Posts tagged Personal life

Happiness Doesn’t Happen By Accident

I’m amazed at how often I encounter unhappy people on a daily basis. In the grocery store, at the movies, in a restaurant, and around town. And yet, just as often in those very same places, I encounter people who are happy.
What’s the difference? What magic formula have the happy people found that the unhappy [...]

3 Ways To Survive The Holidays

Holidays

The holidays can be tough for most everyone. It seems that the time for us to celebrate being with family and friends–the time to create “Peace on Earth”–is also the time of the year that creates the most stress. Why is this?
It seems that the stress comes from inside. We set up expectations for ourselves [...]

The Top Two Ways To Reduce Your Stress

It’s easy to get caught up in all of the stress these days. The world seems to be on the verge of “A Great Global Change”. This realignment is affecting everyone is different ways, but especially in the overall level of stress that some people are experiencing as a result of all of the change. [...]

Don’t Try This At Home

Sometimes, you have to get out into the world. It’s easy to find yourself set in the same motions and patterns of behavior day in and day out. In order to break some of those habits, you have to do things differently.
This may seem obvious, but how often do you actually practice it? How often [...]

Stop Thinking, Start Living

Spiritual tools are great. I use them everyday. But the truth is that believing requires action, not thinking.
Sure, meditation is great. But service and action is better.
If you’re thinking about your life and how to change, here’s an idea. Don’t think about how to change your life, just start living the life you’re meant to [...]

What Dreams May Come (And Go)

Somewhere in my youth or childhood, I had many dreams of what my life would be like when I finally grew up. Well, the growing up part seems to have arrived far too soon for my tastes. But what happened to all of the dreams I had? Interestingly, I went to a high school seminary [...]

3 Things You Need To Do To Live The Life Of Your Dreams

Are you living the life of your dreams? If so, you can completely skip this post and move on to other things with your life.  But, if you feel like your life isn’t quite what you want it to be, perhaps these tips can help.
1. Know what your dreams are.
In my coaching practice, I am [...]

Welcome to the Positive.

What Channel Are You Watching? It’s a question we should ask ourselves more often. It’s easy to be in the middle of our day somewhere and realize that we’ve spent so much time worrying about other people’s lives–the car who cut us off in traffic, the person on the cell phone while we were waiting [...]