How Cynical Are You?

Do you look for what is positive or negative? Do you expect negative outcomes?
Notice the little comments you make throughout the course of your day. These little comments perpetuate the unhappiness and pain you experience each day.
Cynicism is a form of anger. It represents a general mistrust of the motives of others.
With cynicism, you take [...]

In What Ways Do You Pretend?

Do you pretend to be happy? To like someone? To care? To be smart?
Do you pretend to have money? To be more successful than you are? To be happy in your relationship? Or your work?
Pretending is hard on you because in your pretension, you lie to yourself. You feel like a fraud. And this makes [...]

Do You Believe You Are Enough?

Do you believe that as a human being you are wonderful, amazing and infinitely valuable?
Do you believe that what you do adds value to the world and that whatever you do is enough?
Are you able to see how accomplished you are and appreciate how much you have achieved in your life already?
Lately, I have been [...]

Stop Having Problems: 6 Easy Steps

Why do you still have problems?
Can you imagine your life without problems? It’s a nice thought. Most of us cannot even fathom life being simple. Peaceful. Easy.
But life can MOST DEFINITELY be easier. We humans like to complicate things.
A problem is a wonderful opportunity to assess your situation. It brings your attention to something that you are [...]

What Thoughts Emerge When You Think About Money?

You get a new bill in the mail. What are your first thoughts? When money enters the conversation, how do you respond? Do you have an emotional response? Do you feel pressure somewhere in your body? What happens to you when something involves spending money?
Money often brings about feelings of fear and lack. This was [...]

Bring Passion into Your Day

What makes you come alive?
What are the things that make your heart dance, where time is lost and you melt into the moment? Where does your passion live?
It’s easy to get so busy that you get lost and forget to enjoy yourself and your work. You get bogged down by the “to-do” list; you might [...]

Stop Discounting Your Knowledge and Learn to Value Yourself

One of the traps of the mind that people (me included!) fall victim to is devaluing your work.
What this means is that once you learn something new and you become good at it, you then diminish its value IN YOUR MIND. Your thoughts may sound something like this, “It’s no big deal.” “If it’s easy [...]

Free Yourself and Stop Being Your Own Worst Enemy

Every so often a book crosses my desk that is so compelling, so enlightening, that I like to share it. Last year, I saw Debbie Ford at Transformations in Voorhees, NJ as she promoted her new book, “Why Good People Do Bad Things: How to Stop Being Your Own Worst Enemy.” – A great title, [...]

Letting Go of Judgment: The Saga and Debate over Michael Vick

Michael Vick is now an Eagle after spending eighteen months in prison for his part in a dog fighting ring. A tee shirt on the boardwalk in Ocean City, NJ prominently displays: Watch your beagle. Vick’s an Eagle.
Animal lovers are angry that the Eagles hired him after what he did during the six years he [...]

Living In Integrity

“Integrity is not worrying about somebody policing me because I’m policing myself.”
This was a great statement made by a client during our session today. Integrity is what you do when no one is looking. Here is an excerpt from The Journey Called YOU about Living in Integrity:

You honor yourself when you live in integrity.
When you [...]

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