Time to Refocus

What we cultivate and nourish grows. What we neglect and ignore shrinks. Applying this understanding to different aspects of our lives can help us choose how to focus our energy. When we find something or someone stressful or anxiety-producing, it’s time to...

Listen to Our Intuition

Looking back, we often realize that we had a strong inkling things would turn out the way they did. Learning to recognize the warning signs and heed our inner wisdom, helps us avoid many unwanted situations. When we first get a clue that someone is playing from a...

Authenticity

It’s liberating to be honest about who we really are. Trying to uphold a false identity just to look good drains our energy and disturbs our inner peace. The more we pretend, the more psychic bandwidth we use to keep the constructed stories alive. Even if others...

Mastery That Matters

We can’t afford to wait until everything is perfect before allowing ourselves to enjoy life. Perfection is an illusive target. There will always be details that need working out. Life is an ongoing project. What’s really worth pursuing is the ability to be...

Worried About the Future?

Worrying about the future is futile. We don’t have enough information about what lies ahead. When the future does arrive, so will the resources we’ll need to handle it. Agonizing over what may never even happen makes us unhappy now and doesn’t...

The One to Please

When we worry about what others think, we work hard to project an image that we assume will make them accept us. Though we might believe that widespread acceptance of our identity will make us feel secure, the truth is, scrambling to market our identity only creates...