When you find yourself in a challenging situation, like a divorce, layoff, health crisis, bankruptcy, or even a pandemic, you may believe you lack choice. In fact, you always have a choice about how you approach what life throws your way. Indeed, life will hand you situations you do not like or want. When that …
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When you perceive a threat to your wellbeing, fear becomes your primary emotion. In response, your perspective narrows, and you only see the threat causing you to feel afraid. That makes it challenging to act boldly or to perceive your options for avoiding danger. Your challenge lies in reducing your level of fear—even a little—so …
Death always waits nearby. Yet, we tend to feel its presence only if our lives or the lives of people we know and love are threatened by it. Then we face our own mortality. For the last few months, people all over the world have been reminded daily that death could decide to make an …
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Every year, when the Jewish holiday of Passover rolls around, I think about the places in my life where I feel stuck. I consider how to move through these places to freedom. This year is no different. What is different, though, is the number of people who feel unable to move forward due to the …
Despite the constant news reports about increasing numbers of coronavirus deaths, we have the opportunity now to prepare for a post-pandemic rebirth. Indeed, the members of humanity are cocooned and preparing for transformation. We have all been asked to wrap ourselves in the safety of our homes. During this time of social distancing, we each …
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We are living in an unprecedented time when people all over the world feel forced to deal with an invisible threat—the Covid-19 virus. This raises many questions, such as, Why is this happening? Is God punishing humanity? What will the future hold? and How can I survive this? Indeed, the pandemic makes us ask the …
Have you felt burned out, passionless, overwhelmed, hopeless, listless, tired, and depressed? There’s a good reason. You’re well has run dry. That’s what happens when you don’t schedule white space, or time to do nothing or whatever you want, in your week, month or year. It’s what happens when you don’t make selfcare a regular …
I’ve heard these same words come out of my mouth: “I want to feel more connected…you know…on a spiritual level.” Maybe you’ve said them, too, as you express your desire to feel a strong connection with whatever name you call God—Allah, Jesus, Buddha, Adonai, the Universe, Creator, or Source. Religious traditions often teach that we …
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You may feel powerless to create change in yourself or your life, but, in reality, you are enormously powerful. You are the author of your life and, therefore, the author of change in your life as well. You may not always feel as if you control your life. It can seem as if outside forces …
Do you remember playing Tag when you were young? It’s a simple game in which one person touches another and exclaims, “Tag! You’re it!” The other players then run around that person and try not to get tagged next. You may not realize it, but you’ve been tagged. In the game of life, you’re “it.” …
I talk a lot about passion, but, you know what? Recently, I realized I’d lost mine. I knew I’d lost it in a critical area of my life…my marriage. (I’m being totally honest here.) I had no idea, however, that I’d lost it in many other areas, too, including writing, religion and spirituality, and even …
Those of us interested in personal development continuously want to learn and make progress in all areas of our lives. We seek out new books, courses, seminars, and videos that will teach us something new that could help us improve ourselves or change our lives. We are learningaholics. We can’t seem to help ourselves. Once …
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