Category: Personal Growth

A woman sitting inside a cardboard box in the middle of the room. Her head is down and she looks sad and alone.

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By Fearing the Worst, I Destroyed the Best

Decades and decades ago, I ran across a scrap of paper (post move-out in a vacant apartment), evidently a portion of a

A road with yellow lines in the middle and the words "keep going"

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One Day it Will All Be Done… NOT!

Folks, I’ve got to tell you, there really is no finish line. Oh, there is goal accomplishment and task completion, all good

Retro drawing of brain with eyeglasses illustration on red BG

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How to Become the Smartest Person in the Room

To give away the punch line up front, this all turns on how we choose to define ‘The Smartest Person’. And while

A stone with the word "peace" printed on it, in the middle of sand which is raked around the stone

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Have You Created Your Inner Sanctuary?

Life can be challenging and chaotic. Unfortunately, we can’t magically whisk ourselves beachside to Tahiti for instant stress release. And you know

A woman sitting on the floor with her legs crossed, eyes closed, and hands resting on her knees meditating

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What are Your Centering Phrases?

Centering phrases are anything that speaks to us, calming words we use to call forth our best selves in times of need

Silhouette of a human head in side profile, made up of gears, with some of the gears floating out from the back of the head

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Peeling the Onion

The inner journey of self-discovery can be likened to peeling an onion, layer after layer, perhaps with some tears and fears along

A sunny sky in the background with a chain in the foreground. The last chain link is broken and there are birds flying away from it.

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Swallowed Any Hand Grenades Lately?

Life is complex. While there is much truth in the adage, “feelings buried alive never die” there is also a place for

The words "through discipline comes freedom" written on a chalkboard. The "o" in the word "comes" is a round stopwatch.

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Calibrating Your Caring; Pacing Your Passion to Perform and Persevere

NYT recently ran an article about a golf pro with a growing history of faltering at the very end, letting tournament after

A sign that says "be the best version of yourself"

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Self-Esteem: The Reputation We Have with Ourselves

A good sense of self is important to living an emotionally healthy life and it starts with accepting where you are. You

Two people shaking hands at a business deal

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Take Vitamin T Every Day

Vitamin T is TRUST, and trust is the foundation of every human relationship. While trust can be created in dramatic moments, most

A person holding out their hands in front of them as if presenting something. Hovering over their hands is a smiley face with 5 stars under it

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What Are You Creating?

One of the principles of NLP (Neuro-linguistic programming) is that “You cannot not communicate.” In other words, we are constantly leaking information;