by Merci Gracia | Feb 6, 2017 | Self-Awareness
When something that ‘happens to you’ makes you feel bad, the emotional response you choose to reinforce will determine whether you identify as a victim or a beneficiary possessed with new insight. You can focus on feeling betrayed, helpless and sorry for...
by Merci Gracia | Feb 2, 2017 | Self-Awareness
If someone’s behavior feels unjust or wrong, repeatedly recycling judgments in our minds is extremely self-defeating. It activates our egos and negatively impacts our own self-esteem. That’s because the more we condemn others, the more we expect them to do...
by Merci Gracia | Jan 27, 2017 | Self-Awareness
Every advancement in our personal evolution is followed by turmoil as the next lesson appears for us to acknowledge, own (rather than deny or project outward) and work on. When new chaos appears, it can feel like a step backward, but it’s actually a step...
by Merci Gracia | Jan 19, 2017 | Judgments, Self-Awareness
Every time you have a negative thought about someone, harbor a resentment or even feel annoyed, you diminish your own energy. That’s why it’s critical to spend time with people you appreciate and admire. If you have to be around people whose personalities...
by Merci Gracia | Jan 11, 2017 | Self-Awareness
Each of us looks through a filter of beliefs that we’ve compiled on our particular life journey. Our perspective makes such obvious sense to us that we question the intelligence of anyone who disagrees with us. That’s why investigating our own ideas...
by Merci Gracia | Dec 23, 2016 | Self-Awareness
The exact same action taken by two different people can have very different results. This is because everything we offer to the world is inextricably linked to our energy. Any effort we make to improve our circumstances, help others or make the world a better place,...