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How to transform your limiting beliefs (with mind-hacking questions)
The beliefs you carry are nothing more than psychological rules that shape your thoughts and create the filter you perceive reality through. Limiting beliefs are what keep you confined to a reality that no longer serves you. They're what hold you back in your...
Do You Think Good Things Don’t Come Easy?
Listen to the full audio version of "Do You Think That Good Things Don't Come Easy" Somewhere along the way, we began to say things like good things don't come easy. Rather than considering that sentence as a guiding light showing us that sometimes change is hard, we...
Learning to Honor Suffering
Listen to the audio version of "Learning to Honor Suffering" If you are doing something to avoid pain, then pain is running your life. Quote by Michael Singer Darkness naturally exists as a divine polarity to light. Yet many people spend their...
Train your brain to create new habits: reprogram your subconscious mind
We've all done it before... we sign up for a gym membership or 5 AM yoga class. And for a while, we're doing great! We feel so good about ourselves for this new productive habit we've picked up. Then, life happens... Work gets stressful, or even worse a family member...
AI: Everything you NEED to know about Artificial Intelligence today
Are robots about to take over the world? Artificial intelligence, or AI, has been a buzzword for over a decade but has only recently become part of regular conversation. If you've gotten wind of how insane AI is about to become, you might be left wondering, "why THE...
The neuroscience of flow PLUS its dark side in business and life
The science of what happens to our body in a flow state (neurochemistry of flow): This article is part II of last month's post about flow: What flow means in positive psychology. If you haven't heard of flow, I recommend first reading "What flow means in positive...
The Beautiful Art of the Flow State
In positive psychology, flow is the term used to describe the feeling of being in the zone. You know the feeling I'm talking about. It's when you lose yourself in a project and hours turn into seconds. It's how athletes make seemingly impossible tasks look effortless....
Using emotional intelligence (EQ) to change your life
"Our feelings are not there to be cast out or conquered. They're there to be engaged and expressed with imagination and intelligence." -- T.K. Coleman Have you noticed that most job applications require "absolutely NO ego"?...
How to budget your money and set your life up for financial success
Have you ever gotten to the end of the month and wondered where the hell all your money went? This little mishap becomes a problem when it turns into a regular habit. It's scary how easy it is to lose track of your spending. $10 subscription here, $2 there, makeup...
How to get what you want
No time to read? Listen to this post below: “I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way, we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.” - Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha We all want to know how...
3 ways to control seasonal allergies
Seasonal allergies are a pain in the ass and they’ve shown up this year strong as ever. According to the Allergy and Asthma Foundation, an estimated 50 million people in America regularly suffer from some form of allergies. (1) Unfortunately, most of the things that...
Top 10 Detoxifying Foods
If you don't take care of your body, where are you going to live? Antioxidants. Detox. We hear these words thrown around all the time. We know we should be eating more foods with antioxidants to help us detox, but are you aware of why? Antioxidants help protect your...
Dealing with a difficult personality? Here are 3 ways to make it work
The difficult people who we encounter can be our greatest teachers. Eileen Anglin Do you cringe as much as me when you reminisce on difficult personalities you've dealt with before? It's one thing to come across a rough personality when we're going about our day and...
The vagus nerve is the nerve you need to know about
To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions. ― Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Have you read The Secret? I read it for the first time 8 years ago in my freshman year of college. It forced me to notice how negative...
4 money lessons our parents grew up with that we didn’t
The money lessons we were raised on are wildly different than what our parents grew up with. We have investment apps, financial management apps, and bank statements at the click of our fingers. Money can be made anywhere today and by doing almost anything. I'm pretty...
Follow your dreams by using these 7 important lessons
“Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits” - Thomas Edison. What's the point of living if not to follow your dreams? This morning I looked back at the second post I wrote on this site. I had absolutely no direction for my blog, but I knew I wanted to write....
How to prevent and restore a vitamin D deficiency
This past week I felt sluggish, irritable, and like I was constantly fighting a cold coming on. I'm currently sitting in the sun on one of the first warm days in a while. I still don't feel 100%, but I know this is exactly what I need to feel better. Feeling sluggish,...
Why you should be using the best money management app ever: Mint review
I’m a huge fan of taking advantage of modern resources to streamline my life and provide more time for the things I really care about. Mint is a perfect solution to ease stress and streamline monotonous tasks. When I first started tracking my expenses, I found myself...
4 steps to help you STOP worrying about your life’s purpose
He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how - Friedrich Nietzsche Is not knowing your life's purpose a huge weight on your shoulders? Does thinking about your purpose make you cringe? Would you rather avoid the question completely? If you answered yes to any...
Do your health issues stem from a magnesium deficiency?
Magnesium deficiency is one of the most common deficiencies in western society, yet magnesium is one of the most important minerals in the body. It's essential for maintaining normal muscle and nerve function, as well as keeping a healthy immune system, maintaining...
Why you should pay off your student loan debt before investing
I was reading through Ellevest’s financial insights (a kick-ass firm that supports diversifying a portfolio based on a woman’s needs and lifestyle). The founder talked through the importance of recent grads PAYING OFF their high-interest debt BEFORE investing. In this...
Are you feeling stuck in life or on a project? Here are 5 steps to help you move forward
It happens to all of us. We're moving happily through our lives then all of a sudden we find ourselves procrastinating a big move, a next step, or a dire project and feeling horrible because of it. The worst part is that we're usually unaware of what it is that's...
10 mood-boosting foods
Let food be thy medicine, thy medicine shall be thy food. - Hippocrates If you live in the tristate area, you’ll definitely understand when I say I need a serious increase in mood-boosting foods lately. I mean really, why doesn’t it feel like spring yet?! I wrote...
Are you paying yourself FIRST?
I began writing today’s post on the topic of diversifying. It made sense to go there after speaking about the basics of assets last week. Then it hit me that I haven’t written about the basics of all basics. Save your damn money. From a book that has withstood time in...