Relationships As you have probably learned already, it’s not enough to be optimistic and successful, you also need to be in a success-inspiring environment. The most important element of that environment is the people in your life, and especially friends. If you’re surrounded with negative, orLearn more »

Posted Jun 19 2013

Happiness For it isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt Do happy people always have positive thoughts? Well, if they didn’t have, then they won’t beLearn more »

Posted Jun 17 2013

Relationships The past has no power to stop you from being present now. Only your grievance about the past can do that. What is grievance? The baggage of old thought and emotion.  ~Lao Tzu Are you carrying emotional baggage from one relationship to another? Just likeLearn more »

Posted Jun 16 2013

Happiness Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions. ~Dalai Lama You’re not alone in your search for it. There are hundreds, maybe thousands of websites dedicated to it. Authors have written thousands of books about it.  Television has had a plethora of talkLearn more »

Posted Jun 13 2013

Personal growth This is a sequel to my previous post, Confessions of a Perfectly Imperfect Life – Me and My Shadows. One of the most valuable and powerful lessons I have learned from life is that nothing is ours to keep – not our friends and family, notLearn more »

Posted Jun 11 2013

Relationships Healthy communication is the cornerstone of cultivating and sustaining healthy relationships. We connect and express ourselves through the spoken and written word, which ultimately allows us to develop our “voice” in the world. How well you communicate directly correlates with how understood and heard youLearn more »

Posted Jun 10 2013

Life Coaching I have always thought it would be a blessing if each person could be blind and deaf for a few days during his early adult life. Darkness would make him appreciate sight; silence would teach him the joys of sound. ~Helen Keller ( Blind andLearn more »

Posted Jun 09 2013

Life Coaching This is a sequel to my previous post, The Dark Side of Me – Confessions of a Perfectly Imperfect Life. Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.Learn more »

Posted Jun 06 2013

Life Coaching This is a sequel to my previous post, The Dark Side of My Balinese Soul Searching Experience. I honestly believe that the number one reason so many of us don’t like to spend time alone, away from all the outside noise and away from everyoneLearn more »

Posted Jun 03 2013

Life Coaching More than a month ago I decided to take off from work and go on a 30 day soul retreat in Bali, to find myself and to also work on my book. My mind, body, heart and soul were feeling out off sync for quiteLearn more »

Posted Jun 02 2013