Align Body, Mind, Spirit to Live a Connected Life
Let’s get a couple of things straight: I love junk food and I would prefer not to exercise (though I do). But, I also like breathing, walking to the mailbox without getting winded, and wearing the same jeans week after week. When it became harder to meet those last goals, I decided to get to [...]
Raise your vibration, change your experience
The more I study and read, the more I realize the power of our emotions. Not only do they impact how we feel, but they also influence what we’ll experience in this life. The Bigwigs say it too. Optimism is good for our health. Happiness can make us live longer. Hostility and anger contribute to [...]
Learned optimism helps during trouble
Optimism is a learned behavior and with repeated use, it turns into a habit. But, unlike nail biting or television watching, this is one habit that is good to have. Grounded optimism is a core component to resilience – that cluster of traits that can buoy you through the bad times. And, since bad times [...]
Reconnect to your resilience through optimism
Been thinking about resilience a lot lately as I work to develop a class on the topic for The Daily Om. Used to be, we believed that a person was born resilient and the rest of us were just plain outta luck. Now research has shown that resilience is actually a cluster of different skills [...]
One path: A devastating job change opens a portal to bigger possibilities
I had the future all figured out. Then, when the company I had been employed with for over eight years sold to a large corporation, the future changed. With the sale, my colleagues and I lost years of earned benefits and were considered new hires, starting at the bottom. I was pregnant with my second [...]
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