If you are reading this, then I know that you have completed everything on your to-do list. And you are not reading this blog post on “procrastination” to procrastinate on something that you are dreading to finish. If you have not finished your to-do list, that is okay. I’m not here to make you feel guilty about that long list of exciting activities[...]
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[...]
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[...]
Here is an exercise for you. Pull out your journal and write a sentence with these words. Resistance. Fear. Habit. Power. Hope. When you are done writing this sentence, scroll down and continue reading this blog post for a meditation exercise. You can even write your sentence in the comments below. What sentence did you write? Did you use all o[...]
Mary and Judy were childhood best friends. They did everything together and grew up living very similar lives. After college, they both got married and had children. They kept in touch as much as possible but grew apart throughout the years. Mary was very happy and had a positive attitude. When life threw her lemons, she made buckets of sweet, delicious l[...]
As a happiness coach, people always ask me, “Are you ever not happy.” I usually respond with “Heck yeah, I go through the array of emotions just like everybody else, just ask my kids.” The difference is that I have trained my brain to be aware of these emotions so that I don’t stay in them for too long. It is something I work on daily for several[...]
Meditation is so good for the mind and the body. The research has proved this time and time again. When I started meditating, I didn't know what I was doing or if it was working. Eventually, as time went by, I started to see subtle changes in my mind and body. Like I could breathe better when I ran or I was calmer with my children. There were some defini[...]
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[...]