Not Worth it

Talking negatively or complaining about others is self-destructive. It’s usually an unconscious attempt to boost our ego by comparing ourselves favorably to them. Because our subconscious minds don’t distinguish who it is we’re speaking about, it...

A Picker Upper

When we’re feeling out of harmony with a person or situation, our ego is tempted to blame someone else for the problem. This tendency is unhealthy and only makes things worse. Shifting our attention off of what we don’t like and redirecting to how...

Ideas Versus Experience

Barring a sudden epiphany, changing your habitual emotional set point requires that you actually practice feeling the way you want to feel before it becomes your everyday reality. For example, you could read every book there is about happiness and sound like a...

Making Changes

Change is constant and unavoidable. Sometimes it’s out of your control and happens in ways you don’t like. When you’re the one driving change, avoid taking rash or careless action that could cause suffering for others. Any misery you create will...

Effective Activism

In order for any kind of positive change to occur, the consciousness of everyone involved has to evolve to the place where healthy action is predicated upon increased understanding. Condemnation and blame can’t create true change. People will continue their...

Love Heals

Even when someone’s behavior feels harmful to you, it’s rarely ever personal. What drives their actions is usually their own desire to feel good or at least better than they do. Sometimes this results in unconscious and clumsy behavior that makes others...