Foundations of Well-Being: The Four Practices That Actually Hold You Up
Self-care is not bubble baths and candles. The research keeps pointing to four plain practices: mindfulness, gratitude, connection, and rest. Here is how to build each one.
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Hope as a Discipline: What Helen Keller Teaches Us About Resilience
Helen Keller’s life is a testament to the power of hope. Before she was two years old, an illness robbed her of both her sight and hearing. Born in 1880 — an era when being a woman was treated as a limitation and disability was often seen as diminishing — she went on to become…
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Personal Mastery: Living With the Gap Between Where You Are and Where You Want to Be
Personal mastery is not a finish line. It is the practice of holding a clear vision next to an honest view of reality, and refusing to lower the first to feel better about the second.
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“Do Your Best” Is a Bad Goal: How to Set Goals That Actually Work
“Do your best” feels safe, but decades of research say specific, challenging goals win. The four ingredients of a good goal, why too-high goals backfire, and six steps to set yours.
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10 Principles of Success
How do we define success? Webster’s dictionary specifies success as” the attainment of favor, eminence, or wealth.” I believe we would concur that Webster’s meaning is quite accurate in regard to how we take a look at individuals that we view to be “successful”. I wish to broaden your thing on this belief with the…
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Follow Your Bliss — But Don’t Wait to Find It: Why Passion Is Built, Not Found
“Follow your bliss” is good advice. “Find your passion” is not. Where Campbell’s line came from, what the research says about passion, and five ways to build yours.
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The Truth About Procrastination and Motivation
Chronic procrastination is usually a motivation problem, not a time-management one. Here is how purpose changes that.
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Rediscovering Our Spirituality
As we experience life with our losses and life changes that take place with advancing years, some of us begin to gravitate towards or for some of is back to religion, although the traditional church may not always be as accommodating as we hoped. If you’re like me born in the church, graduated from catholic…
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If We Can Figure Out What Really Matters, Maybe We Can Find our Passion
A majority of us confess to experiencing a disconnection between having a job and doing what we are really passionate about. Many of us are experiencing irregular sleeping habits, stress, and left wondering what really matters in our lives. Since our work is not just an eight-hour interruption in our day and we spend most…
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Getting Back on Track: Eight Ways to Rebuild Your Motivation
Lost momentum? Eight practical ways to get back on track, from treating setbacks as information to finding people who keep you going.
