Everyone’s so timid and afraid to insult anybody, but in the end, it’s like we’re all trying to please everyone. In the end, we please no one.-Olivia Munn I know some of you read that headline and thought, “Well that’s selfish.” What do you mean stop trying to please … Continue reading
Even the most positive person gets in a funk now and then. There are all times we feel sad or depressed, unmotivated, or just tired of life. When you are in a funk, it seems like it will never end, but there are ways to pull yourself out of it. Here’s … Continue reading
“We can’t hate ourselves into a version of ourselves we can love.” ~Lori Deschene “You’re doing it wrong!”. Four of the most deflating words in the English language. Has anyone who has said these words to you ever made you want to do things “right?” And yet a quick look at … Continue reading
People who get angry easily are usually people with many wounds. Their anger is a protection against further injury. The problem is that it also protects them from the experience of the healing pain. Yes, pain can be healing and is not to be feared or avoided. Its presence can … Continue reading
Complete surrender. Surrender of my beliefs, who I thought I was, my attachments, and, yes, even my own free will. If you are wondering, “What is ayahuasca like.” Nothing really can prepare you for it except for complete surrender. Yes, the ayahuasca ceremony is not a thing to be taken … Continue reading
What’s it all for anyway? You are tired of the struggle. Just as soon as you get your life to where it doesn’t suck, something else happens to turn your life upside down. Or maybe, you are content in your life. But, that’s it. You are just content. Going through … Continue reading
You finally do it. The thing you were afraid of. And, then that thing you were afraid of actually happens. Only that thing happens to be bigger and scarier than you thought it would be. You wind up with your heart broken, losing money, or back to where you started. … Continue reading
It’s an easy thing to do. You blame others for all the ways your life isn’t working. You use the same excuses over and over again. Your bad childhood. You say that others made you into a victim. You think you’ve had a hard life. Or, you can start changing that story. … Continue reading
Your hair is singed from all the times you clipped your own wings just to make someone else happy. Your fingertips, blistered from all the times you forgot about your own needs and gave away what was meant to be yours. Even your voice has been touched by the flame, no … Continue reading
“I have a deeply hidden and inarticulate desire for something beyond the daily life.”-Virginia Woolf You rush through every day, doing the same thing. Your alarm goes off before you are ready to wake up. You skip breakfast-again. Go through the Starbuck’s drive-thru on your way to work. You have … Continue reading
Self-esteem is something we all struggle with. We all have false beliefs about ourselves, and that’s just what they are-FALSE. So, why is it so hard to feel self-esteem? Why are so many people trying to work on it? The problem is that the entire concept of self-esteem is wrong. … Continue reading
“You can be the most beautiful person in the world and everybody sees light and rainbows when they look at you, but if you yourself don’t know it, all of that doesn’t even matter. Every second that you spend on doubting your worth, every moment that you use to criticize … Continue reading
Do you want to know what the real evil today is? It’s not people killing one another. It’s not jealousy, nor the fact that we have turned our backs on our Mother Earth. It’s not judgement, or lying, or betrayal. It’s not the worst thing you can think of. … Continue reading
