What’s REALLY Stopping You?

March 13, 2012

“FEAR is False Evidence Appearing Real!” -Tony Robbins Isn’t it remarkable how clever your brain is at talking you out of things? You know that action precedes results, but in THIS case, you think, there’s a good reason not to take action. Of course, you tell yourself, next time conditions will be right, and I’ll do it! [...]

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How Our Journey Unfolds…Excerpt from UnHypnosis

March 6, 2012

“Our minds are habitual abusers of our souls, repeat offenders.”  -Dr. Steve Taubman We want a better life. We want a bigger house, a better car, a prettier girlfriend, a more successful husband, fame and fortune, and lots of other stuff. We hope that these things will make us happy. Yet we find that they [...]

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Belief Affects Perception

February 28, 2012

“Life is the movie you see through your own unique eyes. It makes little difference what’s happening out there.”     -Dennis Whaitley Flying back from a speaking engagement, I struck up a conversation with my seatmate. She said her husband’s a lawyer who makes his career submitting DNA evidence on old cases to reopen them and have [...]

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What is Mindfulness?

February 25, 2012

Every once in a while I need to revisit this fundamental question. People ask and are often confused by the term “mindfulness.” Or it carries “New Age” baggage it doesn’t deserve.  Mindfulness is as practical and mainstream a concept as discipline or integrity. Have you ever read stories about a woman who didn’t realize she [...]

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On Being a Girl

February 25, 2012

The article below was written by a dear friend of mine for her friend’s new blog. She sent it to me to read, and I found it so moving, I had to share it. If you are a girl, have ever been a girl, or would like to empower and guide a girl, this is [...]

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How NOT to Live a Happy Life

February 18, 2012

“A cynic is someone who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.”   -Oscar Wilde Are you the kind of person who takes pride in knowing how everything works? Do you nod knowingly at every magic trick you’ve ever seen? Do you rush to explain why sunsets are orange? Does the world hold [...]

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Have You Got It Backwards?

February 13, 2012

“Be happy in the moment – that’s enough. Each moment is all we need – not more.”   -Mother Teresa My friend had a revelation this morning…ironically something I’ve been saying to her for years, but somehow she just discovered it for herself. “I’ve been trying to fix the outside of my life all this time, [...]

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Blues Legends, Movie Stars and my Mom

February 9, 2012

A small, frail looking man sat across the aisle from me on the long flight from Dallas. His stringy, colorless hair hung lifelessly from beneath a cowboy hat, and his movements were repetitive and quirky. His talon-like fingers moved constantly, as if rolling marbles, guided shakily by arms littered with faded tattoos adorning his tissue-paper [...]

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