by Merci Gracia | Mar 7, 2013 | Feelings, interpretation, Self-Awareness, Understanding, Victim Thinking
If you think someone else’s behavior is the cause of your unhappiness, remember that they’re here to live life their way, not your way. If their behavior feels bad to you or doesn’t meet your expectations, don’t take it personally. Their...
by Merci Gracia | Mar 1, 2013 | Acceptance, Feelings, Love
If someone’s behavior activates anger or frustration in you, you’re entitled to your feelings. But you’re not entitled to act out on them. Your feelings aren’t caused by their behavior, but rather your spin and intolerance of it. Deep down,...
by Merci Gracia | Feb 15, 2013 | Acceptance, Create, Feelings, Focus, Solutions
Desires create evolutionary movement. Resistance keeps you stuck. You naturally have preferences and you’re never going to like everything that happens. But when you resist what is, your energy becomes fixated on what’s wrong, rather than creatively...
by Merci Gracia | Jan 23, 2013 | Awareness, Feelings, Understanding
The amazing part about increasing your self-awareness is that just observing the connection between your thinking and your emotional set-point is often all it takes for positive transformation to begin. When you start to see how your thinking is actually the cause of...
by Merci Gracia | Jan 4, 2013 | Ease, Surrender, Trust
While you may be clear about your goals, you can’t know for sure if their attainment will result in the fulfillment you seek. But this will: Visualize yourself having achieved your objectives, imagine as much detail as possible (color, sound, imagery,...