It was a joy to join Loree Bischoff on the launch of her podcast, "We're Talking Shift". Tune in to hear thoughts shared on the power of our focus to enhance our happiness and life. Topic discussed include: How do the things I say affect me? The easy fix for life's most persistent …
Flashlight of Awareness (The We’re Talking Shift Podcast with Loree Bischoff)
It was a joy to join Loree Bischoff on the launch of her podcast, "We're Talking Shift". Tune in to hear thoughts shared on the power of our focus to enhance our happiness and life. Topic discussed include: How do the things I say affect me? The easy fix for life's most persistent …
Mental Chatter is Fake News!
"Fool me once, shame on you! Fool me twice, shame on me!" I am not sure whether that was a nursery rhyme or a random bit of doggerel, but it rings true. If you are like most people I know, you certainly believe that you are smart and it is very difficult to deceive you. And, if a person …
Why Would You Give Anyone Power Over You!?
Do You Crave Approval and Acclaim and Applause? Be Aware of the Downside ... The clients I coach are manifestly smart and successful and many of my former students have MBAs from top business schools, but they all frequently make the same mistake. Quite possibly you also do this. Consider …
To Heck With Gratitude! (How To Be Grateful When Life Throws You Lemons)
Are you sick and tired of being told that you should be ‘grateful’ for the wonderful things in your life? I frequently, very frequently, advise persons to feel grateful for their lot in life. I ask them to feel grateful for what they are and what they do and the great good fortune that has been …
How to Eliminate Stress and Cultivate Extreme Resilience
Most people report feeling more stress in their lives now than ever before. It is possible to greatly reduce the stress we feel and even eliminate it entirely. This requires us to think differently about our life and our goals. If you implement even one or two of the ideas shared in this session, …
A Simple Question That Will Un-Complicate Your Life and Let Joy Pour in
Oh! The Journeys We Take! When you look at the world differently, your experience of life changes. And you can change your perspective consciously, deliberately. Your life is a journey. You probably have no difficulty accepting that. You are born and one day you will die and everything in …
How Can We Be Happy? (VIDEO)
We have questions. Many questions. How can we be happy? When will we finally become happy? How do we make a living in this increasingly uncertain world? We should meditate but there is no time for this. What can we do instead? Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi, the Indian sage, had a powerful way of …
How To Banish Your Shadow Forever
We live our lives with tension and anxiety. There is always an undertone of stress in our life. The notion that we are not being as effective as we 'should' be and that we are not 'accomplishing' all that we can and that, somehow, we are not full and complere. This is like a shadow that is always …