Listening: The Art of Truly Being Present with Someone
Knowledge speaks, wisdom listens. — Jimi Hendrix Think about this question: in our technology-heavy, social-media saturated world, how much do you really listen to someone in a face-to-face conversation? Listening is rapidly becoming a lost art, and yet it is one of the most critical things we do to learn important information about the world […]
What to Do When Work-Life Balance Doesn’t Work
Finding work-life balance seems impossible, doesn’t it? How often have you wished there were 48 hours in the day (or two of you) to get everything done? If you were to make a list of all the components of your life, you would probably find a long list of things that are important and need […]
5 Ways to Achieve Work-Life Fulfillment
Last week’s post addressed the underlying flaw in finding the perfect “balance” of work and life. Whether you call it work-life balance, fulfillment, focus, or any number of terms, what really matters is that you know the areas of concern in your life and give them attention. It is not necessary that you give them […]
3 Ways Your Words Shape Your Life
By Guest Blogger Angela Hoffman, Certified Integral Coach© Language shapes our behavior and each word we use is imbued with multitudes of personal meaning. — Dr. Andrew Newberg We have all been the recipient of powerful language from others…hurtful words, words of hope and encouragement, and commands or directives. We also know from experience that […]
Reflections on Thanksgiving
For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, For love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends. — Ralph Waldo Emerson All across the USA, people are preparing for Thanksgiving. It all began back in 1621 when the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag tribe celebrated together […]
Gonna have to face it you’re addicted to love
Over the last couple decades, the way society views love, mental health and addiction has changed drastically. Most evidently in the world of addiction, we now know that you can be addicted to much more than just a chemical stimulant. Not that addiction to love, food, or even stress are new, or have somehow changed. […]
Helping the co-dependent recover
Codependent relationships all have certain characteristics in common. These relationships consist of one person who loves an individual who is addicted to some form of harmful behavior. Quite often someone we care deeply about is in a codependent relationship of one sort or another and as someone who cares about them as well, it’s our […]
To Thine Own Self Be Kind
Practicing mindfulness in your daily life is more than just being aware of your breathing and your emotions. It’s more than simply being “present-focused.” According to researcher Dr. Kristin Neff, mindfulness is one of the three aspects of self-compassion. Thus, mindfulness is part of a larger whole—and part of the noble goal of self-compassion. All […]
Remaining Present-Focused in the Face of Trauma
Staying at one with the moment in front of you doesn’t come naturally to some people. In fact, it probably doesn’t come naturally to most people. Often, we are inclined to scrutinize the past and make desperate, half-thought-out plans for the future, when in fact, these practices do absolutely nothing for us. This is even […]
Acknowledging Your Place in the World
Part of embracing the now is acknowledging your place in the world. Now, that may sound fatalistic but I assure you, I don’t mean to detract from anyone’s personal greatness nor uniqueness by making this statement. Rather, I believe that sometimes in our quest to find a niche for ourselves—a one-of-a-kind niche—we drift away from […]