Author Tristine Rainer wrote “Happiness within a diary has less to do with the events you encounter in life than with the way you experience the process of living.” Because a diary mirrors how you perceive and deal with events, it can be used for developing the capacity to more fully experience joy.
Do you […]
Pain. Immense pain. Sometimes unbearable, and sometimes
incomprehensible. So many of us live life in pain. The pain of
decision-making. The pain of thinking about life. The pain of
keeping dead relationships alive. The pain of memories that
haunt us. The pain of fear. The pain of getting up in the
morning and the pain of sleepless nights. The pain […]
Quick Quiz
Are you often blown off course by outside forces?
Do you ever
feel discontented with what you’re doing?
Do you feel that, rather than
doing what is meaningful to you, you are ‘just getting by’?
Do you feel you
can’t get to where you want to be in life?
Are you low because you don’t
even know what […]
I was first thinking , when exactly does one start to yearn for acceptance?
Is it when we are born?
Is it when we first feel the pain of non-acceptance?
Is it when we begin to be challenged in sports?
Is it when we fall into the ever talked about `peer pressure`?
Is it when […]
A new definition of retirement is evolving. It’s one that’s focused on continual exploration, learning and growth. Where the old retirement promised no pressure and stress but left you with no personal growth, no stimulating interaction and no sense of achievement, the new retirement promises life meaning, personal fulfillment, and realization of long-held […]
Small business is exploding. The entrepreneurial “bug” has infected many discontented corporate types who are seeking a better way of living and a higher quality of life. Many of their efforts have probably contributed to the second fastest growing industry within the United States after information technology - coaching.
Coaching, as a service, can produce […]
Your friend calls. She’s upset. She’s been working with a coach for a couple of months or maybe a lot longer, and now she’s quitting without achieving her goals. “I wasted a lot of time and money and I don’t even know what went wrong. My coach had credentials and […]
If your to-do list seems as long at the end of the day as it did at the start (or worse yet, longer!) then you could definitely use an injection of creativity in your work day.
Here are five simple ways of using your creativity to improve the quality of your day:
1) Stop banging your head […]
Just the other day one of my friends at church asked me: “Terry, you are
a creative
guy, what is it like to always be the one who comes up with fresh new
ideas?” That
was the first time I’d been asked that question and I had to stop and
think for a
minute. Then […]
The key to happiness is both simple and complex. It is the sum total of more than 2,000 years of philosophy, psychology, speculation, and discussion about the meanings and sources of happiness. From Aristotle in 340 B.C. through to the modern thinkers, speakers, and writers of today, this key to happiness has hardly changed. It […]