Posts Tagged ‘awareness’
The Second Arrow: how we multiple our suffering
How often do you experience something painful – either emotional or physical – and you fairly quickly find yourself getting dramatic about it? Or maybe you don’t get worked up,…
Read MoreUnderstanding and acceptance are not the same thing
It’s impossible to go throughout life without experiencing loss, rejection, failure, heartbreak and adversity on some level. Stressful situations happen to everyone. Some things happen suddenly. We’re heading…
Read MoreSelf-Care Is Not Selfish
It’s so easy to sacrifice ourselves, our time, and our bodies for something or someone else. Since coming back from my retreat in CA a month ago, I’ve…
Read MoreKick Self-Sabotage to the Curb
The other day I was talking to my dear friend, Kevin Michael about his dreams and aspirations. “You know,” he said, taking a long, dramatic pause, “this,” and…
Read MoreHow to know the right thing to do in every moment
At some point in our lives, we have wished to be somewhere else, doing something else or with someone else, questioning What If… and If Only This… What…
Read MoreStanding in the middle of all this
Life continually moves through contrasts – rise and fall, success and failure, loss and gain, acceptance and blame. In these moments it’s difficult, if not near-impossible, to keep a…
Read MoreLiving Life is Living Off Course
Last week I flew out to Texas with Dona for YTT Faculty Training. On the plane, I was reading an article about aviation that spoke to the evolution of…
Read MoreLife isn’t always fair
It’s not fair. It’s a phrase that likely has been with us our whole life, to greater and lesser degrees. As children, we learned to use the…
Read MoreSticks & Stones
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me. We’ve all heard this expression as kids – and maybe we even used it growing…
Read MoreIt’s Time You Give Up
“To be what you must, you must give up what you are” -Yusuf Islam Here’s a little-known secret about success: It has nothing to do…
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