We are told from a young age from our protective parents, teachers, clergy, doctors, and media that the world can be a dangerous place, filled with dangerous people.
In my opinion, the most dangerous type of person is the Know-It-All.
The...
You have strengths. You may or may not be aware of them, but you have them. They might include curiosity, playfulness, compassion, kindness, patience, discipline, perseverance, honesty, or determination, to name a few.
Using your strengths...
I like to keep my house pretty clean.
By no means is it immaculate. I have the odd dust bunny scampering around, dusty book shelves, and a variable sized laundry pile on any given day. But for the most part, I wouldn’t feel the need to...
People. They can be so hurtful. They can be judgemental, condescending, angry, pitying, patronizing. They can express their low faith in you. They can lie about you. They can gossip about you. They can say things you disagree with. They can drive...
I’m an improvement-junkie. I’m addicted to fixing problems, improving my life, and building myself to be better.
This tendency in me seems to have brought me to where I am now personally and professionally; I want to believe it...
Did you know that you are always building some habits?
Whether you are aware of it or not, you are building a postural habit right now!
Right now, in this moment, you are in some sort of posture. You might be sitting, standing, or laying...
Every week, I join a virtual class with people from all over the world. There are students from Europe, Australia, California, Virginia, Colorado, and of course Canada. While everything outside my windows is covered in yet another layer of snow, I...
Does money buy happiness?
We are told that it doesn’t. The path of growth would tell us that we don’t need things to be happy.
But I’m not sure it’s so black and white.
If we were to give to a homeless...
Christmas. It’s the season of warm, fuzzy feelings. It’s the season of giving, loving, and caring.
Or is it?
Let’s look at the evidence.
Impatience and irritation. It used to be that at Christmas, we’d have...
Our culture claims that we reach adulthood when we are 18. Happy 18th birthday; you were a child yesterday, but today you are an adult.
Right?
Not really.
According to developmental psychology, less than 2% of individuals actually reach mature...
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