We’re Making It Up

When others’ opinions rile us, it’s prudent to ask ourselves if their perspective threatens our sense-of-self. We might be confusing our version of reality with the actual truth. Because we see through filters created by our conditioning, no has an...

How to Predict the Future

While you can’t know for sure what awaits you tomorrow, you can be sure it’ll be consistent with your energy. What appears in your future depends upon your behavior leading up to it. If you abuse yourself mentally with self-criticism or physically with...

Hold Identity Lightly

Our egos help us distinguish ourselves, relate to others and make our way in the world. But, it’s important to remember that we’ve created this image and can therefore expand, contract or change it, if we choose. Being too caught up in particular stories...

Internal Switch

There’s a force within us that can solve almost any problem. We don’t have to understand it to use it, anymore than we have to understand electricity to turn on a light switch. But, we do have to make the effort to flip the switch. We flip our internal...

How We Frame It

Psychologists studied a group of children from the time they were very young until they were in their 30’s. They were interested in discovering why certain children managed to succeed in spite of growing up in very ‘disturbed’ circumstances. Some...

Joy No Matter What

Trying to maintain a healthy mental and emotional state should be a universal imperative. It takes practice and a commitment to feeling peaceful and balanced no matter what shows up, but the payoff is huge. Life is sure to present challenges, however, without them,...