Category: Balance

Illustration of a man and woman tending to a plant growing out of a pot. The plant has a large red heart at the top instead of a flower.

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The Art of Lingering

I am by nature (and by now, choice) a task-oriented person. I’ve an efficiency/optimization mindset and an achievement mentality and in terms

A quote by Steven Covey: "I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions."

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The Fruit Bares No Resemblance to the Seed

Actions have consequences. You can choose your actions; your control over the consequences is limited at best. The challenge is that we

The words "Life is short, choose happiness." in colorful letters on an off-white background

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Life is Too Short

Life is too short to squander in strife. The longer I live, the more I’m willing to let bygones be bygones, to

Drawing of a man standing in a gray space looking at an open door with a sunny sky and bright colors outside

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Is the Universe a Friendly Place?

Einstein famously remarked that the most important decision you will ever make is whether or not to believe that the universe is

Photo of a young woman in a raincoat standing outside in a light rain while the sun shines through. Her head is tilted up to the sky and she is smiling

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Exchanging Winks with the Universe

Crazy idea I know but what if the Universe is conspiring to HELP you? What if the Force is on your side?

Building blocks ascending up, diagonally to the right, towards a bullseye

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Two Kinds of Goals… and Why You Need Both

Goals can fall into two categories: Outcome Goals: I want to lose 10 lbs, run a marathon in under 3 hours, become

A group of friends standing in a circle with their heads together, looking down and smiling at the camera

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What Fires Together Wires Together

‘What Fires Together Wires Together’ is from Hebb’s Rule, a neuropsychological theory explaining the increase in synaptic efficacy arising from one cell’s

The view of a city through a pair of glasses with the background in gray and the view through the lenses of the glasses is in color

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What Do You See?

There is the story of two folks looking out a window; one sees a muddy field, another sees the sun breaking through

Two overlapping circles, one that says "things that matter" and one that says "things you can control". The area where they overlap is colored in and labeled as "what you should focus on"

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Not my Monkeys, not my Circus

Folks, in life you must pick your battles; allocate your time and energy in ways that are most effective and efficient. We

3 sticky notes (one says "body", one says "spirit" and one says "mind") on a chalkboard with curved arrows drawn between them to make a circle. The word "healthy" is written inside the circle.

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Hara Hachi Bun Me (腹八分目)

Hara Hachi Bun Me is a Japanese phrase meaning ‘Belly 80 % full’ and refers to the Confucian concept of not eating

A stone with the word "peace" printed on it, in the middle of sand which is raked around the stone

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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