Your Subconscious LOVES to Play… (mind games with you) I was talking to a client the other day about the “old stuff” that keeps coming up and getting in the way of her happiness. As we were talking about that, she said that an image of a rotting flower bulb came to mind. “How fabulous!” […]
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Competitive Meditation? A favorite spiritual writer of mine (okay, it’s Eknath Easwaran if you must know) said that to cultivate more spirituality in life we should have meditation competitions rather than sports competitions. The idea struck me interesting in the abstract, but more than a little impractical. How, after all, could you judge a competition […]
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If I’m Not My Body, Who Am I? Not long ago I had the most scrumptious dream that I woke up in an entirely different body. It was a fun physique—younger, leaner, and more athletic than mine, with long luscious brunette hair that I couldn’t wait to wash and style in order to see what […]
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Inspiration: Emotional, Mental or Soul? Like most things in life, the word “inspiration” has different flavors for different people. When I looked “inspiration” up in the dictionary for clarification, it is listed as meaning, “the act or power of moving the intellect or emotions.” But just beneath it, the word “inspire” means “to influence or […]
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How Do I Make My Workday More Mindful? This is a great question because more mindfulness in your workday helps make both yourself and your business even more successful. One study showed that just a 5% increase in mindfulness doubles your productivity. When you work for yourself, that’s a huge time and energy savings. When […]
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Why Affirmations Don’t Work Chances are you’ve heard about affirmations and how they help you perform better, but did you know that positive self-talk statements like “I can do this!” are not as effective as we’ve all been told? Sure, they are way better than negative self talk (“I’ll never be able to do this!”), […]
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