Thanks for the Experience!
Thanks for the Experience! I bet that’s not a phrase you’ve often said. I said it to myself after slipping and falling to the ground. After I said, "Ouch!!?#" We often judge an experience on the outcome. Was it successful or a failure - good or bad? Only rarely do we...
Going Back to Toastmasters
This week I was invited to help my old Toastmaster’s club celebrate their 60th anniversary. I joined Toastmasters 15 years ago. When I joined, I was a manager at a consulting company and just recently diagnosed with depression. I was in a world of hurt and thought...
Your Point of Impact is Now
Right now is your powerful point of impact. Not tomorrow. Not yesterday. Not 10 minutes from now. Not 10 minutes ago. It’s Right Now! We send out energy all the time. Not a minute goes by without some kind of thought. What you send out now via your thoughts, is what...
Why You Need Creativity to Live a Happy Life
What is creativity? According to dictionary.com, the definition is: The ability to transcend traditional ideas, rules, patterns, relationships, or the like, and to create meaningful new ideas, forms, methods, interpretations, etc.; originality, progressiveness, or...
Your Feelings Are Your Navigation System
We all have feelings. Feelings are one of the most wonderful and most difficult aspects of living. We get to experience the highs of joy, happiness, and abundance, along with the lows of sorrow, frustration, and sadness. Plus there are many other feelings like anger,...
Breathing with Appreciation
“Meditate. Breathe consciously. Listen. Pay attention. Treasure every moment. Make the connection.” ― Oprah Winfrey I’ve taken up yoga again. It’s been a few years - actually since before my bicycle accident when I broke my collarbone and elbow. I now remember why I...
When Someone Offers You Flowers
When I was in graduate school in Colorado, I had no money. My tuition was paid for and I had a monthly stipend, but that just covered my room and board. If I wanted to go out or spend money on anything extra I had to find a way to earn it. Since I was a full-time...
What Beautiful Flowers
“Look how beautifully those purple flowers are,” she said. I looked and only saw blue flowers. I thought, they are beautiful, but they are blue, not purple. As I prepared to prove the fallacy of her purple and the rightness of my blue, I felt the tiniest bit of...
What not to do at the DMV
The other day, I had to visit the California DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles) to update my driver's license. Even though I set an appointment months ago, I was concerned I'd have to wait for hours. The DMV has been in the news quite a bit lately. The paper has run a...
You Are More than You Think You Are
The physical you that you know so well is just a tiny portion of the whole you. The physical you is driven mostly by your ego to deal with the day-to-day tasks of living in the world. When we say You Can Choose, we don’t mean just the you that you point to, but the...
The YCC 5×5 Empowerment Tool
We’ve come up with a new tool to increase your ability to live the life you choose. You can use this tool whenever you start to question yourself. Use it when thoughts of doubt or worry creep in. The YCC 5x5 Empowerment Tool is made up of 5 statements. For each...
The Universe Loves Us
The Universe Loves us It is such a comforting thought, yet seems to contradict so much of what we see in the world today. The Universe offers us love and non-judgmental support. It wants us to have the experiences we choose without an opinion of our choices. What is...
What Would Superman or Wonder Woman Do?
The other day, we were talking about the power of our beliefs and someone mentioned they’ve found tremendous power in changing their beliefs by imagining they are someone else. They don’t do it all the time, but when they are facing a new or challenging situation...
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