The First Step to Getting over ANYTHING
The human experience is full of great stuff like creativity, miracles, connection with others, laughter and dark chocolate. And because we evolve through contrast, our experience also includes...
View Article7 Tips for Avoiding Procrastination. Without Delay is the Easiest Way.
Going to the gym. Practicing a new skill when you have no skill. Giving bad news. Dealing with tech support. We all have to make ourselves do things that we just don’t want to do. Here are some tricks...
View ArticleWhy Self Care Is Not Selfish
Why do thoughts and acts of self care fill many of us with guilt and shame? Why may we struggle with self care and how can we improve things for our self? The term and concept of self care is common...
View ArticleTo say “I Love You”
To say “I love you because of WHO you are – e.g. a great spouse, a best friend, a good colleague” means nothing. When you see the “who,” you don’t see the truth, but an idol which you made with certain...
View ArticleRepaying the Earth With Love
Dear Mother Earth, How are you? (It’s been a while, I know.) I apologize for being so distant lately. I admit, I’ve been feeling a bit disconnected over the years. Too much time within four concrete...
View ArticleLove Is Real When It Is Hard
I hugged him tight, feeling the warmth and familiarity of his embrace. Many happy moments with him flushed into my mind – the times we trekked, we walked hand in hand on the street, we chilled together...
View ArticleThe Truth Is a Terrible Thing, but Not Compared to Falsehood.
Reality isn’t just what someone tells you. They could be lying to you, or they just might be speaking from their own limited perspective. We know this, right? We can’t just accept at face value...
View Article15 Essential Skills They Don’t Teach You In College
This is what I wish: that my daughters don’t go to school. I offered my oldest the very prestigious “Altucher Fellowship”. Never awarded before. Only awarded to her. Basically it says: do exactly what...
View ArticleErase Fearful Feelings from Your Life
Any seemingly scary condition in your life, whatever it may be, is not the real problem. It’s your reaction to it that has you shaking. Which is why, if you’ll become truly conscious of a fearful...
View Article[LIGHT WORK] Friends, Lovers, and Therapy
I asked about a zillion people what they wanted more of in their lives. The #1 craving, by far: more fulfilling FRIENDSHIPS. We’re connection starved, we know this. Let me give you a peek into my own...
View ArticleHow to Use Tapping Therapy To Eliminate Fear, Anxiety & Achieve Your Goals
Tapping Therapy intensely powerful tool that can help you quickly get over your biggest fears and help achieve all of your goals. Thirty-four years ago, clinical psychologist Dr. Roger Callahan—the...
View ArticleI Bet Your Man Isn’t as Good at Listening as He Thinks
While working with couples in my marriage therapy practice, I’ve recently heard a number of guys claim they are very good listeners, which makes the wives burst out in laughter. It’s really great...
View ArticleTime’s Up: The Critical Need to Redefine “Sexy”
Every day we drive past billboards and flip through magazines and watch commercials on television all showing us attractive people with similar sexy characteristics, but have you ever stopped to...
View ArticleStop Being Manipulated Now! (For Empaths + Nice People)
Does your kind and compassionate heart – your generosity – ever leave you feeling like a sucker? I’m talking about feeling manipulated or used in your life by others. Do you over-give and...
View ArticleIf You Know You “Should” but Just Aren’t . . . Read This!
One of the most frustrating things for me is when I know what I need to do to get the results I want but I am just NOT doing it – either at all or consistently enough. Does this ever happen to you? You...
View ArticleMy Best Advice for Graduates: 12 Tips for A Happy Life
Graduation season is fast approaching. This time last year my daughter Eliza was getting ready to graduate from high school. The days are long, but the years are short. I remember trying to hold back...
View ArticleIs Your Mind Making You Cray Cray…(Or Is It Lighting You Up?)
I believe that when I want to do something I can. I make decisions quickly. As an entrepreneur, I believe you have to. So I make decisions and then figure out a way to make them happen. I don’t sit...
View ArticleThe Gravity/Levity Balance
Gravity is vital to life, and it’s also known in mythology as the “inch-thief.” It keeps you grounded, and it also steals the inches from life — one micro-measure and micro-moment with every breath....
View ArticleFind the Code
Emotional pain is not all the same. Not measured in a simple scale of easy, hard, very hard. It has many directions. It moves across your chest. And then digs in as if your physical body is endless....
View ArticleDid You Almost Have a Date Night?
Imagine this. You’ve decided that this is the year to make your relationship the best it can be. You schedule special, weekly date nights with your S.O. (which yes, includes a plan for mind-blowing...
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