In the spirit of MLK Day, here are 14 of my favorite Martin Luther King Jr. quotes. On this special day let’s remember they were spoken by a man who changed the world with his words and actions. As we read them let’s think about ways we can live them. LOVE "I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.’ "Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend." "I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final…
Let the why drive you
“Purpose is stronger than object.” – Jim Rohn What you’re after is the object – your goal. Why you pursue it is your purpose. Don’t get these confused. Purpose has power. Use that power. Purpose is found in the details. For instance, is a money goal an end in itself? Or is the purpose for achieving the money – for example, how you will use it to improve your life, perhaps the lives of others – the greater motivation? Get clear on the details Get focused on the “why.” Let the “why” drive you to the “what.” The post Let the why drive you appeared first on Healthy Mind Heart Body.
Dare to get wet
“We rise by lifting others.” Resist the temptation to get sucked into your own self-importance. Get outside yourself, roll up your sleeves, and become part of something larger. Choose to enable others while on your journey. The rising tide will lift all boats, but you have to dare to get wet. Get in the water.
Guided Visualisation in Therapy – The Benefits Might Surprise You
Guided visualisation in therapy Guided visualisation, also known as ‘guided image therapy’, is a psychotherapeutic tool now used for a large variety of emotional and physical conditions. It it particularly popular with cognitive behavioural therapists. What is guided visualisation? Guided visualisation is a process whereby your therapist leads you through imagining in your mind’s eye …
The person you become
“Love getting there as much as being there.” Abundance is found on the journey as well as at the destination. It’s about the person you become in the process of achieving your goals. Bigger goals drive the emergence of the bigger person within. The bigger person achieves the goals. Choose your goals with the anticipation – the expectation – of the remarkable, capable person you create along the way. The post The person you become appeared first on Healthy Mind Heart Body.
Can Productivity Lead to Increased Happiness?
Has technology given you more free time or less? Are you feeling overwhelmed by too much multitasking, information overload and an overcrowded schedule? Do you feel guilty when you’re not doing something productive? It seems like most of us live our lives based on the clock. We wake up at a certain time, work on a schedule and scrutinize our performance on how long it takes us to accomplish things. If we get more done in less time, our productivity feels like a source of happiness. But when…
Honoring Your Sacred Body
It's time to talk about the body. Sure, I've referenced it a lot, but until now, I haven't really spent a ton of time talking about it exclusively. Of course, nothing is really exclusive in terms of the heart, body, mind, and spirit. It's all intermingled together. So in that way, these types of separations can be a little bit of an absurdity. But not too much. Because clearly we have bodies. And clearly they function in certain ways that our emotions do not and that our minds (no matter what they think) do not.Honoring your sacred body starts with understanding this: your body is the …
Reconciliation: A Means or an End?
There were questions in comments about reconciliations. Most of the time we don’t talk about that. I find that there is a small percentage of couples who can successfully reconcile. Maybe there are therapists somewhere that have a high rate … Continue reading →
Is My Child Depressed?
We tend to associate being a child with being carefree, and not with depression. But depression and mental health challenges are far from just for adults. In the UK, the Office of National Statistics suggests that 1 in 10 children suffer a mental health condition, with at least 4{2879bc8f2cf0c7badc0ba0b91bc88170008fa0b1cee68ceb4afb7fd46d4bfeb9} of this number suffering anxiety and …
Quotes of Wisdom: E.E. Cummings on Nonconformity
To be nobody but myself — in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else — means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting. ~ E.E. Cummings No related posts.
Transient Thoughts 1/13/2015
Two hearts pass in the night and they both shine with the same light They become magnetized and memorized by the love they both share. Though they are so different in their origins and how they view life they are so alike in what they want and need. They both beat with desire for the closeness and togetherness they now have found in one another. Neither heart is perfect nor is either of them …
Get off your butt
“There are only two kinds of people who are staying on this beach: those who are already dead and those that are gonna die. Now get off your butts, you’re the fightin’ 29th.” – Major General Norman Cota, Omaha Beach, June 6, 1944 General Cota was one of the first senior officers to land on the Normandy beaches during D-Day. When soldiers…
One Dozen Simple Anti Stress Strategies
Stress is such a pervasive part of life anymore that some people exist in an ongoing state of “fight or flight.” This is an extremely dangerous condition both emotionally and physically. Prolonged hyper adrenal activity will literally burn you out in a big way. As much as I appreciate articles on ways to unwind and relax after a stressful day, I think there is another issue that should also be addressed. Instead of just dealing with stress it is…
Early Relationship
GBOT excerpt: http://gettingbackoutthere.com/excerpt-the-early-relationship-2/
Our Brains – Thoughts Create Our Lives
Let me ask you a question. How often do we tell ourselves things aren’t always what we think they are? In other words, there are times when our own brains just think about things so out of context that we have to tell it to be quiet. Although our brains are great at analytical things and things that require deduction or finding answers, where do we draw the line between when we should listen to our brains and when we should tell it to shut up? Here’s what I mean by that. Have you ever thought about something that you may not feel too sure about and your brain starts running through a scenario of outcomes? Sometimes these outcomes are so ridiculous, maybe even frightening…
So believe…
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” Believe in the beauty of your dreams. No one else can love your dreams the way you do. No one is attracted to that compelling beauty the way you are. So believe in that beauty. Cultivate the appreciation of it. Let it enchant, mesmerize and motivate you. And then pursue your dreams, Your future awaits – own it The post So believe… appeared first on Healthy Mind Heart Body.
Webinar: Embodying Spirituality
The concept of embodying spirituality is getting talked about a lot these days, and I wanted to have a webinar to hopefully help you understand this idea. On the one hand, it is an impossibility because we are all inherently spiritual. In this way, we are approaching the discussion from the space of what I call "higher truth." This is important because we want to connect with the truest Truth first. From that space, we come back to the truth of the moment. In our daily lives, we then can sense what feels most trust to our bodies from a clear perspective. When we have this connection to oneness and Truth, the practice of embodying spirituality in our …
Wherever You Go, There You Are
No matter where you go, there you are. ~ Confucius It seems that each new year, people make changes that may or may not actually change things. Think long and hard before you do something drastic. Many people are in … Continue reading →
What is Machiavellianism in Psychology?
What is Machiavellianism? Machiavellianism in psychology refers to a personality trait which sees a person so focused on their own interests they will manipulate, deceive, and exploit others to achieve their goals. Machiavellianism is one of the traits in what is called the ‘Dark Triad’, the other two being narcissism and psychopathy. The term itself derives from a …
Be ready
“Be ready to surrender who you are for what you can become?” The caterpillar must emerge and escape from the chrysalis to fulfill its destiny, to complete its transformation into a radiant butterfly. You too must surrender your old self to become your new self – the person of your dreams. You simply can’t grow while clinging to your past. Are you ready to fulfill your destiny?
What It Takes to Accomplish Your Goals and Dreams
Everyone has dreams they would like to see come true. How long would it take you to list three of your favorites? In fact, why not do that before we continue. Just write down three really important things that you would like to see become a reality in your life. Go ahead, I’ll wait! All set? OK, let’s see if we can’t get you a little closer to making those dreams happen. The first …
You Are Perfect
You are perfect. There’s no if’s, and’s, or but’s about it. You are perfect.It’s a deeply relieving thing to hear. Maybe you aren’t hearing it though. Take a moment then to read those three little words again. Breathe in. Breathe out. Do that a couple of times. Let that truth sink in.I know the objections that may be coming up instead. They are saying that you aren’t enough of this. You don’t have enough of that. On and on, those objections may come up, but even those objections are embraced by the total and complete perfection of the universe. That is how it is with the universe; at no time does it ever reject anything. In that total …
Mail. We Get Mail on Reconnecting with A Long-Ago Ex
Almost 15 years ago I met a guy a few months after we both went through significant breakups. We had an on-again / off-again relationship due to the fact that neither of us were truly over our last relationship but … Continue reading →