The science is in. It all comes down to the moment. Are you in it? Are you here? Now? When you are, the brain creates what Harvard psychologist, Shawn Achor, calls the “Happiness Advantage.” Simply, when we are present to the joy of the moment we not only turn on all the learning centers ofRead more
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That is, unless you see yourself as the amazing, empowering, sexy, dynamic creator that you are. And we rarely do. Why? Because we don’t see ourselves through a clear lens. When I was in my 20’s I would tell myself I was stupid. I looked forward to the day when I would stop beating myselfRead more
Fear of failure? Get over it. You’re not scared to fail. You do it all the time, often without realizing it. If you’re reading this now, you’ve probably had hundreds of failures in life leading up to this moment. And you’re fine. You survived them. You’re still breathing. They actually probably proved to not reallyRead more
When I was in my 20’s, I didn’t like myself very much. I had low self-esteem and a lot of self-hatred. I thought I was dumb and unattractive. Too “this” and too “that.” Too much, too gay, too weird, too “out there.” So what did I do? Well, like most 20-year-olds at that time, IRead more
Will Smith actually said it. The secret to his success, was simply “deciding” that he wasn’t going to let anyone or anything stop him from having a career. It sounds so simple. And in many ways it is. We often find living our creative lives (and the accomplishing of our goals) to be a haphazardRead more
6). Know The Power of “No” Which Can Really Be A “Yes.” Life is all about saying yes. But sometimes we have to say no to something externally, but which internally, is an affirmative (“yes!”) declaration of self. But we’re so often scared to say no to someone because we think they won’t like usRead more
Part of life is about owning up to the fact that we know more than we think we do. We’re sometimes not aware of our inner-knowing because we’ve spent a lot of time playing outer roles in life (the dumb blonde, the slacker, the jock, the weirdo) that often got us what we wanted inRead more