Happiness in a List
I’m not fond of posting articles with lists, like 10 easy ways to write a book, or 5 miracle drugs to reduce your weight, or 6 ways to do this, or 50 ways to...
Beyond the Fear
This Deliberate Life: Chris Clemens Redefines Normal
What would you think if I told you that today’s post was about someone who lives in his car? Would the word “homeless” rise up in your mind? Would you conjure an image of...
The Circle of Inspiration
If you were to read my byline on Medium, a writing website, you’d see that it includes the description “addicted to being inspired and inspiring others.” I wrote those words more than a year...
The Stickiness of Perception
We’re not always good at seeing ourselves in the same way others see us. But perceptions are important in our personal lives and in our professional lives. They can mean the difference between getting...
Putting Your Regrets to Work
What if? Ah, the eternal question we all would like to answer. What would have happened if I did or didn’t do such and such? Most of us have thoughts like these. But our...
Setting Fire to the Life That I Know
My husband sent his horoscope to me today, and this is what it said: You may be taking a risk now in your work or your personal life. And while you are driven by...
Filling the Void: Happiness From Within
I read an article yesterday posted by The Mind Unleashed called “10 Toxic Relationships Mentally Strong People Avoid.” I wasintrigued. After all, I consider myself to be a fairly strong-minded person. I wanted to...
Gratitude of Plenty
Just this morning, I was returning a rental car at LAX. I didn’t have much time before my flight was scheduled to depart to SFO. As I stepped out of the rental car, the...
Dive in: Facing Fear Head-on
Fear has the ability to paralyze us—if we let it. Many times, I have found myself completely paralyzed by fear, unable to move forward. But once I learned that this behavior only fed the...
Rediscovering Capable
I am out of my element today. I’m up in the mountains, stranded (so it seems) with no Wi-Fi and bad cellphone service. I feel a nagging sense of anxiety at not being able...
From Dreaming to Doing
“I encounter every lesson in life on purpose.” Those words resonated with me when I first heard them in July at the World Domination Summit in Portland, Oregon. The speaker was Jadah Sellner of...
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