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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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There are ways to shine a light in dark times and move forward easily and clearly

5 Ways to Easily and Clearly Navigate Dark Times

April 7, 2025 / By Nina Amir / 3 Comments

Throughout history, humanity has navigated through what some call “dark times.” Yet, it’s hard to move with ease and clarity when immersed in darkness. You need a light, but what if you don’t have one? How do you shine light into the darkness, especially if you don’t believe you have even a tiny flame with

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How to Navigate Distracting Circumstances like a High Performer

March 10, 2025 / By Nina Amir / Leave a Comment

Circumstances can prove quite distracting, making it feel difficult to focus or be productive. However, high performers know how to navigate distracting circumstances, and anyone can develop the habits that help them do so. Distracting circumstances run the gamut, from political news to weather-related disasters to family or work-related conflicts. Whatever the situation, it behooves

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How to Stop Focusing on Life Lifing

February 24, 2025 / By Nina Amir / Leave a Comment

Sometimes, life “lifing” seems to demand all your attention. During such periods, it’s easy to feel distracted, overwhelmed, and resistant to doing things you want or need to do. Turning your attention away from whatever circumstances surround you feels almost impossible. At times like these, life gets in the way of your life’s work. It

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8 Reasons Why You Aren’t Creating What Matters to You

February 3, 2025 / By Nina Amir / 2 Comments

If you aren’t creating what matters to you, it’s time to figure out why. Understanding arms you with clarity about how or what you need to change to bring what you value into your life. You are a creator. You create all the time with your thoughts, emotions, and behavior. However, you may not create

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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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