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You know how sometimes you read something, and then you hear it in a conversation with a friend, and then you see it in a Facebook post, and it all sort of comes together into a little bit of insight. An insight that I am, of course, sharing with you, in the hopes...
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Do you ever read those books from great spiritual teachers, people like Thich Nhat Hanh (super Buddhist dude) or Eckhart Tolle (Power of Now dude), and you think, “Wow, that’s really great advice: Right action. Be peace. Relax into the now.” And then I usually think:...
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When I first met Martha McGinnis, mild-mannered and entirely at ease with herself, I would have never guessed at the turmoil that she’d gone through in order to come out the other side as a peaceful and amazing coach. Martha started dieting at thirteen, and spent many...
abundance, General
Recently, my aunt was relaying a conversation that she’d had with a running buddy of hers. Her friend was talking about her friend who makes over $40 million per year, and the running buddy said, “And I struggle with my 3 million.” Of course, I was pretty incredulous...
abundance, General
So I’d been reading a million (well, maybe not quite that many) marketing blogs, and all of them were saying the same thing: find a niche. (“Finding your niche” is really just code for: what kind of work do you want to do right now, and with whom do you want to do...
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Remember when NWA first spit out those words, and then there were riots at their concerts, and the FBI started threatening them? (Honestly, I only vaguely remember, but having recently watched Straight Outta Compton really helped…) I’m not claiming that I...
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I abhor the title of this blog. Why? Because words like “stuck” and “rut” and even “balance” are my pet peeves in the world of self-help. My inbox is continually popping with “Tips on How to Get Unstuck” and “Are You Stuck in a Rut” and “How to Find Balance”. Everyone...
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Today I’m interviewing Julie Roberts. She was a pilot for over twenty years before, in her own words, “physical battles reedited her life in a different direction.” She suffers from late-stage Lyme disease, and was completely bedridden. Then, during...
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As anyone who’s ever read a self help book (or this blog!) knows, there are many paths to personal happiness. But how do we know what really works? It turns out, many social scientists and psychologists are pondering that same question. And I’ve dug out some answers,...
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The Buddhists would tell you that one of the many elements on the eight-fold path or wheel of enlightenment is right intention, also translated as the exertion of our own will to change. But when we look at our lives, most of us are probably thinking, “Erin,...
