Category: The Knowing (Self Awareness)

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Map of Consciousness: Can You Locate Yourself?

David R. Hawkins (1927-2012) in ‘Power vs. Force’ put forth a hierarchal Map of Human Consciousness starting with lower-level emotions such as

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The Oak Sleeps in the Acorn. How is Your Oak Doing?

I believe in people and that often tremendous ability slumbers deep within. Most of us have undeveloped powers and potential that we

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Smart Tops Intelligent, Wise is Best of All… and if You are Willing to do the Work, You Can Learn Smart

Okay, let’s acknowledge upfront this can quickly get deep into semantics so stay with me and put aside that debate for a

A chalkboard graphic asks, “WHAT DO YOU WANT?” beside a profile of a head with a question mark, suggesting self-reflection or goal-setting.

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What are You Hungry For?

What drives you? What do you seek? What do you want? Usually, it’s not the thing or goal per se that we

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10 Ideas We Accept Too Readily

Without being fully aware of the process, we have absorbed norms from the world around us; unquestioningly inheriting assumptions from family, class,

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What’s your problem?

One way to analyze human problems is via Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, beginning with our most fundamental physical needs (oxygen, water, food,

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Self-Regulatory Failure

Self-regulatory failure is a fancy phrase for procrastination: putting off what we KNOW we would be better off getting over with. There

Stacked stones labeled “Work,” “Life,” and “Balance,” symbolizing the challenge of maintaining work-life balance.

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Work & Life: Finding the Sweet Spot

Inherent in the phrase ‘work life balance’ is the implication that they are somehow at odds, that one comes at the cost

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Casting Spells

“The English word ‘spell’ comes from the Proto-Germanic *spellą, which simply meant ‘to speak’, ‘a story’, or ‘a narrative’. To spell a

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What Type of Glasses Do You Put On Every Morning?

Most of us like to think that we see the world the way it truly is, that what we perceive to be

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Intelligence is Not a Reliable Predictor of Success

Intelligence matters—but far less than many people assume. How you use your mind matters far more than how powerful your mind is.