I was talking to my friend Natalie Tucker Miller and we talked about how summer was ending, meaning a return to “normal” after residing in a summer state of mind. Here’s the thing though…we both work for ourselves. We don’t have to work Monday-Friday, 9-5. We can choose when, where and how we work. We [...]
Archive for August, 2009
Keeping a Summer State of Mind
Posted in Choices, Happiness, Reflections, Thinking Differently, fun, tagged Choices, curiosity, freedom, happy, possibility, vacation, wonder on August 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Take a laughter break
Posted in Happiness, fun, tagged laughter, Life balance, YouTube on August 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
My friend, John Dealey, believes we should all laugh each and every day. According to John, “Laughing can be a total body workout! Current research indicates that laughing 100 times is equal to ten minutes on the rowing machine or fifteen minutes on an exercise bike.” He encourages everyone to take a laughter break for [...]
Getting Ready for Money & You
Posted in Making Myself Over From the Inside Out, Seminars and Trainings, Success, Workshops, personal development, tagged Jack Canfield, Money & You, Success on August 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m getting ready to head off to San Diego later this week, to attend the Money & You workshop. As part of the preparation, I had to complete the DISC profile, and I’ll be getting the results at the seminar.
Over the past 30 years, through her programs, her organization has shown many successful entrepreneurs how [...]
How to Stop Beating Yourself Up
Posted in Choices, Failure, Thinking Differently, stress, tagged Choices, obstacles, blame, acknowledgement, journal on August 22, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I find myself saying one thing over and over to people: “don’t beat yourself up.” Why is is that people are so determined to blame themselves for every little perceived failing? We beat ourselves up when we deviate from our diet, forget to call someone, or don’t do something perfectly.
It’s counterproductive. When you lay blame [...]
It’s futile to resist
Posted in Choices, Life balance, Thinking Differently, personal development, stress, tagged Change, Choices, comfort zone, enlightenment on August 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In Brian Johnson’s Philosopher’s Notes email this morning he quotes Dan Millman from Everyday Enlightenment:
“The only problem in your life is your mind’s resistance to life as it unfolds.”
Not surprisingly, I totally agree. It doesn’t mean that we don’t have any actual problems…illness, financial problems, relationship problems are all very real. What it does [...]
An interview about the Passion Test
Posted in personal development, tagged Janet Attwood, passion, Passion Test on August 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m taking the day off from blogging, but in the meantime, here’s a 2007 morning show interview with Janet and Chris Attwood, authors of the Passion Test.
Tapping into Your Passions
Posted in Choices, Making Myself Over From the Inside Out, personal development, tagged Janet Attwood, passion, The Passion Test, TruValues, Values on August 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I read somewhere that four out of five Americans are unhappy with their lives, and especially with the work that they do. Just surveying the people around me, I can see that even if it’s three out of five, it’s all too true. And it’s not even that they are not passionate about what they’re [...]
Being Patient About Being Patient
Posted in Change, Reflections, tagged patience on August 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Patience is the greatest of all virtues. Cato the Elder (234 BC – 149 BC)
Last week, I wrote about starting where you are, and from there, taking it one step at a time as you begin to gain clarity and evolve. The challenge for many, me included, is to take it slowly and not [...]
Go Stretch Yourself
Posted in Change, Choices, Making Myself Over From the Inside Out, OnGrowing, Thinking Differently, personal development, tagged comfort zone, stretching on August 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I took a “Saturday Stretch” class today. At first it’s slightly uncomfortable, but then it feels really good to stretch out the kinks and body tension from a week of sitting on the phone or at the computer in my office. Stretching is really good for the body…elongating those muscles and opening up the joints [...]
I’m Not Perfect, You’re Not Perfect….Perfect!
Posted in Making Myself Over From the Inside Out, Reflections on August 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’m not perfect. (And have never claimed to be, except maybe to my children when they were young.) So I’m not sure if it’s flattering or funny that I’ve received several emails from people reading this blog, saying something along the lines of “it’s such a relief to know that even you aren’t perfect.”
No, I’m [...]
