Personal growth

When Life Throws You A Curveball

February 14, 2012

It happens to all of us. You decide to get focused. You plan. You set goals. You start taking action. And then just when you’re gaining momentum, life throws you a curveball. I got thrown a curveball about three weeks ago. I got to researching something on the Internet, and before I knew it, I’d [...]

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Are Addictions Hindering Your Personal Growth?

January 30, 2012

If you’re serious about your personal growth plans, you must get rid of addictions. As someone who struggled with an eating disorder—a type of addiction—for years, I can totally relate to the struggle to break the chains of addiction. If you have any kind of addiction, you have my empathy and compassion. You also have [...]

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“Why” Means Nothing Without A “How”

January 24, 2012

Have you been struggling to reach your personal growth goals? If you saw the movie or read the book The Secret, or if you’ve ever been seriously involved in an MLM, you’ve heard that all you have to do is believe. If you just have a big enough “Why” – or reason for achieving a [...]

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Forget “Positive Thinking”; Ask Questions Instead

January 23, 2012

Many personal development skill gurus talk about positive thinking. But is it really all it’s cracked up to be? I once heard Noah St. John, author, motivational speaker and life coach, talk about his experience with positive affirmations. You know, you’re lying in bed with the most miserable headache on earth saying, “My head is perfectly [...]

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A Life-Changing Revelation

January 17, 2012

When you’re trying to figure out the purpose of life – specifically, your life – too much analysis can can make you slide three steps back for every two steps forward. Although I’m not an analytical nerd in most other aspects of life, when it comes to figuring out my purpose, I can really dig [...]

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Overcoming Trauma

January 16, 2012

When seeking answers to the question, “How to find success?”, you need to realize that the first step is to take care of past issues that are plaguing your mind and keeping you in a prison of negativity. One of the most devastating hits against your mind is experiencing trauma, such as a car accident, [...]

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This Journey Called Life

January 10, 2012

A week ago, we were all excited when we brought home two new friends, Anna Rat and Maria Rat. They are just babies, and now we are all getting impatient because they seem to be taking forever to get tame. Last night, Benjamin experienced throwing up for the first time. And Jerry and I got [...]

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Do You Suffer From This Insidious Barrier to Success?

January 9, 2012

Learned helplessness is a phenomenon guaranteed to keep you from experiencing true success. It comes after continual exposure to a traumatic situation that seems cannot be avoided, and when anything similar happens to you in the future, you shut down, thinking there is no way to avoid it. Physical abuse is an obvious example. If [...]

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You Deserve It…Within Reason

January 4, 2012

Sometimes, those of us who pursue a more fulfilling life get a bit too heady about it, and lose the joy in living. We analyze it almost to death, thinking that our dreams and desires must fit into a narrow mold, into a limited set of specifications that have been arbitrarily formed out of past experience [...]

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In Case You’re Collecting Dust…

January 4, 2012

I recently saw this video on Tess’ blog The Bold Life, a bit of inspiration for you: As this post publishes, the year 2012 has just begun. Begin it well. Shake off the dust of the past, and move forward. You can. You do have the courage. Better things await. Shake the dust.

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