The Best Policy

by | May 16, 2017 | Honesty

Studies report that people lie an average of 3 times for every 10 minutes of conversation. These statistics refer mainly to little, white lies, like saying you feel fine when you don’t or exaggerating to make your stories more interesting. Lying to manipulate,...

Honesty Improves Self-Esteem

by | Apr 19, 2016 | Honesty

The best thing you can do to enhance your self-esteem is be totally honest. What you actually say and do doesn’t matter nearly as much as how you feel about it. When you hide the truth, stretch it, or lie, your subconscious mind gets the message that...

Deception Does Damage

by | Aug 30, 2015 | Honesty

Lying wreaks havoc in your life. It consumes ever-greater energy the longer you keep it up and lowers your self-esteem because deep down you know you’re living out of your integrity. It’s an unempowered approach to life because you aren’t willing to...

Get Real

by | Aug 27, 2015 | Honesty

Conscious evolution requires extreme self-honesty. In contrast, self-deception invariably leads to feeling stuck. If you aren’t willing to admit to yourself that you’re lost, you won’t look for or accept sound guidance and that slows you down. The scariest...

Don’t Make Excuses

by | Oct 2, 2014 | Awareness, Honesty

Defending yourself over something you did keeps you stuck in resistance. If someone has a problem with it, listen and sincerely consider their point of view. Acknowledge your role in the situation without attempting to explain yourself. If there’s validity in...

Perfect Reflection

by | Aug 6, 2014 | Honesty, Self-Awareness

It takes courage to admit that the way you perceive someone has more to do with your filter than with who they actually are. It also takes conscious effort to see through a tricky ego that prefers to attribute responsibility for undesirable aspects of life onto...