From the category archives:

personal growth

How a Simple Loving-Kindness Meditation Can Transform Your Life

By Mary Jaksch Do you want to change? Do you maybe want to become happy, wise, peaceful, or simply – a better person? When you look deeply into your desire for change, you may find something uncomfortable at the bottom – a lack of self-love and self-acceptance. In ancient teachings reaching right back to the [...]

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How to Stop Envying Others

A guest post by Stefanie Flaxman of Revision Fairy It’s healthy to possess a bit of envy for individuals you admire. These people do what you want to do—they’ve got what you want. But if envy doesn’t motivate you to take practical action, it’s a dangerous quality. Your world becomes a place of what other [...]

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The power of vulnerability

You’re imperfect, and you’re wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging ~ Brené Brown By Mary Jaksch How do we learn to embrace our vulnerabilities and imperfections? How do we cultivate the courage, compassion, and connection to know that we are enough, that we are worthy of love, belonging, and joy? [...]

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How Simple Everyday Leadership Can Change the World

By Mary Jaksch Hands up if you are a leader! Did you hesitate? If so, it’s because we’ve made leadership into something beyond us. We’ve taken this title leader and we treat it as if it’s something we’re one day going to deserve. To call ourselves a leader right now seems to be arrogant and [...]

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How to Listen to the Nudges of Your Heart

A guest post by Christopher Foster of The Happy Seeker Life can be unpredictable at times (English understatement). What do we do when trouble or disaster looms suddenly? Here’s a lesson I learned many years ago: I was 22 or 23, burning brush on a ranch in British Columbia. I must have been daydreaming because [...]

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Mastering the Art of Resilience: Are You a Spiral or a Stick?

A guest post by Bobbi Emel of The Bounce Blog Model your life on the spiral, not the stick. – Carol Orsborn I love this little instruction. Orsborn says that in our society, we are encouraged – pressured, perhaps – to achieve success and to achieve it in a straight line of ascent – a [...]

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Why Personal Growth Matters for Your Financial Freedom

A guest post by Shilpan of Street Smart Finance Have you had sleepless nights over mounting credit card debt? If so — you are not alone. You can do it! Here’s the scoop — you can become debt free simply by changing your habits to lift you out of your financial hole. Why is that  simple money lessons [...]

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