Purposeful Growth

Intuitive Healer Dr. Judith Orloff

Her nightgown drenched in sweat, nine year-old Judith Orloff awakens her parents to tell them she dreamed her grandfather has died and he came to say goodbye—she is certain he has died. Assured by her parents that she’s simply had a nightmare, Judith returns to bed. A few [...]

Improving Relationships with Annoying People

People can be annoying. Some talk too loud. Others won’t talk at all. Perhaps they interrupt your witty story with a story of their own or insist on taking cell phone calls in the middle of your heart-wrenching re-enactment of a spouse’s latest misadventure. Being with whiners is [...]

Be Happy Be Healthy

A 10 year study of over 1700 people found that those who are naturally happy have a lower risk of developing heart disease or dying of heart attacks (Michelle Fay Cortez, Bloomberg News). The good news is that nearly half of our happiness make-up is in our control. The ways we choose to think, the activities [...]

Develop Resiliency to Overcome Obstacles

Life deals some tough situations to each of us. No one is immune from the challenges and problems of everyday life, let alone the added stresses of economic downturns, employment losses, and rising costs of living. How you can deal with life’s problems will largely determine whether you [...]

Have a Happy Year - Really

Everything we humans do, we do in search of happiness. Trace back every action you take, every project you launch, every reaction to a fear and you’ll find the root cause of your action is for greater happiness. There’s nothing wrong with that, that’s why we’re here. It’s not [...]

4 Steps to Kick the Winter Blues

We all feel down at times. Whether it’s a case of the Winter gray-skies-blues, post Holiday let-down, or just feeling the blues for some unknown reason, these four steps to kick the blues will help you cheer up and feel better 1. Check Your Intent to Cheer Up Strange as [...]

Fighting Depression and Feeling Sad?

If you’re fighting depression and feeling sad, perhaps you’re happier than you thought you were. The secret of happiness is that everyone is sad at times, just as everyone has moments of happiness. Feeling sad, feeling blue, lacking energy to jump into daily activity may just be a perfectly normal [...]

Are You Thinking of Coaching?

Whether you’re thinking of becoming a coach (it’s a fast-growing industry) or of hiring a coach to accelerate your personal growth, you’ll want to read the findings of recent studies of coaching effectiveness. In Is Business Executive, Life Coaching Effective? I summarize the results of recent studies into the effectiveness of both life coaching and business [...]

Comprehensive Personal Growth Plan

A comprehensive suggested Sample Personal Growth Plan is available just in time for New Year’s resolutions and thoughts of those personal growth goals you’ve been meaning to address. Though New Year’s resolutions normally have a terrible history of goal failure, following a structured plan increases the odds of success remarkably. [...]

It Started with One

A significant step in purposeful growth is to stand up for your beliefs and values. “Going along” in order to “get along” is an easy trap, one that avoids the conflict and potential ridicule of taking a stand. My favorite poet, Robert Blackwell, elegantly captures the danger of refusing to take a stand with the following [...]