Lies We Tell Ourselves That Keep Us from Being Happy
Lies. We tell them to others, but we mostly tell them to ourselves. How many of these lies have you fallen victim to, personally? He or she will change. I’ll do it “one day”. If I had more time, I’d do...
View ArticlePersonal Lessons We Can Learn from the Recent Election
This week’s U.S. election polarized our nation. It exposed a big divide in mentality — in hopes and dreams and expectations. For some, the results triggered happiness. For others, dread and fear. I’m...
View ArticleWhy Lying Is So Intriguing
As a fiction author, I know lying first-hand. Why? Because fiction is, after all, one big lie. I’m paid to tell stories. I’m paid to LIE. But this is only a simplified way of looking at lying, and it’s...
View Article12 Must-Read Books That Will Change Your Life
Great fiction books can take you to other worlds and take your breath away. But great non-fiction books can literally change your life. While I’m an avid fiction reader, I devour self-help books. Books...
View ArticleYou’re Doing Your Weekends All Wrong
Just because you had a weekend in which you didn’t go to work doesn’t mean you had a good weekend. In fact, my guess is that your weekend away from the office was probably “bad-good”. I can imagine...
View Article10 toxic personalities and why you should avoid them
We’ve been around all of them. People who use you. People who manipulate you. People who judge you or suck the life out of you or gossip about you (and everything else they hear). The thing is, on the...
View ArticleWhy Social Media Is Stressing Us Out
Social media is a great thing. It can also be a dangerous thing — to your happiness and peace of mind. Sure, posting your life stories and thoughts and updates on Twitter or Instagram or Facebook or...
View ArticleHow to Handle Difficult Emotions
I shouldn’t be feeling this way. If I ignore this emotion, it’ll go away. It’s not a big deal. This, too, shall pass. Everything will be fine. Focus on something else. Any of these phrases sound...
View ArticleThoughts Are NOT Facts!
Every day, every hour, every minute our minds are filled with thoughts. And those thoughts can bounce, and bounce, and bounce. In yoga and Buddhism, we call this monkey brain — drunken monkeys jumping...
View Article7 Lessons from Mister Rogers That Are Still Relevant Today
I know. I haven’t blogged in ages. I’ve been pulled in too many directions in real life and, to be honest, I’ve been focusing more time on me as well as my book marketing. But I ran across a blog today...
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