SPIRITUAL GROWTH
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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"?...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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Siddhartha – by Hermann Hesse: a book review and thought provoking takeaways
We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps. - Siddhartha, Hermann Hesse Have you read Siddhartha? So many realizations hit me throughout this short 150-page book. It’s a beautiful story that I will...
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Practice: 90 Second Anxiety Relief and Sleep Aid
You can't afford to get sick, and you can't depend on the present health care system to keep you well. It's up to you to protect and maintain your body's innate capacity for health and healing by making the right choices in how you live" - Andrew Weil This practice is...
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Why IIN was the best decision I ever made (and how it’s still impacting my life 2 years later)
The best investment you can make is in yourself - Warren Buffet When I graduated from college over four years ago (whaaat) I immediately jumped into an internship in pharmaceutical advertising. I had the feeling I wasn’t fit for corporate life every day,...
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The Zahir – Paulo Coelho: a book review
I developed (this practice) of releasing my story, AND finally found my mantra while reading 'The Zahir' by Paulo Coehlo. That's a solid read in my books 🙂 The Zahir is a fiction story, which feels way more like nonfiction. The narrator is a famous (spiritual) writer...
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Practice: How I Release The Weight of My Old Story
I wrote in (this post) about what led me to develop this practice. This practice was derived from a combination of what I've learned from meditation practices, yoga classes, Eckhart Tolle, Paulo Coelho's (The Zahir), and Tony Robbins' visualization techniques. I do...
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Creativity
It's dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly - Aldous Huxley I write and take photos all the time. I sit there editing something I know will never be any good. Most of the time it doesn’t go anywhere. I don’t know if anyone will ever read my...
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Left With More Than Selfie After My Hair Appointment
"Everything that happens is the best possible thing that can happen to me" – Zen and the Art of Happiness I was stuck in a creative funk until I met with a friend of mine. My friend reminded me of the overarching part of myself that I’ve worked very hard to build....
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