Life and Chess
I've taken up learning chess in the past year. I became interested in the game after watching The Queen's Gambit on Netflix. I was captured by the game and the players. I'm no good at it, but I find it fascinating to play. The depth of the game that takes place on 64...
Handbook on Life
One of the most fundamental concepts we believe in is the power of our beliefs. Beliefs influence everything in our lives, from how we interpret people and events to our ability to manipulate the world. Our set of beliefs is like a handbook. Google's definition of a...
What Do Difficult Situations Do for Me?
Why does life seem to be so hard? Why must it be so challenging? We ask questions like these, but we usually ask them when times are most difficult. We rarely ask when we are in the flow and times are good. Beth and I have found it helpful to look back at challenging...
Are You Humble? Does It Make You Hesitate to Shine?
I was raised to not shine too brightly. It was a combination of not wanting to call attention to myself and afraid of appearing superior. I was taught to be humble. I learned it was the meek who inherited the earth. And for women, being meek and humble seemed to be...
You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know
Ever had the experience of thinking you know the best way to do something, but later realize you really don’t? Well, you are not alone. Most of us are creatures of habit. We like patterns, routines, and traditions. We like to do things the same way and expect the...
Can You Imagine a Life without Limits?
It’s hard to imagine a world or a life without limits. We live in a world of limits. There seems to be only so much time, so much money, and so much love. We are taught to save, conserve and preserve. Whole industries are built around the concept that there is not...
Introducing the Worry Buster
Why did Peter and I create the Worry Buster? Because we’ve met many people over the years who are worried about something. We wanted to develop a useful tool to help others begin to wean themselves from worry. I grew up thinking I had a 'worry gene’ since my...
What’s important to you?
Many of us live our lives on autopilot. We have our routine and we go about it. The places and faces change, but we do the same things over and over again. We have a comfortable, automatic flow to how we live our lives. If this is you and you're getting what you want...
What is Absence of Desire?
Desire is "a strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen,” according to the Oxford Dictionaries. There's a huge difference between wanting or wishing and knowing. You don’t desire something when you know you already have it. And you...
Five Tips to Help You Go With the Flow
What is "Going with the flow?" The flow is a feeling you get when the next logical thing to do shows up for you. Going with the flow is the opposite of forcing things to happen. For the past few months, I’ve been trying to meet with someone. I had a proposal for them...
Get Out of Your Head and Act (3 Good Reasons)
Are you sometimes afraid to act? Do you freeze when it's time to put your plans into action? Do you feel you spend too much time in your head? Well, you're not alone. Many of us spend so much time thinking. We think about what is supposed to happen, what might happen,...
3 Reasons to Lose Control (It’s not what you think)
What is control? Why is it so important to us? Spoiler: It’s overrated. If you hear about someone losing control of their car, the result is usually a crash. That’s not the type of control we’re talking about. We’re talking about the control where you feel you have to...
3 Reasons to Offer Appreciation
Do you look for ways to offer appreciation? Offering appreciation, even going out of your way to do it, is a magical way to transform yourself and what’s around you. It can even make you happier. It’s worth the little to no effort it requires. I can’t say enough about...
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