How to allow
This month I’m really putting my focus on allowing – the process of being open to whatever happens without resistance or angst or irritation. It’s about being with the energy of the Universe and letting it come through you, instead of trying my other technique which requires you to micro-manage the entire Universe. That is [...]
Five ways to power up persistence
Perseverance. Determination. Persistence. Any quality that keeps you going despite adversity and challenge is the difference between success and mediocrity. It’s also crucial when it comes to living our biggest lives and achieving our greatest goals. Here are five ways to persist and keep moving toward your goals. Assess the goal. Make sure what you [...]
Persistence comes easy with passion
I just finished writing a book. It took two months to finish the first draft, but really, I’ve been working on this for a lifetime. In the second grade I realized that I was a writer who would one day write a book or a bunch of them. It wasn’t a decision. It was a [...]
Small acts mean big changes in the world
Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time, and always start with the person nearest you. ~Mother Teresa One person, then the next, then the next. Making a difference in the world seems doable this way. So often we get overwhelmed by the problems facing the world. We feel like we can’t do [...]
You are the difference
“Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope… and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls [...]
Six Ways to Strengthen Your Self Discipline
There will always be something that matters – something that must get done — that you don’t want to do. I hate folding clothes – but I also hate wearing wrinkled pants, therefore fold I must. Drawing from our reserves of self discipline to make responsible choices about folding or work or health or money [...]
Drawing on Self Discipline
Saturday, I was back in corner room, the one with the computer cursor blinking and the desk piled with three-week old newspapers and bill statements and books and my calendar book with dates already filled in for November. I was in the office, where I’ve been every weekend for nearly two months. Working on my [...]
Good nutrition helps harness Yin and Yang
Good nutrition can help you harness the forces of Yin and Yang (check out more in Monday’s post) and balance the body’s natural energies to maintain good health. Over and over again, I’ve found that a balance of good nutrition can help people boost their energy, and control their cravings. I’ve used the theory to [...]
Balance of Yin/Yang in diet can help curb cravings
Even in a culture bombarded with new-fangled nutrition advice and health-oriented research, the traditional philosophies can still teach us something about healthy living. As a health Coach I have studied many different theories, from new age to the ancient, and the one that stands out is the theory of Yin and Yang – the Chinese [...]
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