Like riding a bicycle, once we learn how to drive a car, our body remembers and we no longer have to think about it. On automatic pilot, we start the car, shift into gear, step on the gas, and off we go. Of course, we check the mirror, look over our shoulder, and watch for [...]
Discovery 2:1 – The Second Step: Seeing Clearly & Letting Go …continued from 7 Steps to Loving What You Do – Discovery 1:9 – We All Want To Be Happy In a flash, in a blink of an eye, in one moment the dissatisfaction we experience in our work life can be transformed into deep [...]
Seeing the Big Picture 2:4 …continued from Reaching Out When I was a child I happily went to church and Sunday School every week, said my prayers nightly, and had many conversations with my friends about God as we tried to grasp the idea that God was not born, He just was; a concept I [...]
The effort that many of us put into not doing something or the time we spend thinking about doing something can be extremely stressful and anxiety producing. If you procrastinate, you probably worry about all the time you’re wasting as you think about getting started. You probably don’t waste as much time as you think [...]
Discovery 1:9 – The First Step: Understanding & Acceptance …continued from 7 Steps to Loving What You Do – Discovery 1:8 – Security in Being the Victim We can be happy, even at work. But first we have to come to a truthful, non-judgmental understanding of why we’re unhappy. It’s easy enough to recognize our [...]
Seeing the Big Picture 2:3 …continued from Fear Were you a happy teenager? Did you like and trust people? If you were anything like me and many other people I know, the answer to these questions would be a resounding NO. When I was a teenager, I had decided that other people, especially adults, could [...]
If You Think You Already Spend Too Much Time Alone There’s a thin line between solitude and isolation, between solitude and loneliness. The quality of the time spent alone separates the one from the other. We are social animals. We need the company of other people. Too much time spent unconnected can be unhealthy, especially [...]
You might wonder why there’s a section here on play. This probably seems like one area of your life where you don’t need help. This is where you know how to be present, mindful, happy, and serene. This is where, whether it be during a tennis or Monopoly game, while running or bowling, you’ve experienced [...]
Discovery 1:8 – The First Step: Understanding & Acceptance …continued from 7 Steps to Loving What You Do – Discovery 1:7 – Blaming You are not separate from your life. Life and the way you live it are not two different things. You do not stand outside your life and watch it happen to you. [...]
