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Why It’s Better to Set Boundaries than Give Ultimatums

July 7, 2025 / By Nina Amir / Leave a Comment

Setting boundaries is considered an important—if not essential—positive self-care exercise. Yet, some people perceive boundaries as ultimatums or demands with negative consequences. But boundaries and ultimatums are different, and it’s better to set boundaries than give ultimatums. I recall finally gathering the courage to set a few boundaries with my husband. Our marriage was struggling […]

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11 Ways To Raise Your Energy And Experience Less Chaos

June 23, 2025 / By Nina Amir / Leave a Comment

Chaos. It is everywhere right now. Look at the world… There are wars, demonstrations, unrest, shootings, heat waves, and natural disasters, to name a few current chaotic situations. Many people also are experiencing life circumstances that feel chaotic, overwhelming, and challenging. Maybe you relate. You’ve got too much going on in your life, are being

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7 Personal Growth Tools Sure To Create Transformation

June 16, 2025 / By Nina Amir / Leave a Comment

If you are on a personal growth journey, you’ve likely discovered the many tools experts claim you must use to achieve transformation. But do you need all of them? No. Do they all work equally as well? No. Each person is different. Therefore, a tool that works well for someone else may not work as

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Are You Really Ready to Achieve Your Goals?

June 9, 2025 / By Nina Amir / Leave a Comment

Are you really ready to achieve your goals? The answer to that question depends on your beliefs about yourself. If your boss said, “It’s my intention to promote you to a manager and give you a $10,000 per year raise,” how would you react? I’d hasten to guess you initially might respond, “That’s fabulous! I’d

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uncertainty is a time to create your future from a myriad of possibilities

How to Make the Most of Uncertainty

May 12, 2025 / By Nina Amir / Leave a Comment

Uncertainty gets a bad rap. Most people find the experience of being uncertain uncomfortable, frightening, and disturbing, so they see it as negative and unwanted. Yet, there’s good reason to get excited about feeling uncertain and make the most of the situation. Uncertainty heralds in possibility. It’s a state of having access to a myriad

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Why You Need To Stop Taking Everything So Personally

April 21, 2025 / By Nina Amir / Leave a Comment

“Stop taking everything so personally!” Has anyone ever given you that advice? They probably have if you often feel guilty when someone has a negative reaction around you, or assume their words or behavior are “your fault.” It’s time to stop assuming what they do or say has anything to do with you. In all

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Are you using your spiritual guidance system?

How To Use Your Powerful Spiritual Guidance System This Year

January 27, 2025 / By Nina Amir / Leave a Comment

You possess a powerful spiritual guidance system but may not have used it previously. Maybe you don’t use it now. Yet, if you pay attention to its messages and allow them to inform your decisions and actions, your life will flow more easily. You’ll get from where you are to where you want to go—a

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How to Impact Yourself and Others by Being a Thermostat

January 13, 2025 / By Nina Amir / Leave a Comment

People are either thermometers or thermostats. If you are a thermometer, you go through life feeling powerless to create internal or external change. But if you are a thermostat, you know you have the power to impact your life, the lives of those around you, and your environment. A thermometer serves as a temperature gauge

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a new year requires a new you--an authentic you.

Why A New You Helps You Become More Authentic

January 6, 2025 / By Nina Amir / Leave a Comment

You need a “new you” to create a new year. Otherwise, you continue being the person who created the last year, and you won’t be able to tell the difference from one year to the next. However, some claim you shouldn’t focus on being new or different; instead, you need to focus on being more

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it's time to let go of old stories, beliefs and emotions--you don't need your emotional baggage anymore

Why It’s Time to Drop Your Emotional Baggage by the Curb

October 9, 2023 / By Nina Amir / Leave a Comment

Most of us hang on to old emotions, interpretations, and beliefs past their expiration dates. In fact, we would be well served to throw away many negative feelings, unsupportive stories, and gloomy thoughts immediately…or at least in a timely fashion. Yet, we don’t. Then, they keep us mired in the past and hinder our progress

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How to Know If It’s Time to Replace Your Outgrown Fears

September 25, 2023 / By Nina Amir / Leave a Comment

Are you still afraid of things that scared you as a child? Are you frightened by situations you feared 3, 5, 10, 15, or 20 years ago? If so, they probably no longer serve you. That means you’ve outgrown those fears. On some level, you know it’s time to let those fears go. After all,

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How to Get Unstuck so You can Create What You Desire

September 11, 2023 / By Nina Amir / Leave a Comment

You might be thinking, “I’m stuck,” but have you considered that the thing keeping you stuck is you? Specifically, the only obstacles preventing you from creating what you desire personally, professionally, and spiritually are your identity, mindset, and habits. Who you are being, as well as your thoughts and behaviors stand in the way of

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