A number of my posts over the years have brought up the idea of sustainable behaviour with regard to the environment. Today, I’d like to discuss another aspect of sustainability, that being how sustainability is important when we’re looking at our Self-maintenance. I think the concept of
Read more →Are you stressed out? If you wound up here after a search for stress management, probably so. If stress is the bad news, the good news is that there are a few really useful ways of dealing with it. The first thing you’ll want to figure out is
Read more →I lost my mom to cancer in 2006. I’m definitely not alone when it comes to having been touched by this disease. As we march forward in our cultural evolution, we seem to be getting it more wrong than right with regard to the toxicants to which
Read more →Those of you who actively follow the metaphysical/Self-Help realm will probably already know of the sudden passing of Dr. Wayne W. Dyer. Wayne Dyer had a profound influence on me and my thinking over the years. When I first saw his PBS special on the power of
Read more →Our mental chatter tends to define most of us. That busy-ness of forward and backward, of reminiscence and contemplating innumerable futures, nicely defines a mind that is strongly identifying with its own noise. It is in this identifying with our internal chatter that we learn to identify
Read more →Top o’ the mornin’ to ya! I had an uncharacteristically late night last night. This morning, I’m feeling exhausted, despite getting a solid 7 hours of sleep. The problem? I’m experiencing the equivalent of jet lag by shifting my sleep/wake cycle three hours later than usual. The
Read more →How do you talk to yourself? When you look in the mirror, do you shower yourself with love and praise or do you pick out (and on) a perceived deficiency de jour? I wish I could say that I always shower myself with positive vibes, but a few
Read more →There is no real way for us to strictly define what is happiness for all people. Sure, we can choose some vaguely defined words to add clarity to what we mean, but the fact is that how I define happy for me probably differs somewhat from how you
Read more →How much credence you give to your voice — your knowledge — often has a lot to do with how much you recognize, honour and respect yourself and your skills. Unfortunately, it’s far too common for a great many people to feel as though they’re frauds, despite
Read more →What are you doing to consciously create your happiness? Think about it for a moment. What did you do in the last 24 hours that was specifically geared towards the long-term building of your happiness? If the answer was nothing, you’re among the majority. And you’re missing a
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