Your back aches, your coffee\’s luke warm, or you fall behind schedule. There are myriad things that can and will go wrong every single day of your life. (And hey — there\’s also plenty that goes right, so keep track of that, too.) Many of us allow one sour moment to spoil what would have…
The covers of most men\’s and women\’s magazines have similar headlines: \”Get Great Abs\” and \”Have Amazing Sex.\” From the looks of it, these two issues have been recycled over and over (with some other stereotypically gender-relevant articles thrown in) on every Men\’s Health, Maxim, Cosmopolitan and Glamour cover since the dawn of time. In…
I know some of you will remember the game show To Tell the Truth. It ran for 25 consecutive seasons and was a huge hit…actually setting the record for the longest running game show. At the end of the show, the final line before the contestant was revealed was, “Will the real…please stand up?” And,…
There is a reason you are the person you are. Really! Everything that exists has a place — and that includes you. It is easy to feel like you don’t have a place. I felt like that for most of my life. When we feel like this, we can start to believe that we need…
Practicing these 7 steps with a genuine intention for understanding will go a long way in our ability to understand and to relate to someone\’s experience. 1. Make eye contact. 2. Ask questions (and really want to hear the answer). Try these: How are you? What has been going on for you? What have you…
Here are some simple steps that you can start enlisting TODAY that will make a big difference in your success! 1. Make a commitment to change 3 concrete things every month. 2.Track yourself – what are the clues that you are stuck? Be aware of what you do well or easily and what is always…
Contrary to what our nervous systems might tell us, we need to learn to operate outside our comfort zones. Safety and fulfillment do not go hand and hand. When we play it safe and do things the way we are used to doing them, nothing changes. We do not grow. And you know what they…
You might notice that as you begin to change your life, you will see changes in your relationships. Sometimes, unfortunately, change means some relationships will need to fall away, but the ones that do not – or the new ones – will likely get deeper and more fulfilling. For those who have not had the…
It can seem like we need to either be powerful and confident or we need to be humble, but this is not really the case. We can be both. Unfortunately, most people do not pull it off. When power and humility are in conflict within ourselves, that means we are in our ego self. Our…
Humanistic psychologists (I identify myself as one) are fond of talking about authenticity. Mention the words \”genuine,\” \”real,\” or \”deep\” and you\’ll see our faces light up. I ran a therapy group not so long ago and during the last session a few of the participants teased me about my oft-repeated catch-phrase: \”Keep it real…