Category: The Knowing (Self Awareness)

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Not That You Care

A while back, someone tacked the phrase ā€œnot that you careā€ onto the end of a sentence. I was momentarily taken aback

A woman sitting inside a cardboard box in the middle of the room. Her head is down and she looks sad and alone.

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By Fearing the Worst, I Destroyed the Best

Decades and decades ago, I ran across a scrap of paper (post move-out in a vacant apartment), evidently a portion of a

Retro drawing of brain with eyeglasses illustration on red BG

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How to Become the Smartest Person in the Room

To give away the punch line up front, this all turns on how we choose to define ā€˜The Smartest Person’. And while

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

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Have You Created Your Inner Sanctuary?

Life can be challenging and chaotic. Unfortunately, we can’t magically whisk ourselves beachside to Tahiti for instant stress release. And you know

A woman sitting on the floor with her legs crossed, eyes closed, and hands resting on her knees meditating

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What are Your Centering Phrases?

Centering phrases are anything that speaks to us, calming words we use to call forth our best selves in times of need

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Peeling the Onion

The inner journey of self-discovery can be likened to peeling an onion, layer after layer, perhaps with some tears and fears along

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Swallowed Any Hand Grenades Lately?

Life is complex. While there is much truth in the adage, ā€œfeelings buried alive never dieā€ there is also a place for

The words "through discipline comes freedom" written on a chalkboard. The "o" in the word "comes" is a round stopwatch.

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Calibrating Your Caring; Pacing Your Passion to Perform and Persevere

NYT recently ran an article about a golf pro with a growing history of faltering at the very end, letting tournament after

A sign that says "be the best version of yourself"

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Self-Esteem: The Reputation We Have with Ourselves

A good sense of self is important to living an emotionally healthy life and it starts with accepting where you are. You

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Does Time Own You? Or Do You Control Time?

ā€œThere are two fundamental ways to approach time: Either it’s something outside of you that you cannot control, or it’s something within

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What Are You Creating?

One of the principles of NLP (Neuro-linguistic programming) is that ā€œYou cannot not communicate.ā€ In other words, we are constantly leaking information;