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How to Create the Reality You Want
The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience. – Emily Dickinson How to Create...
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A Question to Ask Yourself Every Day: Are You Happy?
I am going to ask you one very simple question. Please try to answer right away and without thinking... give call your answer out loud and to the best of your ability.
ARE YOU HAPPY?
The Appreciation We Have for Many Other Aspects of our Lives are Affected by our Immediate Circumstances... Read More...
Accepting and Loving Yourself: Exactly the Thing That You Need
I believe narcissism is a big piece of the puzzle. For a long time, I held back from loving myself because I thought it was selfish and narcissistic. I thought to be a good person; you should concentrate on loving and taking care of other people. I thought if I was a good enough person, then someone else would discover my goodness and maybe decide I was loveable too. Then, I thought, I would feel loved.
I understand now that being narcissistic is actually the exact opposite of self-love. Being narcissistic means living in service to the person you think you “should” be, rather than unconditionally loving yourself just the way you are!
Do you find it challenging to truly love and take care of yourself? Read More...
Attract the Love You Desire With the Power of Choice
I went to Brazil to find myself, and I found love.
Was it always easy? NO. There were many seemingly insurmountable obstacles to John and I being together and making it work. And 10 years later, that insurmountable love is brighter, stronger and lovelier than ever.
When we make a commitment to choose love—just unabashedly choose love—the universe will answer us.
Does it always show up in the perfect little package we expect? No, not always. But if our energy and vibration is pure, consistent and true—it will come to us.
Love is our natural state. Love is the truth of who we really are. Love is our birthright. Read More...
How to Become The Best Version of Yourself
When you’re in your last days on Earth, you’ll never, ever think to yourself “I wish I’d waited longer.”
Time and life won’t hold off until you’re ready.
Wrapped up in our “success bubbles”, it’s easy to forget we’re not invincible. That something could happen in an hour/month/year from now that could make your lifelong dreams impossible.
Take it from me. I woke up one morning to arthritis that kept me bedridden for six months. For the first time, all those things I’d been waiting for – a life between NYC and NZ, a career I loved, and the happiness I craved – almost disappeared.
Are you ready for that reality?
Then there are the long-term effects of life dreams on the back burner. We gradually become more and more stuck in place, and watch our motivation fizzle. We become frustrated, bored, and run down. Read More...
Deep Listening: Taking a Sure Path to Authentic Relationships
I found the deep listening exercise challenging but also incredibly liberating! I was no longer focused on myself. I was instead focused on the storytellers, and my purpose was to seek a deep understanding of their experiences.
The Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh has spoken often of the power of deep listening. He explained: “Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person. You can call it compassionate listening. You listen with only one purpose: to help him or her to empty his heart.”
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What We Should Learn About Love Right Now
Since the early age I was frequently told that there will come a day when, after some good chasing, longing, yearning and the ultimate hide and seek game, probably, if I am lucky enough, I will find that notorious "other half".
Since the early age the idea that I am not WHOLE enough, not complete enough was haunting me. That idea of "INCOMPLETENESS" looked like a sad goon that would never leave my side. Back then I didn't know that I was deeply conditioned, tricked into a blind belief that in order to feel whole and complete I have to go and find my "other half". Meaning that I would have to accept the notion that my happiness/unhappiness is dependent on another person.
Does it sound familiar?
Subconsciously I felt resentment towards the idea that I needed someone to complete me in order to be truly happy but I couldn't quite figure out how to put that feeling into solid words. Read More...
45 Movies That Will Change The Way You See The World
1.The Pursuit of Happyness (By Gabriele Muccino) 2006
2. A Good Year (Ridley Scott) 2006
3. Pay It Forward (Mimi Leder) 2000
4. Stranger Than Fiction (Marc Forster) 2006
5. Knocking On Heaven’s Door (Thomas Jahn) 1997
6. Feast of Love (Robert Benton) 2007
7. Sweet November (Pat O’Connor) 2001
8. The Lake House (Alejandro Agresti) 2006
9. The Truman Show (Peter Weir) 1998
10. The Family Man (Brett Ratner) 2000 Read More...
7 Simple Daily Actions to Boost Your Self-Confidence
Let's talk about self-confidence in depth. Have you ever looked in the mirror and didn’t feel happy with what was reflecting back? Maybe you weren’t happy with your body? Maybe you weren’t happy with your life? Or Maybe you weren’t happy with who you have become? Read More...
10 Places of Iceland That Will Take your Breath Away
When I think of Iceland, I think of the movie with brilliant Marilyn Monroe called ‘Some Like it Hot’ and it yanks out a contradicting idea of ‘some like it cold’ or even both!
Iceland is worldwide famous for its beautiful and breathtaking waterfalls, dramatic landscapes, stunning volcanic beaches with black sand, hot springs, geysers, beautiful rivers, icebergs, lagoons, whale watching adventures and much more…
If you are passionate about natural wonders of Earth and you always dreamed about going somewhere rather unusual for your nature admiring fix – Iceland is one of the most beautiful countries on Earth. And here’s why... Read More...
How to Define Your Core Values in 4 Easy Steps
Your habits become your values, Your values become your destiny. ― Mahatma Gandhi I was at the end...
When Thoughts Pull You in Different Directions, Do This
Have you ever driven from Point A to Point B and not remembered the drive? Or have you ever got off the phone with someone and forget what you just talked about with them? Or have you ever been so worried and anxious about the future that you miss out on what's happening in the present? You may even felt stuck like you can't see a solution to a problem and all you think about is the problem and you miss what's happening around you.
If any of this sounds familiar to you, you are... Read More...
10 Honest Reasons You Should Be Your Own Boss
I vividly remember the agony of dragging my butt out of bed at 6:30AM, trekking it 1km to the subway, to stand squished in the human cattle car that wreaked of burnt coffee and morning breath. This daily commute was then followed by 9 tortuously long hours of hating my life. It took all of two weeks for me to realize this outrageously constrictive lifestyle was not for me... Read More...
Staying Happy No Matter What: 5 Simple Steps
Life is hectic. Sometimes it becomes so overwhelming that we hardly have a chance to catch our breath trying to keep our mind calm and stress-free. Deadlines, new projects, new assignments, goals, dreams and our desire to succeed make our mind race against the time exhausting it in the process. We go to bed with a list of things we failed to do; we wake up with a list that doubles. The whole experience is extremely energy draining, and it establishes stress and unrest in your life. Read More...
6 Amazing Life Lessons From A Very Unusual Teacher
Unlike Scooby-Doo, my dog makes sense when she talks to me. Holly is a five-year-old white lab, and like Scooby, she loves treats and will never pass up a tummy rub. Like Mr. Miyagi from the Karate Kid movies, she imparts wisdom in the most unlikely ways. The knowledge she bestows upon me helps as I travel toward a more full and fulfilling life. Read More...
Discovering Yourself In The Last Place You Could Have Imagined
People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not...
How to See 1 Problem From 2 Viewpoints at Once
There are two sides to every story. – Unknown Every time life gets difficult I blame God. Each...
Playground Rules: 7 Lessons Children Teach Us
As adults, we’re often preoccupied with thoughts on how we should shape our children: What techniques can we use to influence their behavior? How can we effectively guide their attitude towards others? What examples should we set for them?
Rarely do we pause to consider the lessons children can teach us. Simply observe a child, and you’ll learn several of the most important instructions on life and love. Read More...
Mistakes Are Proof That You Are Trying
We have all been there... we all made mistakes: big and little ones. From "pink elephant in the room" to seamless yet vital ones. We can all show a scar or two as a result of those invaluable life lessons. Some people grow stronger and stay positive no matter what happened yesterday. Some people, including me, sometimes feel so petrified with the outcome of some actions that taking another step is like walking and shaking on the rope that's been stretched over the chasm of uncertainty down below. Read More...
The Little Guide to Contentedness
“When you are discontent, you always want more, more, more. Your desire can never be satisfied. But when...
Films to watch over the weekend: 3 suggestions
Everything I learned I learned from the movies. ― Audrey Hepburn I always loved movies as far as I...