With spring just a week away, it’s time for a little spring cleaning. But, this time when you sort through the closet and clean out the drawer, tossing out all the worn items or things you no longer need, take a minute to also clean out that mental clutter that’s keeping you from enjoying your [...]
Bad habits. We’ve all got’em. Things that keep us from our best selves, sabotage our success, or just keep us lazing on the couch when we could be doing something more interesting and fun. Teacher and author Judith Wright calls them Soft Addictions. Psychotherapist Terry Real labels them as misery stabilizers. For me, these are the little [...]
Now that you’ve gone to the source of the self-sabotage, the limiting beliefs that are keeping you stuck in your life that we discussed in Monday’s post, you are ready to get rid of them. Well, at least a few. First, take a deep breath, you’re doing just fine. We all have beliefs, which often are etched [...]
“Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense.” Ralph Waldo Emerson Seriously. Today, drop your nonsense at the door. Get rid of the beliefs that are making you less than. Adopt those that are helpful and encouraging. [...]
Tired of feeling like a failure every time you set (and break) your New Year’s resolution? Statistics tell us that most of people give up on their resolutions within a couple of months. But, you can stop ripping yourself over failed resolutions, and make positive lasting changes in 2013 by thinking of your resolutions a [...]
Persistence, passion and mothering? All components of achieving success, says expert Richard St. John. See the other five qualities he declares are key to achieving your goals in this short video.
I’m pretty good at handling rejection. And like most of you, I’ve had a ton of practice. When you are a freelance writer, particularly in the early days, you spend a lot of time fielding no’s. When you’re a parent, you get good at looking failure in the eye. Heck, when you’re, well, a human [...]
Exciting things are happening here on Imperfect Spirituality in the weeks to come. We’ll finally have the release of my book Imperfect Spirituality: Extraordinary Enlightenment for Ordinary People on Nov. 1 and I’ll be headed to bookstores in Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, Vancouver BC, Los Angeles – and beyond – to meet and greet and [...]
When I was growing up, all I wanted was to write for the state’s largest newspaper. I dreamed about it. And, after studying journalism in college, I did it. I accomplished that dream. But, when I ultimately reached that goal any success I felt mingled with disappointment. It was like discovering the wizard behind the [...]
Ever felt like a fly in the window? You keep flying against the pane, smacking your head into the glass simply trying to get out, break free, get unstuck? One of the most frustrating and stressful things we can experience is our inability to achieve our goal. Yet often, we often set up ourselves up [...]
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