Wise Quotes From Buddhism
Buddhism is more than just a religion. It is a way that one can live their life. Many Buddhist sayings are like pictures: they are worth a thousand words. They can apply to all aspects of life and improve the relationships with yourself and others. Check out these...
Intense Interval Training Exercise
Are you looking for a new training program to whip yourself into shape? Are you bored by running on a treadmill or monotonously lifting weights? Interval training is a high-intensity activity that involves switching between activities of varying speed with minimal...
Strategically Surfing the Web Can Make You Smarter
Who told you that surfing the web dumbs you down? While there are many websites and resources on the web that do not stimulate your brain, there are also quite a few that do. Websites that can teach you new facts, languages, skills, and topics will stimulate your...
Productive Work Day
Have you ever gotten out of bed with every intention of having a good and successful day? Then you’ve probably also experienced getting sidetracked and distracted by your Facebook news feed or your instagram wall. Let’s be real here, you’d much rather finish your work...
The Start to Your Dream Job
You may have heard of the phrase, “Get your foot in the door.” Well, in the business world, building a proper resume is the best way to get your foot in the door. If you think your resume is lacking or that it isn’t as effective, maybe it’s because you aren’t listing...
Create Space for Your Relationships to Flourish
In today’s fast society, people just want to jump right into relationships. People want to rush through the first few dates and get into an intimate relationship quickly, but the truth is that these relationships need to be built over time. If you want it to be a...
How To Feel More Alive
“I don’t believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive”~Joseph Campbell. Too many people are worried about putting their time into activities that won’t “lead to a career” or that they “won’t be any...
Everyday Superfoods
There is so much differing data available about what to eat, what not to eat, and how much to eat. The sheer amount of this data can be overwhelming. The two main issues with eating healthy foods are taking the time to prepare the food and choosing which ingredients...
Preventing Self Sabotage and Upper Limiting
Self-Sabotage, or as Gay Hendricks calls it in his book The Big Leap “Upper Limiting”, is a process that we all go through. Here are some resources to help you push through your upper limit and prevent self-sabotage : The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks is a quick read and...
Unpack
The hurts. The offenses. The actions that injure. Even thoughtless abuse from sources beyond our control is stored inside us chemically and spiritually. It becomes a toxic hindrance to moving forward in healing. The parts of our being are inextricably combined; soul...
Rest
When was the last time you honestly rested? Where you were truly not involved in anything else. No text conversation. No Netflix. No YouTube. We so frequently steal our own rest time away from ourselves with busy work because we don’t feel we really deserve the rest....
Future Self’s Problem
Have you worried so hard about something only to arrive in the crux of the moment to find out information that completely alleviated the entire situation? Yeah. We’ve all been there. There’s relief that the worst didn’t happen, but there’s also emotional I need to...
Intentional Conversation
We talk a lot. We text a lot. We send messages and comments. We give and take a lot of words. We’re communicating, but what are we saying? I legitimately think that if we pause (actually pause) for a moment and listened to what our soul wants and needs we’d hear that...
Affirmations
Have you guys read that article written by contemplatively creative Mauricio Estrella? You know, the one on Medium, “How A Password Changed My Life”. The summary is that he changed his password to the thing he wanted to “fix” most. And the crazy thing? IT TOTALLY...
Love Your Neighbor
If you’ve ever been told, “Love your neighbor as yourself” as part of a demonstration about being less selfish raise your hands. *thousands of hands go up* Yep. That’s what I thought. So before you tune out because your emotional baggage is screaming at you to run...
Joy
The cultural mantra “be happy” is everywhere. “What makes you happy? Do what makes you happy!” But I’d love to make a slight change to this. I would like to exchange word “happy” for “joy”. Happy is that warm, fuzzy, bubble gum feeling that we get from really...
Forgive
Someone once described unforgiven hurts in my heart as festering sores oozing terrible things into the rest of me. This may have been a little intense for a 9-year-old, but it definitely stuck with me. I like thinking about emotional/mental wounds as actual...
Give Yourself Permission
Permission to do the things you’ve always wanted to do! Permission to get that promotion. Permission to lose 10 pounds. Permission to have fun with your kids even when other things needs to get done. Permission to become the best version of you. This means you...
