by Merci Gracia | Jan 14, 2017 | Freedom
It doesn’t matter if your boss tells you what to do everyday or you live in a society that restricts your preferred behavior. It doesn’t really matter if you lack the resources to pay for every desire you have. What does matter is the fact that you are...
by Merci Gracia | Dec 28, 2016 | Freedom
Freedom is in the eye of the beholder. If we insist on specific conditions before we allow ourselves to feel free, we ensure we won’t experience that state of mind until our requirements are met. If, on the other hand, we define freedom as the ability to think,...
by Merci Gracia | May 22, 2016 | Freedom
If you want to feel free, you can’t be too hung-up on specific outcomes. Rigid attachment to things turning out the way you want almost guarantees that you’ll feel bad every time things don’t go your way. Each disheartening episode adds a little more...
by Merci Gracia | Nov 18, 2015 | Freedom
Whatever pushes your emotional buttons is an opportunity to examine and heal an issue from the past that got reactivated in the present. Getting angry, blaming others or shooting the messenger won’t help solve anything. You get triggered when something outside...
by Merci Gracia | Oct 8, 2015 | Freedom
Sometimes life just doesn’t go your way. As hard as you work at it, things don’t seem to unfold according to your plans. Rather than feeling bad, complaining or wishing things were different, you can do something far more healthy and effective: Accept...
by Merci Gracia | Sep 14, 2015 | Freedom, Understanding
Every one of us lives in this world with some degree of self-absorption. We reside in a web fabricated by our own stories. These narratives are often so compelling that we believe our opinions are actually the truth. Our seemingly objective stories generate both...