Depression can occur to anyone, at any age, gender, race or ethnic and socio-economic background. It affects more people and causes more suffering than any other illness—physical or mental—known to humankind. Not only does depression squeeze the joy of life out of us, but it decreases our ability to function and leads to a variety of other emotional and physical problems.

I have learned that the best thing I can do when things are not going my way is to stop trying so hard. I need to step back, quiet myself, be present, and simply observe. From this emerges a calm heart and clear mind which enables me to take better, more effective action.

We often think of certain attributes such as optimism and pessimism as givens, permanent and ingrained into our personalities, something that we have little control over or can do nothing about. That’s not a very helpful point of view. It renders us helpless, powerless, victims of either our genetics or early child upbringing. However, scientists […]

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 […]