Beyond the Comfort Zone

by | May 9, 2017 | Balance, Self-love

Though you have to exit your comfort zone to grow, you don’t need to go completely off-kilter to do it. Risking possible failure can be scary, but you can remain internally balanced even when your external equilibrium is momentarily lost. Worrying about how...

Centered Within

by | Nov 26, 2016 | Balance, Fear

We’re rarely in total balance, especially when we’re growing. Growth necessitates moving out of our comfort zone, which throws us momentarily off kilter. All movement requires shifting back and forth between yin and yang, safety and risk, stasis and...

Staying Centered

by | Nov 25, 2016 | Balance

Martial artists understand that emotions like anger, sadness and fear interfere with effective action. Neither brains nor bodies function well when they’re under stress. That’s why learning how to effectively handle stressful feelings is not just an...

Beauty Balances

by | Jul 30, 2016 | Balance

There’s untold beauty to behold if we just open our eyes. But sometimes we forget to look for it because we’re swimming in a self-created, toxic stew of unpleasantness generated by unskillful thinking. Fortunately everyone has access to almost instant...

The Mind’s Shifty Ground

by | Jul 23, 2016 | Balance

When you obsess, you mentally stir up a pot of worry, anxiety, fear, and angst. Overthinking problems doesn’t give you a reasonable perspective, it turns you into a hamster, mindlessly repeating the same sentences and scenarios until you’re worked into a...

Core Balance

by | May 28, 2016 | Balance

When you develop a solid foundation of inner calm, it does more than just feel good. It becomes a home base, which enables you to enjoy all kinds of situations without feeling bad or losing your cool. How do you develop this internal oasis of awesomeness? You get in...