In efforts to keep this blog real, I like to say it like it is. I practice happiness everyday either through meditation, writing, spending time with people I love, finding flow, and a bunch of other things. Still, there are some days that are just unhappy. Gasp, the happiness coach gets the blues sometimes. Yup, I also get moody, grumpy, annoyed, and a host[...]
Imagine that you are a bus driver in a busy city. Passengers come in and out of the bus. Some are rude and obnoxious, criticizing everything, while others are nice with a friendly smile and attitude. As the driver, you are responsible for learning each passenger’s needs and taking them wherever they want to go. Regardless of who comes on the bus, you re[...]
When I hear people say: “I can’t meditate.” I always say, “Yes, you can, you probably already do it and don’t even know it.” There are many ways to meditate. The basic skill in meditation is just letting go and getting lost in the flow of the moment. Now if you want to get fancy and have a formal meditation practice, then it will require that[...]
What did you do when you woke up this morning? Is it the same thing that you did the day before, and the day before that? Do you remember if you put any thought into the activities you did this morning? Probably not or you might still be doing them. The reason is that our brains would literally shut down if we had to think about the process for every single[...]
Here is an exercise for you. Don’t think about apples. Don’t think about juicy red apples. Don’t think about the beautiful trees that produce juicy red apples. What are you thinking about right now? Probably apples. How often do you hear yourself saying, “I don’t want to do this or that” and then you do it anyways. According to Steve Andres and C[...]
In yoga, they say that standing on your head gives you a different perspective. In Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP), they say, “If what you are doing isn’t working, do something else. Do anything else.” If you are stuck in a rut and searching for change, it requires that you do something different. You can’t expect anything to change doing the s[...]
Sofia is sitting in her office looking out the window, counting the minutes until 5 o'clock! She thinks to herself, “This week sucks! I wish it was already next month so I could go on my vacation, and then I’ll be happy.” Poor Sofia, wishing her life away for a one week vacation. What will she do when she gets back to work after her vacation, wish fo[...]
Here is some bee happi coaching rhetoric for you. Imagine that there is something that you want to change, but you haven't done anything about it. Now maybe in your heart, you are longing for this change. Yet something always gets in the way like: fear, lack of confidence, or any other limiting belief. Next, look deep into the future and think about what li[...]
So you have this big dream of being successful. You think about it all the time, you talk about it the time, and you feel that you are ready. Then fear sets in and you think, “Oh crap, this is all pretty scary.” Now, many of you have heard of people being "scared of failure", but people being "scared of success", no way! Yes way, some people are ver[...]
It was the first day of chemistry and my college professor said, “Look to your left, now look to your right. Half of you will be gone before the semester ends.” I thought to myself confidently, “Nah, that won’t be me!” Six weeks later, I dropped the class and changed my major. Eh…things happen. I was working full-time and registered for 16 semest[...]