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Wabi-sabi
Wabi-sabi is a Japanese philosophy that finds contentment and peace of mind by embracing the inevitability of imperfection and impermanence. It is an aesthetic principle that…
October 1, 2024
Be Bigger than the Moment
To be bigger than the moment is to rise to the occasion, especially in emotionally charged moments that can potentially sway us off true north.…
September 26, 2024
Have You Checked Your Alignment Lately?
Just like the tires of your car, your desires, actions, and beliefs need to be in alignment; anything else and you are working against yourself,…
September 19, 2024
8 Truths to put you in the Top Tier of the Mentally Strong
The past is a place of reference, not residence. Focus forward, make plans, set goals, excelsior! Stress is not an event but a learned reaction…
September 17, 2024
Assume a virtue, if you have it not
The quote is from Shakespeare, Hamlet Act 3, Scene 4 and I share it not to ask you to fake a virtue but rather to…
September 12, 2024
The Thought Pattern That Saves Relationships… and the One that Virtually Dooms Them
It’s very simple really, a blinding flash of the obvious but just like fish discovering water last: what is constantly right in front of us…
September 5, 2024
The Invincible Summer Within
There is a famous quote by Nobel Literature Prize winner Albert Camus: “In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was in me…
August 20, 2024
Do You Experience Goal-incongruent Emotions?
Negative emotions such as doubt, fear, anxiety, depression, despair, guilt, or shame all weaken us, detract from our focus, sap our energy and drive. It’s…
August 1, 2024
Your Thoughts Create
What are you creating? What do you choose to observe? What thoughts do you choose? What identity do you don? What mood, what emotions, what…
July 30, 2024
How Many You’s Make Up You? Which You Do You Answer To?
We all have many sides, many selves within us; conflicting wishes, drives, and emotions, making the old quote ‘To thy own self be true’ a…
July 25, 2024
Try the Other Handle
“Every event has two handles—one by which it can be carried, and one by which it can’t. If your brother does you wrong, don’t grab…
July 16, 2024