Last year, I posted the following on Facebook as one of my Happy Monday People posts. ‘I’m just killing time…..’ How many times have you heard and used this expression? I think it should be banned from our vocabulary. Those 10 minutes...
The Self-Improvement Trap
Many of us are interested in self-improvement, self-help, personal development or whatever you want to call it. But how many of you fallen into the self-improvement TRAP?! This trap is the fine line between self-improvement and self-degradation. The fine line between...
Clarity is…. synchronicity
It’s February. Traditionally here in the northeast part of the United States, it’s frigid, blustery and white. The sun only shines when it wants to. The ground is hard. The ice creeps up at whim, This is also the time of year spent on reflection. Reflection of our...
Silver Linings
Finding silver linings! `Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining’ is a metaphor commonly used, describing optimism for something that on face value appears negative. However, how easy is it to find the silver lining or to encourage someone to find it for themselves? The flow...
Recollection of Gratitude
A strong feeling of gratitude washed over me as I was talking with a friend recently about how much it seems parents today do so much for their kids. Yes, my parents helped me out when they could but when I was going through college and after, I was very much on my...
“What Makes You Happy?”
A question of happiness What makes you happy? A random fellow traveller asked me this question when we recently crossed paths in Myanmar. It was a question I have asked myself at regular intervals throughout my life, sometimes by volition and sometimes not. CBT...
To Be Happy, Be Authentic
What does it mean to be authentic? Authenticity is when what’s inside you, is what comes out of you. I don’t mean your guts and innards – that would be a bit weird! I mean your deepest thoughts, feelings, desires and truth. It’s akin to honesty. It’s about not hiding,...
Riding the Current
I love surfing movies. Whether it’s FBI agents tracking down surfing bank robbers, a lost youth grieving his father through the curl, or my personal favorite, shark-victim girl surfing her way to spiritual healing. I love them all. I’ve never actually surfed myself....
Why I’m Letting Go of my Infatuation with Intuition
I always had an infatuation with intuition. I saw it as an inner guide, the voice of my true self, with answers to all the questions that befuddled me. If only I could nurture a reliable connection to this secret hideout of wisdom. If only I could tune up its voice in...
Clarity is … delicious!
Delicious The short definition of ‘delicious’ is, “highly pleasing to the senses’. It’s that time of year when people become aware of what they’re eating in combination with how much exercise they’re getting. Recipes have been all over the web for weeks now. Every...