It was the end of a stressful day at the end of a stressful week. My mind was flooded with unfinished to-do’s, mistakes I’d made, and things that had gone wrong. And as I laid down in bed, I was – no surprise – unhappy. Then, I rolled over and grabbed my gratitude journal off the nightstand, opened it up, and began to write. At first, I struggled to come… Read More »Life is Often Better Than it Seems
“A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.” –Mary Poppins Apparently, medicine used to be gross, but you could get kids to take it by offering them a spoonful of sugar to go with. Nowadays, the sugar (or possibly artificial sweetener) is mixed right in, but there is still wisdom to found in this old aphorism. To be clear, I’m not talking about actual medicine. I’m talking about healthy… Read More »A Spoonful of Sugar…
Bestselling Buddhist author Sylvia Boorstein says we should all be more like our GPS.1 By that, she doesn’t mean we should all be better at locating the nearest coffee shop or finding the fastest route through traffic. She’s referring to the way we talk to ourselves when we make mistakes. Typically, when I make a mistake, I get upset with myself. Sometimes I get frustrated, sometimes I get angry, sometimes… Read More »“Recalculating”
Mindsets are very important. The way you see yourself, the lens through which you approach problems, your habitual ways of thinking – these all play a large role in determining the course of your life. And while there are many different mindsets that we’d all be wise to cultivate, one stands out above the others. Without this mindset, the other helpful mindsets aren’t so helpful and probably wouldn’t be adopted in… Read More »Being Proactive: The Most Important Mindset