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How Do You Label Yourself? When you start to label yourself, your identity becomes integrated with that label. If you tell people you’re a smoker, you’ve integrated that attribute into part of your being – as opposed to being someone who smokes. As a part of your identity, the pattern […]

Self-Esteem: How You Label Yourself Matters

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What’s all the meditation hype? Everyone is talking about meditation these days. Many claim it’s the magic bullet to solve every problem. Others think it’s totally bunk and pointless. So what’s the deal with meditation? What’s the point and how can you try it out yourself? I’m certainly not an […]

Meditation Is Flexible And Simple: Try It!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uT2YYIWyxU What was their name again…. I’m sure we’ve both had lots of friends and associates who we’ve slowly lost touch with. Time passes, priorities change, schedules get busy, and people slowly fade out. It’s always a bit disappointing recalling the good connections we’ve let weaken. It doesn’t have to […]

Better Relationships: Reaching Out Schedule

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0zTc-TITdA Where’d All My Money Go? Do you find yourself looking at your bill at the end of the month wondering what happened? Where did all the money go? You start looking through the purchases for fraud only to realize you made every purchase. It doesn’t make sense, you know […]

Spending Wisely: Is What You Buy Worth Your Time?

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Finding the Meaning of Your Life Alright, many of you are going to think I’m overreaching my bounds but I do believe there is a way to find the meaning of your life. Or at least get closer. It may not be easy, but it’s possible. It takes work and […]

Finding The Meaning Of (Your) Life

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  Awkward Conversations. You ever get to a point in the conversation that just stops dead? “Hey my name is x”. “Hey mine is y”. Awkward pause. Longer pause. Now the pause has gone on so long it might be too late to start talking again. You’re both standing there […]

Better Conversations: Ask Quality Questions

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What is conditioning? Ever heard of Pavlov’s dogs before? It’s the experiment which lead to the idea of classical conditioning. If you pair two events together, eventually the brain starts to link them. We can use this to our advantage by conditioning ourselves using common events and pairing them with […]

Positive Self-Conditioning Exercise

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What’s the point of gratitude? The way we use our attention dictates how we feel. Depending on what we focus on, our experiences become framed in a certain way. If we focus on what we lack, we become anxious, unhappy, and frustrated. By practicing gratitude daily, our attention moves towards […]

Daily Gratitude Practice: 3 Ways To Start

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Your two options are clear. It’s agonizing. You either go to your friend’s party or visit your grandmother for her birthday. There’s no way around it. Those are the only two options. You’ve spent hours weighing the pros and cons. You’re so caught up in trying to make the decision, […]

False Choices: The Illusion of Binary Choices

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Maybe I’ll just have one…. The plate of cookies is calling your name. Your internal dialogue starts; Hey it’s a birthday party, come on that’s a special occasion. You haven’t had any sweets today. You can break from your diet for this! It’s tempting, but you steel your resolve. You’re […]

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