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Letting Go Of The Need To Be Perfect

I have always wanted to be perfect. Not because I think I’m better than anyone, but because I always thought I had the means and the possibility. Simply put my thinking was: “I should know better and just do right.” And when I didn’t feel I acted “right”, the backlash was huge. Of course, when I [...]

From Tourette Syndrome To Grammy Nod

The Steps Of Change

“Do one thing every day that scares you” – Eleanor Roosevelt Change is messy. Change is uncomfortable. But change is the only path to getting where we want to go. Anyone over the age of thirty, know that as we get older we hold onto who we are and what we have with iron fists. We get [...]

Riding The Waves Of Change

“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” -Andre Gide One of the definitions in Merriam-Webster dictionary for change is: “to make a shift from one to another.” In psychological terms that is what change means; at the start we are A and when we are done we [...]

The Power Of Compassion

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing, and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there –Rumi One of the first things I do every morning is read the news. I believe that is the same for most people. We want to know what is happening in the world and in our communities. We want to [...]

The Good Fear And The Bad Fear

Fear is often debilitating but it doesn’t have to be so. In its “pure” form fear is an instinctual response to potential danger. It is a “good” fear because it gets our senses focused, our pupils dilated, our muscles tightened. We get ready to fight or flight. But fear should never be our reaction to experiencing new [...]

Guilt And Its Consequences

What is guilt? Webster defines it as “the fact or state of having committed an offense, or wrong against moral or penal law.” Guilt is a consequence of us sometimes having done something that on the surface seems wrong. It is also a consequence of others wanting us to feel responsible for a situation – rightfully or [...]

Filling The Emptiness With Serenity

The below post by Mark Nepo discusses three important ideas: 1 – our journey in rediscovering who we truly are, 2 – the acceptance of life as is and 3 – finding love and peace in the struggle. Regardless of where we come from, the concept of being like everyone else and the acceptance of a [...]

Everybody Is Looking For Love. Or Are We?

If you ask anyone the answer will be yes. We say we want to feel loved and to love. But the truth is while we do want love we raise so many obstacles that love would have to be a champion jumper to get over all the walls we have built. In today’s world of online [...]

The Yummy Book: 25 Life Recipes For Happier Living

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