• Learning to Love the Truth

    Learning to Love the Truth

    Life is more vibrant when you Learn to Love the Truth Yesterday I was walking in the woods and was overcome with delight at how honest and wonderful life is. Nature never lies. She is sometimes harsh and brutal and sometimes soft and nurturing.  She is always balanced and gives me everything I need. I trust

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  • How to Let Go of “I’m Okay if You’re Okay”

    How to Let Go of “I’m Okay if You’re Okay”

    Let that go! It’s Exhausting to Get Your Inner Calm From Other People Imagine that you are on a new mom with a baby. Whenever the baby cries, you get anxious. You do everything you can to calm the baby, and can’t relax until the baby is fine. Sometimes you know exactly what the baby

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  • Stop Trying to Change People Who Don’t Want to Change

    Stop Trying to Change People Who Don’t Want to Change

    How Do You Deal With People Who Don’t Want to Change? You may not be able to change other people, but you do have power to make this situation better! As With All Things, The Solution Lies With Yourself It is frustrating to see someone else struggle, do the wrong things, or just be incorrect,

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  • What’s the Difference Between Reciprocal and Transactional Relationships?

    What’s the Difference Between Reciprocal and Transactional Relationships?

    Let Go of Unsatisfying Relationships What’s the difference between a transactional relationship and a reciprocal one? In both, the participants give something to each other. The two major differences are relationship and intent.  In a transactional relationship, the relationship is focused on, and largely limited to, the transaction. There is no relationship beyond the exchange

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  • Where Is the Line Between Social Drinking and Problem Drinking?

    Where Is the Line Between Social Drinking and Problem Drinking?

    Could you have a problem with alcohol? Let’s look at the line between social drinking and problem drinking Alcohol is a fact of life in western culture. We drink at weddings, funerals, after work, while on dates, while watching sports events, and at many other times. We do it to relax, connect, celebrate, and enjoy

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  • 7 Signs That You Have a Cell Phone Obsession

    7 Signs That You Have a Cell Phone Obsession

    Cell Phones Are Useful, But When Does It Become an Obsession? Can you remember what it was like before the days of the cell phone? How did we ever get anything done?  Cell phones connect us to each other, work, school, information, travel, entertainment, our money, and just about every aspect of our lives. So

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  • Stop Taking Responsibility for Other People’s Feelings

    Stop Taking Responsibility for Other People’s Feelings

    Do your make choices based upon how other people might feel? Tiptoeing around other people’s potential feelings is like wearing a straight-jacket while walking through a mine field.To successfully navigate this mine field, you have to correctly guess what the other person will feel. Since it’s based on a future that you can’t predict, that’s

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  • Letting Go of Who You Used to Be

    Letting Go of Who You Used to Be

    How often do you do a life review? Maybe It’s Time to Let Go of the Person You Used to Be Who We Were Is Not Who We Are Do you still have clothes from years ago that you don’t wear? Are you still talking about the one who got away or your first love?

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  • Limiting Beliefs Around Money That You Need to Let Go of Now

    Limiting Beliefs Around Money That You Need to Let Go of Now

    Your Thoughts Create Your Reality! If you are not making what you feel you are worth, you’ve probably got limiting beliefs around money. So, let’s look at what you might want to let go of on day 10 of the “365 Days of Letting Go” challenge. When our beliefs, emotions, and values are in alignment,

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  • How to Stop Listening to Gossip

    How to Stop Listening to Gossip

    Stop Listening to Gossip! Gossiping is one of the most destructive forms of speech. It ruins trust and relationships. It’s a waste of time. And it often leaves you in a negative and critical mood. But how do you stop listening to gossip without appearing rude or hurting the speaker’s feelings? It Takes Two to

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