A Simple Gratitude Practice & Thanksgiving Activity for Your Family
How to share short stories of gratitude and thanksgiving to make your holiday even more meaningful
Sometimes it’s easy to forget that Thanksgiving isn’t just about turkey and pumpkin pie.
And while a Thanksgiving feast is certainly a part of how we might choose to celebrate, Thanksgiving is really about reflecting on and appreciating all of the good things that we have in our lives.
Think about your Thanksgiving Day last year. How did your family tune into a sense of gratitude? If you’re like most people, you probably sat around the Thanksgiving dinner…
A Powerful Practice for Spicing Up a Stale Relationship
Do you feel that your relationship has lost its spark?
If so, you’re not alone!
Over the years, I’ve worked with countless clients who looked like they “had it all” from the outside: fulfilling careers, comfortable lives, and beautiful families.
Yet after just a few minutes of speaking with them, they’d often confess that something BIG was missing from their lives.
Despite their success, they found themselves struggling to connect with their long-term partners.
And every time I meet someone who’s run into this kind of roadblock in…
Why It’s Okay to Love Money
The Surprising Limiting Belief Blocking Your Financial Success
Is it wrong to love money? Is it less spiritual to desire a lot of money? Is it really true that money is the root of all evil?
I used to think so, until…
One evening in a New York auditorium changed my entire perspective on wealth and abundance forever.
I’ve been studying transformational principles of success since 1971, and early in my education, I traveled across the country to see a famous spiritual teacher speak in an…
You Were Born to Be Happy, Not Perfect
So many of us strive for perfection in our daily lives.
In the media and all around us, we are continually exposed to images of the perfect body, the perfect family, the perfect career, the perfect life, and the perfect home.
The pressure to be perfect can sometimes feel overwhelming, and this can cause us to make an enormous effort to ensure that nobody finds out what’s really going on “behind the scenes” of our life.
Many of us spend a great deal of energy hiding what we perceive as our imperfections…
Are You Pretending Just So That Others Will Like You?
Have you ever found yourself pretending to be someone you’re not in front of someone you wanted to impress, only to have it backfire on you in the end?
So often, we pretend to be someone we’re not around people whose approval we crave, instead of being authentic.
We may stifle our true feelings, and not express ourselves fully, in order to gain love, respect or acceptance from friends, family, colleagues or clients — and sometimes, even total strangers.
Have you ever found yourself pretending to be someone you’re not in front of someone…
The Power of Writing Down Your Goals & Dreams
Do you write down your goals and dreams on a regular basis? Or do you simply think about them, without actually recording them anywhere?
As it turns out, your answer to this question has a HUGE impact on your odds of transforming whatever it is you desire to be, do, have or give into your reality.
Why is the power of writing down your goals so important?
Dr. Gail Matthews, a psychology professor at the Dominican University in California, recently studied the art and science of goal setting.
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We Live in a Giving Universe
Albert Einstein once said,
“The most important decision we make is whether we believe we live in a friendly or hostile Universe.”
Deep down, we have all made a decision about what kind of Universe we live in, and our life reflects that.
Do you believe that the Universe is for you, or against you?
This is an important question because the frequency of your thoughts determines the type of life you’re going to have, so it’s vital to keep your vibrational thoughts in alignment with the life you…
What a Conversation with Nelson Mandela Taught Me About Finding Purpose Amidst Suffering
What purpose does pain and suffering serve… and does it come into our lives because we deserve it on some level?
Many times, I’ve been asked why bad things happen to good people.
Whatever form the question takes, the answer is nearly always the same:
Not one of us deserves to suffer, but suffering can be a doorway that allows us to step into a fuller, freer, more expansive version of ourselves.
Who Is In Your Positive Circle of Influence?
Entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker, Jim Rohn, once said, “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.”
I invite you to pause for a moment to absorb the significance of that statement.
Next, think about the five people with whom you spend most of your time.
If you combine the annual income of those five people and divide it by five, chances are this is approximately the same amount of income that you earn.
Those of us who’ve studied the art and science of…
How to Overcome Failure & Bounceback to Even Greater Success
The 3 Steps To Turning Setbacks Into Stepping Stones
“Am I not cut out for this?”
There may have been times when you set your heart on something — when you took action, stepped outside of your comfort zone to achieve your dream…
And still didn’t experience the results you wanted.
Or maybe you experienced some success, only to slide back again.
That feeling of failure can be tough. I know this from personal experience!
And yet, one of the defining traits of highly successful people…