy, I would say that that “e” is for everybody. Not only peace for the deserving, or the privileged, or the worthy, or the sane. We will
Do you know what the power of I can’t? How it gets in your mind and take you down a notch. Doubt has a way of undermining almost every part of our life if we let it. In so much that doubt, or disbelief in oneself becomes truth. So many people tell me “I can’t”