Category: Balance

comforting

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Dismissive Positivity v. Validation and Hope

We all want (need!) to be heard, to be understood especially in times of stress and troubles. “When you’re weary, feeling small

emotional roller coaster

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The Provocative Power of Plateaus

Most of my life I’ve lived with mood swings. Bigger, wilder, and scarier in my youth, milder and moderated in my mature

second order thinking

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Are You Capable of Second Order Thinking?

First Order thinking is simplistic, short term, single move, single player, linear thinking i.e. the “thinking” level most stop at. Second Order

Composite image of businessman standing on ladder

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Finding My Best Self

Sometimes I lose my best self; find myself distracted and drifting off course. Usually it is because I get busy, then wake

ship ferry in the city river aerial shot

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How to Build a Ship

“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders.  

Balance Business Lifestyle Concept

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The Golden Mean

How good do we have to be? Life is so much more than just “feeding the beast”. Simply attempting to “satisfy appetites”

Into the woods

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Choosing to Find Peace Today

The mind, the ego, the subconscious often have multiple reasons why peace must be just around the corner. Or, why it is

withered flower

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Are you Watering Dead Flowers? Stop Watering Dead Flowers

Where in your life are you wasting effort and energy? With who or where is your life force not being valued? Sometimes

Wake up time

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Night Guy v. Morning Guy by Jerry Seinfield

I never get enough sleep. I stay up late at night, ’cause I’m Night Guy. Night Guy wants to stay up late.

Brain Power with businesswoman

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Reference Levels: Invisible Rules that Govern Your Behavior

Aware of it or not, we all have “Reference Levels” for all areas of our lives. Our Reference Levels powerfully impact our

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There is This Place

And then it happens… A morning dawns and you realize that all is good. All is as it should be. Your mind