Many of us think if we do more, we'll have more, so we can be more. This is a myth.
September to the end of December is a great time to assess your life, regroup and make a plan of attack in order to achieve what you want before the end of the year. There is nothing better than pulling out a success in the last few months of the year to end 2012 on a high.
My husband and I just returned from five glorious days in Bermuda. All we did was sleep, eat, lounge by the pool, nap (him), and spa (me). We just luxuriated in the self-centeredness of being childless for an entire work-week.
There is a simple and fast way to tell whether you are hearing from the voice of your inner critic and the voice of realistic thinking. Here's how!
So many of us are caught up in fear as a lifestyle. We're stability-seeking creatures living through scary times. What we thought was stable -- like financial markets, the climate, etc. -- isn't.
Have you ever wondered why your inner critic speaks up so suddenly -- and so viciously -- in moments when you least expect it?
It's actually guaranteed that you will fail at some point while pursuing a dream in your life. But when you fail, will you misunderstand its lessons like most people usually do? Or will you relate powerfully to your failures?
If we believe we are here to improve the journey of our soul, we are charged with making the best choices to perpetually evolve to a higher good. We study, we go to therapy, we develop a spiritual practice and we try to do the right thing. The unfortunate part is that we are human.
Starting a new health and fitness regime, changing careers or simply dealing with the challenges thrown up in day-to-day life can be daunting and intimidating. Learning to coach yourself through situations like this is possible.
Turn off your pings and phone alerts, put your email on hold and carve out time to partake in your flow and reap your return on investment!
Once I got up off the floor and the shock subsided, and I finally stopped feeling like a victimized, washed-up old troll...I realized [my layoff] gave me the gift of liberation: the golden opportunity to create a life I love. A life fully expressed.
There's an epidemic lurking throughout society that's debilitating many people and I'm not talking about Vitamin D deficiency: We've forgotten to let others know when we really get them
The narcissist is arguably the most noticeable in the impostor family because it doesn't just expect the spotlight -- this impostor demands it.
Here are 7 simple ways that women can identify their callings -- including 3 surprising ones that nobody talks about!
Listening poorly has become pandemic.
In an economy where employers need to be creative and do more with less, employees who use these phrases will be replaced with those who have a better attitude and can get the job done.
What if -- truly -- one of the most important things in life is showing up? How do you show up for yourself and what you need?
In this video, I talk about why asking the question "What's my calling?" leaves so many of us feeling stressed and unfulfilled -- and why it's really the wrong question to be asking.
It's a good idea to think things through, especially for major decisions. But sometimes people over-think a situation, even when the decision is relat...
If needing to be right is my operating principal, then fear of all the judgments, opinions, and negative facts about being wrong come along with it.
True forgiveness, whether it's for yourself or someone else, takes strength, compassion, and the willingness to let go.
In the beginning, we naturally make the partnership "senior" to our individual desires. It seems cruel that this stage doesn't "naturally" last. The truth is, even in the best, most romantic couples, it really doesn't.
In my work as life coach, my clients often complain that people in their lives are always trying to "fix" them. While these "Fixers" may be well meaning, sometimes their reliance on fixing other people's problems to bolster their own self-worth and identity.
I believe I can take the mountain ranges of life and reduce them to manageable piles the size of ant hills. Or, to put it another way, I think I can tailor life's moo-moo into the pocket-hanky of a Snotgurggle.
This question originally appeared on Quora. By John Amaechi, Personal development & organizational change expert & Senior Fellow in Emotional Li...
