What if we use setbacks to inspire and motivate rather than deflate us?

Setbacks happen to all of us. We recover, not only as a function of the passage of time, but by learning to manage our emotions and then moving forward by making positive choices.  

It’s good to come from oh well. We do our best, knowing it falls short. Yet we can still decide to support ourselves no matter what.

I heard from many of you a few weeks back about my article entitled “The Belief That I’m not Enough.” Not surprisingly, the topic resonated with a lot of people and so I’d like to continue this theme by exploring ways we can conquer this self-damaging belief and create self-acceptance and confidence. I thought I’d start […]

We put way too much on having, doing, and being enough. It creates incredible stress and keeps us from loving life.

Self-doubt shows up as different voices in your head. You get to decide how much power to give those voices. Why not listen to something bigger?

I love and recommend a little book by Shakti Gawain entitled, Creative Visualization.  She is someone I read years ago as I started my journey of personal development. In particular, she teaches some powerful techniques for learning to use visualization for healing and health. Here is a passage about creating your own safe place or […]

Fulfillment versus success–which is more important? I have thought about and studied these two concepts for many years. Although interrelated, they are distinct. Each is important and understanding the difference can help us find balance in the journey of life. So I want to share with you the following passage from my book, The Hero’s […]

Most of us procrastinate, be it putting off doing the dishes, cleaning the house, paying bills, getting a report done at work, having a sensitive conversation, getting started on that book I’ve always wanted to write, going to the gym, and so on. Procrastination is not complex. It comes down to this—we trade doing what […]

The fight between evil and good is going on inside each of us. Which wins will be determined by the one you feed.