by Merci Gracia | Nov 22, 2020 | Attention, Now
The way to get the most out of life is to be present in every moment. The more time you’re actually focused on what you’re doing, the more you’re really living. The fast pace of modern life necessitates that you spend some time planning for the...
by Merci Gracia | Sep 4, 2020 | Now
Pandemics, natural disasters and politics can weigh on our psyche and bring us down. Unconsciously, we begin to expect that the future will inevitably bring more stressful and unwanted events. This results in a growing accumulation of fear and dissatisfaction...
by Merci Gracia | Aug 27, 2020 | Now, Present moment, Self-Awareness
Some believe that envisioning what might go wrong makes us safer by nudging us to prepare for potentially negative situations. Unfortunately, the human mind often grabs a hold of hypothetical scenarios and simply replays them ad nauseam. This act of repetition...
by Merci Gracia | Jun 17, 2020 | Now, Self-love, Trust
Now is the time to get clear about how you’d like to experience your life (and the world). Now is the time to start focusing on how you want to feel. Now is the time to embody that feeling physically on a regular basis. Now is the time to let go of what drains...
by Merci Gracia | Feb 13, 2019 | Now
The only time we can ever do anything is now. Whatever feelings we hope to experience, can only be felt in this moment. Anything we repeatedly practice becomes a pattern that creates our future. Planning for the future can be useful, but it’s no substitute for...
by Merci Gracia | Oct 3, 2017 | Now
Memories are unreliable thoughts about our past filtered through our current state of mind. We don’t need to go back and dig up old stories or concern ourselves with why things happened or who’s to blame. It’s always in the present that we feel the...