5 Tips For Knowing When and How to Say No
I don’t know about you, but I sometimes have trouble saying “No.” It’s just two little letters, one simple syllable… it should be the easiest thing in the world. But put me in front of a pushy salesman...
View Article12 Easy Ways to Practice Daily Mindfulness
Mindfulness is all the rage these days. It’s been featured in countless publications, from Forbes to Psychology Today, and it’s being enthusiastically embraced by everyone from therapists and CEOs, to...
View Article10 Powerful Strategies For Overcoming Procrastination (and Saving Time)
Surely you’ve heard the old cliché that says, “We are our own worst enemy.” It’s cliché because it’s true. Nothing and no one hinders us, blocks us, and holds us back as much as we do, ourselves. By...
View ArticleHow to Meditate: An Advanced Guide
If you’re serious about personal development (and of course you are; why else would you be here?), sooner or later you’ve got to get serious about meditation. You can work hard to be physically fit and...
View ArticleHow to Harness Your Powers of Intuition
Have you ever had a hunch that turned out to be dead right? Did you ever “just know” something, even though there was no logical evidence? Of course you have. And you’re not alone! Whether we call it a...
View Article10 Ego Traps to Avoid If You Want To Be Happy
We all want to be happy. It’s human nature. But there’s another part of human nature – the ego – that constantly sabotages our happiness at every turn. If we let it. In order to be happy, we have to...
View ArticleHow Meditating From a 61 Story Building Changed My Life
A few weeks ago I decided to try something a bit different… I meditated on the roof of a 61 story building. Unlike most of my meditation sessions, this one was unique… not only did it give me a breath...
View Article14 Questions to Ask Yourself Every Day to Keep Your Life On Track
Life can be hectic. Most of us have our hands full just trying to keep it all together. We do what we have to just to get by, from day to day. We seldom stop to ask ourselves, “Why am I here? Where am...
View Article8 Different Ways to Meditate (For Those Who Can’t Sit Still)
As I’ve said before, if you really want to change your life and pursue personal excellence, meditation is essential. But there are a lot of people (those diagnosed with ADD or ADHD, for example) who...
View ArticleHow I Boosted My Confidence Overnight With These 10 Simple Tricks
Confidence is one of the biggest keys to happiness and success. Low self-esteem can hinder your performance at work, affect your relationships, and generally make life more difficult than it has to be....
View ArticleHow To Forgive Someone Who Has Hurt You: In 7 Steps
Forgiveness is one of the most powerful tools we have for healing and personal transformation. Jesus, Buddha and Lao Tzu all taught that forgiveness is essential to knowing inner peace and spiritual...
View ArticleHow To Find Happiness By Helping Others
In a previous post, I talked about the many ways that the ego can sabotage our lives. Today I’d like to dig a little deeper, and get the heart of what the ego really is, and how exactly it keeps us...
View ArticleHow To Cultivate Compassion Through Metta Meditation
One of the central aims of Buddhist meditation is to cultivate compassion, or loving-kindness – and metta meditation is designed to do just that. Metta is a word from ancient Pali (the language of the...
View Article7 Breathing Exercises To Deepen Your Meditation Practice
Did you know that the English word “spirit,” has it’s roots in the Latin word spiritus – which means “breath”? We find a similar connection between breath and Spirit in many other languages. The Hebrew...
View ArticleHow To Transmute Negative Energy With Tonglen Meditation
Suffering is one of the undeniable facts of life that motivate our spiritual practice. It was coming face-to-face with aging, illness and death, that inspired the Buddha to leave his palace and his...
View ArticleHow To Transcend The Ego Through Self-Inquiry
The ultimate goal of all spiritual practice is to transcend the ego, and awaken to your true Self. Throughout human history, many masters and teachers have developed many different ways and methods of...
View ArticleHow To Let Go Of Attachments By Contemplating Impermanence
One of the central concepts of Buddhist philosophy is the notion of attachment, or clinging. Upadana is a word from ancient Pali and Sanskrit, which is usually translated as attachment, grasping, or...
View ArticleWhy The World’s Most Famous People Meditate
“Turn off your mind, relax and float downstream…” These words were sung more than 50 years ago, by the most popular music group of all time: the Beatles. At the time, they were largely singing to the...
View Article5 Introspective Books on Life & Self Awareness That Everyone Should Read
There are about 1 million and one “must read books” out there. Which makes the task of finding a good book to read exhausting. It’s easy to get lost an Amazon or a bookstore when you’re looking for...
View Article8 Ways to Get Centered When You Feel Lost.
Everyone feels “lost” every now and again: out of touch with themselves and others, and feeling rudderless in the world. Often, this feeling is the result of a strenuous workload, a personal loss, or...
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