Five Hidden Traps of Comparing “Comparison is an act of violence against the self.” ~Iyanla Vanzant We all do it: constantly compare ourselves to others. Then we base our self-worth on how we rate compared to others based on some measuring stick that either our family and/or society have imposed upon us. So, what effect does …
From many, many years of personal growth work and coaching I have learned that we often teach what we need to learn. I have been teaching in varying degrees about living from a healed heart, which I have most recently learned can also be equated to living a “Wholehearted Life”. My own personal lessons have …
One of the most profound lessons I’ve learned—one which allows me to find inner peace and serenity in my life—is the acceptance of what is. By extension, this is also the acceptance of what happens, who people are, and what I cannot change. This one shift in perspective can take us from the Why Me? …
In Memoriam, May 10, 1940 – August 29, 2015 Although the world has lost an amazing human being, Wayne Dyer’s legacy will live on in the hearts and minds of all those he has touched through his many books and spiritual teachings. I believe he reached a level of conscious enlightenment that brought hope and …
“Tolerance is nothing more than patience with boundaries.” ~Shannon L. Alder “We can’t manipulate people into swallowing our boundaries by sugarcoating them. Boundaries are a “litmus test” for the quality of our relationships. Those people in our lives who can respect our boundaries will love our wills, our opinions, our separateness. Those who can’t respect …
“Don’t take anything personally. Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering.” ~Miguel Angel Ruiz “Don’t let the behavior of others destroy …
“An affirmation opens the door. It’s a beginning point on the path to change.” ~Louise L. Hay “We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.” ~Florence Scovel Shinn “One comes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently …
“Where there is love there is life.” ~Mahatma Gandhi “Being deeply loved by someone gives your strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” ~Lao Tzu “Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.” ~Mother Teresa “We are born of love; Love is our mother.” ~Rumi “There is …
“What the mind can conceive and believe, and the heart desire, you can achieve.” ~Norman Vincent Peale “Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion.” ~Henry David Thoreau “Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.” ~Thomas Carlyle “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” ~Theodore Roosevelt “Unfortunately, unless we’re focused on …
“Volunteers do not necessarily have the time; they just have the heart.” ~Elizabeth Andrew “You make a living by what you get. You make a life by what you give.” ~Winston Churchill “We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobiles, rather than by the quality …
