How to Rise to Your Highest Potential and Find the MORE You’re Looking For
I’m not much for gardening, I’d rather ride my bike to the local farmers market and get my nails done than get dirt under them. But I still plant seeds… every single day. This powerhouse boss babe...
View Article5 Inspirational Mental Health Writers with a Story to Tell
Mental illness is something we don’t often discuss. Even though our understanding of it has come far in the past few decades, we could still do more and help more. People who have to deal with issues...
View ArticleFinding the Light to Guide Your Way Through
Have you been feeling buffeted by life? You may think it’s just you, but in fact, you are not alone. These past months such intense events and emotions have been in flux for many. It’s no wonder that...
View ArticleStanding on Top of a Parking Garage and Contemplating Jumping Off
It wasn’t the first time. As I stared down onto the lonely sidewalk as the sun beat down on the back of my neck, I began hyperventilating. I quickly stepped back and stumbled to my car. I jumped in,...
View ArticleWhy Your New Year’s Resolutions May Not Work and Why That May Be Ok
New Year’s resolutions can do more harm than good, if what you want to change is a crutch you need to cope with life. Take away the crutch and we may fall. It makes more sense to try and understand,...
View ArticleSmall Habits That Help Achieve Bigger Results
I get scared every time I do a podcast. I’m shy and I’m afraid I’ll seem stupid and that the guest won’t like me. I’m afraid they will not like me. I’m afraid they will yell at me. I’m afraid they will...
View ArticleAre You a Mind Reader?
“I found that my unquestioned assumptions were the cause of all war and all peace in my world.” ~ Byron Katie Mind-reading is a cognitive distortion many people are not aware of. Here’s how it looks...
View ArticleYour Pleasure Is Your Power… Here’s How to Get There, a Few Hours at a Time.
Do less of what you don’t like to do, and more of what you love. That’s it. A zillion self-help books (mine included) can be summed up in that simple direction. Less heavy, more Light. Less drama, more...
View ArticleStop Putting out Other People’s Fires. Light Your Own Instead.
Ever been caught up in other people’s drama? Where you fix or put out fires that aren’t even yours? Is someone paying you to get tangled up in it? If so, it’s a big red flag that something’s off in...
View ArticleDoubt Stimulates Action
Some mornings you can awaken with tremendous doubt, a sense that yesterday’s conclusions aren’t real, or the road you’re on goes nowhere. There are many different forms of this doubt, and like your...
View ArticleThe Truth About Beauty: Don’t Listen to the Lie
For a long time I believed I would play a part in the dissolution of the beauty and modeling world. I hated how we paid homage to Barbie as young girls, and then got swept away by magazine and...
View ArticleHow to Create Your Path to Happiness in The Akashic Records
You’ve heard the saying, “happiness is an inside job” — so why does it feel so challenging to sustain it? If you’ve started the year feeling disconnected, discontented, or disillusioned, you’re not...
View ArticleIs Your Routine Holding You Back?
I have always been a bit of a creature of habit and routine. I usually order the same thing at my go-to restaurant. When I am actually in LA, I attend the same classes at Equinox. I get up every...
View ArticleDetermined to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions? Here’s How.
I love making New Year’s resolutions. Yes, January 1 might be an arbitrary date, but I think it’s good that we all have a cue to ask ourselves, “What would I like to change about my life? How could it...
View ArticleProductivity and Pain: A Manifesto for Our Humanity
I hate to break it to you, but you aren’t a robot. Me neither. I know it’s hard, I struggled too when I first realised. It wasn’t just the realisation but what it meant… You see, robots don’t need a...
View ArticleThe Spiderman Paradox
On one hand, Uncle Ben’s rule makes great sense: “With great power comes great responsibility.” The essence of the rule is that once you have great power, you need to take the responsibility that goes...
View Article5 Resolutions That Will Make You a Better Parent This Year
“Dr. Laura….My new year’s resolution is to be more patient. But when I told my family, they reminded me that I made the same resolution last year. I feel like a failure, even though I know I’ve become...
View ArticleFrom Iceland to Ireland, My Journey of Rediscovery
Two years ago, I was a recent environmental politics graduate who had just landed my dream job as a Project Manager in Iceland and, I was expecting my first child. Everything should have been perfect....
View ArticleSome Advice for Me, and Maybe for You
Lately I’ve been thinking about forward motion, taking risks, and finding the next big thing. Here’s some good advice I received (I added a bit to it) that might be helpful to you, too: You think a lot...
View ArticleWhy You Should Pursue Love vs. ‘Likes’
Everyone is forgotten. Four generations from now, nobody will know your name. Everyone who likes your Instagram photo today will be dust. The air molecules they breathe out today, scattered all over...
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