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Here’s How to Build The Life You ENJOY Living
Our life is built on many grounds (or plateaus), many of which aren't ever really our own. We start off as children in a home that is built with a lifestyle we must abide by and our first lessons to stand on. We then go to school and conform to another ground of rules of being - to fit in, to follow rules, to do your work. Then we go into the world and find jobs/careers with rules and environments to follow. These are all grounds that are laid out for us, that we must walk through to eventually find our own. Read More...
An Amazing Life Lesson From a Brain Tumour Survivor
2 years ago I had brain surgery. Now some people might say I am lucky to be alive and I am, but when I was faced with it I framed it as an opportunity. It was scary at first but one the initial shock wore off I thought “how can I go through this and still thrive?” I took it as a positive and not a negative. A chance to grow as a person even though the next year or longer of my life was going to be more different then I would ever know it.
How many things have happened in your life that if you were to frame them a little differently the outcome would have been more positive? Read More...
8 Smart Ways to Make Room for Fun and Passion in Your Life
Very often, time management is considered just as a way to get more done, but in reality, it is something completely different.
In fact, it’s a fine way to integrate the good and enjoyable components in your daily life. And in order to do that, you’ll have to use some solid time management strategies.
I have gone through eight strategies in this post, so make sure to implement the advice in your own life - either as is or by creating your own versions of them.
Take action now and witness the fun and passion come back to your life in no time! Live with passion. Read More...
4 Helpful Tips to Get Back into Yoga After Taking a Break
In my entire life I have never met a yogi who wouldn't take a break from his practice. There comes a point in time when even the most amazing relationships hit a pause. Naturally we go on hiatus and mingle with other issues. I took a break from my yoga practice and wasn't sure if I would ever return to yoga.
Sure enough my yoga mat was gathering dust under the bed for months! But then, something had changed which led me back into my yoga practise... Read More...
One Priceless Love Lesson From a Cheap Tiny Old Ring
One word frees us all of the weight and pain of life: that word is love. — Sophocles
For the past however many years (I honestly can't remember how longs it's been), I've had this on again, off again, relationship with a cheap, gold-painted, little ring. There's nothing particularly amazing about this ring. It wasn’t expensive, and it’s definitely not from Tiffany’s. In fact, I believe I bought it for less than five bucks at Forever 21 (when I was still in the appropriate age bracket to shop there). But for whatever reason, unbeknownst to me, I've grown a strong affection for this cheap, little ring. I wear it all the time, for every occasion, always on the same hand, always on the same finger. The weird thing about this ring is... Read More...
Having Trouble Meditating? Try This
“Turn off your mind, relax and float downstream,” goes the Beatles song: Tomorrow Never Knows. Ever since the Fab Four went to India in 1968 to study transcendental meditation with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the concept of meditation has steadily seeped into Western culture and language.
By far the biggest roadblock for most people is they have trouble getting their mind to turn off. Trying to stop the mind from producing thoughts during mediation is the number one reason people quit in frustration. Having Trouble Meditating? Try This...
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Learning the Importance of Valuing Your Own Choices
I struggled to find myself during my youth; to be brutally honest, I’m still searching. My life is a work in progress. As long as I am moving forward, I feel I am making progress. Have you ever given in to what others think about you, your life and your choices? Did you regret it afterwards because it wasn’t the right thing to do?
I have - too many times to count. I cannot fathom why I would think someone else knows what is best for me in any given situation. Why didn’t I trust my own judgment?
I often wonder if it’s because I could hold someone else accountable if things didn’t turn out well. If I screwed up and made the wrong choice, I’d have no one to blame but myself. The burden of making a choice was off of me if I followed the advice of others. I didn’t want to be ridiculed for making a bad choice. No one wants to hear, “I told you so.” Read More...
How to Make Life More Fun: 3 Great Ideas
Why Do We Need More Leisure and Fun? What does leisure mean to you? Is leisure a part of your everyday life? Can more leisure be incorporated to help you pursue a passion? How to Make Life More Fun: 3 Great Ideas
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Genuine Happiness: 10 Ways to Live Freely in Love
Love is not just a feeling, but a state of being and a way of living everyday…
Having grown up surrounded by fear I longed for freedom and love, but this took finding enough bravery in myself to discover what that really means to be free; authentically me, trusting in love and able to be loved freely! Read More...
6 Steps Towards Peace and Contentment
Once upon a time, there was a season for resolutions and realignment. Nowadays, that season is every day.
This shift of focus created a powerful revolution in my life. I started being nice to myself, forgiving the blemishes, leaving room for growth and encouraging the best. It was a love revolution.
The ugly parts suddenly weren’t so bad, and the bad parts really weren’t so bad after all. Best of all, I felt – well – perfect. Perfect just as is. How did I do it? By following these basic steps....
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3 Things That Really Make Life Worth Living
What Makes Life Worth Living? Things that make life worth living? How to Make Life Worth Living.
I guess we grew accustomed to define ourselves in terms of the things that we own – things that make us feel special and worthy. Things that become an extended version of ourselves.
We also live our lives expecting "big moments" to come and blow our minds away so we can forget about our ordinary and boring day-to-day life... Does it sound familiar? Read More...
What to Do When You Don’t Feel Like Doing Anything
Why We Don't Feel Like Doing Anything?
Have you ever woken up and felt like you don't want to do anything? Energy levels are low, so as your mood and any desire to shift yourself throughout your day using legs...
Why do kids run chasing pigeons in a local park and look so happy, vibrant, energetic and content? Because they find their joy in every step they take and in every movement. They seem to be happy to be able to take themselves from point A to point B. They find joy in every movement because most emotions are created by motion which is absolutely true.
Therefore, the more we move, the better we feel. Read More...
Perfectly Imperfect: Releasing the Shame That Binds You
Shame corrodes the very part of us that believes we are capable of change.
Every day, we get up and we talk about topics that we are comfortable with. We might chit-chat about a movie we saw over the weekend with a friend or talk about our chances for promotion with our husband. Somehow, we manage to talk about our loves, our hopes, even our failures. What we often don't talk about is that insidious feeling that sometimes festers inside us, that makes us feel like we are nothing, that colours our very being. What we can't talk about is a shame. Where Does Shame Come From? How Do We Get Beyond Our Shame?
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How to Go Far in Life With These 5 Effective Intentions
I set the intention to see purple flowers.
I was reading, E-Squared: Nine Do-It-Yourself Experiments That Prove Your Thoughts Change Your Consciousness. I was on the second experiment which called for me to test the power of intention. The experiment required that I actively look for something, anything of my choosing.
As soon as I set the intention, I began to panic. After all, it was wintertime in the city. The predominant colour was gray, surrounded by more gray. It would be nearly impossible to find any flowers at all, let alone the prized and rare purple ones... But I did find them.
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Morning Practice: Waking Up Everyday on Top of the World
Waking Up is More Than Just The Physical Act of Coming Out of a Sleep State...
Don’t be afraid to see what you see, hear what you hear, think what you think, or feel what you feel.
Wake up. Notice how things grow. Don’t be afraid to see what you see, hear what you hear, think what you think, or feel what you feel. Attend sunrises. – Douglas Wood Read More...
Discover the World: 4 Reasons to Embrace Slow Travel
Slow travel is something that really used to be the only way to really travel until around a century ago, when transport developed to make international travel an everyday occurrence, but there are many now who are revisiting slow travel and making the choice not to take the quickest route through to every destination.
This approach can range from those who take hiking or cycling holidays, covering a relatively short distance every day, to those who stay in each destination for an extended period of time.
Slow travel is not just about getting to enjoy certain aspects of a destination, but it also offers opportunities and experiences that can genuinely make a big difference to your everyday life. Read More...
Tough Times: On Searching and Finding The Strength That You Need
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
There are many people that I have known, and many that I know still, who are searching for something – that thing that is going to make them happy, that idea that will tip the scales in the direction of abundance, that person who make them feel like they matter. Read More...
Dreams Come True: How I Met Amazing Elizabeth Gilbert
I’m choosing happiness over suffering, I know I am. I’m making space for the unknown future to fill...
Why High Expectations Lead to Success Instead of Disappointment
We’re told that we need to “keep our feet on the ground” and to be practical.
We are guided to follow the traditional cycle of life: Be born, go to school, get a job that pays the bills, marry, have children, raise the children to follow the same cycle, retire, and watch TV until it’s time to die.
And while society condemns having high expectations of success, it accepts and even encourages expectations of failure. Read More...
How to Create the Reality You Want
The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience. – Emily Dickinson How to Create...