Reconnect with your innate creativity
Think you’re not creative? Baloney. Everyone is. It’s innate and just about every aspect of life requires some measure of creativity. Think negotiating with a teenager, or coming up with a different sack lunch idea or managing a marriage or painting a picture or leading a staff. It all pulls from our creative muscle and [...]
Making even a short break powerful
It takes more than a change of location to access the benefits that come with a vacation like better sleep, (even when you return), a healthier heart, better immune function, lower stress, and more joy. To maximize those feel-good qualities, you’ve got to shift your focus from the stress-producing routine to something that lightens and [...]
Why You Must Take a Break
I know, I know, with kids and work and soccer practice and all the expenses of life, it might be tough to get away for an afternoon, let alone a week. But, do it anyhow. Make the time. Vacations – a break from the regular routine – contribute to peace of mind, good health and [...]
How curiosity adds fun to familiar relationships
Remember in the beginning when you were so connected you could finish each other’s sentences? You knew just what your partner was thinking and you hung on every breath thinking he or she was the smartest, bestest thing out there? Now though, after years together, all that feels familiar and just plain boring. One of [...]
Freedom allows you to create the life you desire
Freedom shows up in all kinds of ways. It can be concrete — the freedom to choose the kind of milk you want to drink, or the college you want to go to, or the car you want to buy. It can be ambiguous as in freedom of thought; or the freedom to feel and [...]
Allow For Freedom Of Mistakes
“Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.” Mahatma Gandhi Take a minute today, to think about the sacrifices, commitments, choices, and mistakes that have been made by you and others to get you where you are today. Your life is a reflection of all those things. Pause [...]
How to create an awe-filled life — and why you want to
Awe is a big-time emotion that can have a big-time impact on our lives. As described in Monday’s post, when we experience awe, we are more likely to reach out and share and connect with one another. Sounds something like this: “Hey did you see that race?” “Check out the full moon.” Or “Isn’t this [...]
How to find the flow
One thing about flow – when you’re in it, it just feels good. Life just moves easier. You feel creative, inspired, energized; good things swarm into your life and when the difficulties appear the right people and things literally flow in to help you move through them. Sometimes those feelings of flow may last only [...]
Giving to others makes room for goodness in your own life
When looking at the growth rings of ancient trees Bigwigs can tell a lot about their history. Times of drought and war and volcanic activity and storms are all reflected in those delicate rings and the spaces between them. Abundance too is obvious and reflected by the tree’s growth. Each ring – the year of [...]
The key to success: paying attention
So, here it is. The key to success. The wisdom of the ages. The burger on the bun, or the sushi in the roll – depending on your preferences. I’m about to tell you the one thing that will make the single, biggest, positive difference in your life. And, the thing is – you already [...]
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