Category: Personal Empowerment
Mental Digestion: Trust Your Gut
When experiencing a digestion problem, we often think of food as the culprit. While the quality of our food definitely is a factor in this equation, we usually overlook the true villain—STRESS.
Go to a doctor for digestive symptoms, and it’s likely you will come home with a prescription (or three) to reduce acid reflux, stimulate the digestive track, and probably even “treat” anxiety or depression.
Stepping Away from the (Stress) Cliff
Imagine you are walking down the sidewalk and you trip. There would be a mild anxiety reaction and you’d recover quickly.
Now, imagine you were walking two feet from the edge of a cliff and you tripped. You would be terrified, and your body would go into complete panic.
Now, imagine a time when you were feeling pretty good—things were going well—and someone you love left dishes on the table or you were stuck in traffic. These situations were mild irritants.
Taking Flight: A Transformation Story
When a caterpillar approaches its time of transformation, it begins to eat ravenously, consuming everything in sight. The caterpillar outgrows its own skin many times, until it is too bloated to move. It turns its world on its head as it attaches itself upside-down to a branch and forms a chrysalis. This gentle encasing limits its freedom and protects it during the duration of the metamorphosis.
The Mindset and Strategy for Achieving Goals That Actually Works
Goal setting is so much a key to success that it’s cliché. We know it, but most of us don’t do it. First, we want you to know that this is NOT just another lousy goal-setting program. This is the exact process we use to exceed our goals year after year and coach thousands of […]
Question Your BS: Banish Limiting Beliefs and Excuses
They are habits of thought that we think automatically about aspects of life because we assume they are true. It is important to question your beliefs because the truth is that just because you believe them doesn’t make them true. You probably used to believe something that you don’t believe anymore. That’s good news because if some of what you believe is limiting you, you can change it!
Your Hero’s Journey
If you’ve ever watched a move or read a story, you know that at the center of every story is a hero. This hero isn’t usually a superhero who is endowed with super-human powers. In most cases, the hero is an ordinary person who either has to rise to the occasion when life throws them a catastrophe or who has to face their demons in order to create a better life.
Thoughts 101: How Thoughts Create Emotions and Stuff
Emotions aren’t inherently right or wrong. They are your body’s response to what you are thinking—whether you’re thinking consciously or unconsciously. That’s right: thoughts create emotions. Your belief systems and unconscious patterns are often running on autopilot, leading to emotions that feel random or hard to explain.
Experience Your Dreams NOW: How to Manifest Emotional Fulfillment Without Waiting
Everything we want is because we believe it will make us feel the way we desire: good, or at least better. Everything. And this is why desire has a bad reputation. Some even believe that desire is the root of suffering. This is true, but only if you define desire as “wanting something you don’t have.”
Shed Your Shell and Embrace Change (Lessons from a Soft Shell Crab)
I was sitting on the dock in the back of my house watching the light reflect on the water and listening to the egrets calling in the mangroves. I was on the tail end of a period of several months in which I had been undergoing intense internal healing. I say healing now, but at the time, from the outside I may have seemed like a recluse, and internally I feared that I had finally gone crazy.
Are You a Quitter or a Hope-er? How to Overcome Setbacks and Stay Committed
On the path to any meaningful goal, one thing is guaranteed: setbacks. They come in many forms—unexpected delays, discouragement, or simple lack of motivation. The key to success lies not in avoiding them, but in overcoming setbacks with resilience and purpose. This is where your true growth happens.
