Healing Through Difficulty

by Merci Gracia | Oct 15, 2015 | Self-Awareness

When something is getting under your skin, think of it as a gift illustrating what you need to work on personally. No matter how much it seems that the problem is coming from out there, it’s originating from within. Even in situations where you need to set...

Narcissism Is Boring

by Merci Gracia | Oct 13, 2015 | Self-Awareness

We’re each at the center of our own universe, often fascinated by things that others may find uninteresting. That’s why talking about our personal experiences in excruciating detail can be so boring for others. The fact that our audience hasn’t...

Up Your Well-Being

by Merci Gracia | Sep 18, 2015 | Self-Awareness

One of the most important questions we can ask ourselves is how we can live fulfilling, meaningful and happy lives. When we pay attention to our thoughts and actions and the resulting feelings, we learn what works and what doesn’t. The basic question is whether...

Your Mission

by Merci Gracia | Aug 11, 2015 | Self-Awareness

Should we choose to accept it, our mission in this lifetime is to discover the truth about who we are. Once we get it, we’ll never be the same. We’ll understand that we have the power to choose our experience of life by the way in which we focus your...

Don’t Take Yourself Out

by Merci Gracia | Aug 10, 2015 | Evolution of Consciousness, Self-Awareness

Irritations and ruffled egos sometimes compel us to abandon activities that are otherwise good for us. Unless a situation is abusive or hazardous, it’s worth looking within to see what’s really bothering us before we take ourselves out. Honest self-inquiry...

We Write Our Own Stories

by Merci Gracia | Aug 5, 2015 | Self-Awareness

When we’re unconscious of our programming, our experience of life is based on hidden assumptions. New experiences are collected and woven into a filter that ensures our current model of reality is validated. This filter can create optimism or pessimism, trust or...