Category: Self-Help
How to Widen Your Perspectives for a Better Future
Source: cottonbro studio / Pexels The common factors in all persistent unhappiness, mental illness, emotional disorder, and relationship dysfunction are rigid perspectives. Almost always narrow […]
What Is Fragile in Your Life?
Jonah Pettrich/Unsplash The truth of anything is like a mosaic with many tiles and many parts. One part of the truth of things is that […]
Why You Should Go on a Retreat
I rarely use the word should, but there is a time and place for it—when I tell my teenage son, “You should take a shower.” […]
Own Your Mind Space |
I use the term “mind space” to describe the bandwidth of conscious thoughts. Conscious thoughts about navigating the environment occupy relatively little mind space; most […]
What You Don’t Know About Love and How It Heals
Ranjithsiji/Wikimedia Like the sparkling of a diamond, the beauty of love is multi-faceted. There is the exhilaration that lovers feel for each other. The love […]
Look for Pleasant Things or Avoid Unpleasant Things
Christian Lue/Unsplash Getting caught up in wanting—wanting both to get what’s pleasant and to avoid what’s unpleasant—is a major source of suffering and harm for […]
Do You Matter? |
Helena Lopes/Unsplash I sat in the white rattan chair waiting for my Mom. She was in the dressing room, trying on clothes. She rarely bought […]
Recognize What Is Improving in Your Life
Source: Katarzyna Grabowska/Unsplash There are always things that are getting worse. For example, over the past year, you probably know someone who has become unemployed […]
“Oops, I Made a Mistake, That’s All”
Source: geralt/pixabay Sesame Street characters gave us the tune and words: “Oops, I made a mistake, that’s all—and making mistakes is never fun.” Not only […]
The Best Self-Care Is Caring for Others
In a world where fervid encouragement to engage in self-care is being spread in every medium available, from commercials, social media sites, self-care guidebooks, and […]