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10 Good Reasons to Start Letting Go of Things Sooner Rather than Later
The most practical changes happen when we decide to take control of what we do have power over, instead of craving control over what we do not. Holding on is hard. Holding on contributes to stress, unhappiness, relationship issues, and so much more. Yet, as human beings, we…
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10 Common Habits that Often Drain 90 Percent of Our Joy in Life
You ultimately become what you repeatedly do. If your habits aren’t helping you, they’re hurting you. Here are some fairly common and widespread examples of the latter that will drain all your joy if you let them: 1. Focusing on how life “should” be every step of the way. Try to…
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8 Big Wake-Up Calls We All Need to Receive Today Before it’s Too Late
You have come a long way, and you’re still learning and growing. Be thankful for the lessons. Take them and make the best of things today. For my 18th birthday, many moons ago, my grandfather on my mom’s side gave me four lightly-used flannel shirts that he no longer needed. The…
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12 Essential Things 90 Years of Wisdom Taught Me About Life and Happiness
We are not just what we know, but what we are willing to learn. When my Grandma Zelda passed away a decade ago at the age of 90, she left me with a box of miscellaneous items from her house that she knew I had grown to appreciate over the years. Among these items was […]
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40 Mindful Questions to Bring You Calmness and Clarity
Asking the right questions is the answer. In a recent email newsletter I wrote, “Calm your mind today. Don’t think outside the box. Think like there is no box.” And to my surprise, 67 people quoted that line and responded with the same general question: “How?” I’ve spent some…
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4 Foundational Ways to Start Letting Go Before Life Gets Any Harder
On the average day, happiness is letting go of what you assume life is supposed to be like, and sincerely appreciating it for everything it is. Over the past 16 years, as Angel and I have gradually worked with hundreds of our course students, coaching clients, and live event…
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7 Social Expectations that Often Drain 90 Percent of Our Joy and Peace
“I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations, and you’re not in this world to live up to mine.” — Bruce Lee The biggest and most draining disappointments in our daily lives are often the result of misplaced expectations. This is especially true when it comes to our…
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9 Foundational Rules for Turning Endings into New Beginnings
Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end. When you can no longer think of a reason to continue, you must think of a reason to start over. There’s a big difference between giving up and starting over in the right direction today. And there are three little words…
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10 Calming Quotes for Those Heated Moments When You’re Taking Things Personally
Let’s start off with a simple question: Why do we always take things personally? There are admittedly quite a few valid reasons to consider. But the one Marc and I have found to be most common through 16 years of working with our coaching clients and live event attendees is the…
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10 Wake-Up Calls for Those Hard Days When You Lose Your Motivation (and You’re Unsure of Everything)
“Head up, heart open. To better days!” — T.F. Hodge Struggling to find your motivation? Feeling unsure about everything today? There are a few things you need to know right now. This quick read is for YOU… Once upon a time there was a woman in her mid-sixties who noticed that…
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10 Things We Often Do that Wastes 90 Percent of Our Time and Potential in Life
Patience is not about waiting, it’s the ability to maintain a positive outlook while working hard for what you believe in. Have you ever told yourself that you’re going to make something happen and then nothing happened? All details aside, it’s because you didn’t have the right…
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3 Foundational Things to Start Doing for Your Self-Confidence and Personal Growth
When I was a high school freshman, a 260-pound freshman girl showed up for track and field tryouts right alongside me. Her name was Sara, and she was only there because her doctor said her health depended on it. But once she scanned the crowd of students who were on the field,…
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52 Mindful Morning Quotes to Bring You Daily Perspective and Clarity
“What day is it?” asked Pooh. “It’s today,” squeaked Piglet. “My favorite day,” said Pooh. When you first awake, be mindful and take a second to think about what a privilege it is to be alive and relatively healthy. Breathe onto the bathroom mirror just to see how amazing your…
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8 Things You Will Eventually Regret Not Letting Go of in Life
Oftentimes you don’t even realize you’re blocking your own present blessings by holding on to everything so tightly. It’s always necessary to accept when some part of your life has reached its inevitable end. Closing the door, completing the chapter, turning the page, etc. It…
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5 Foundational Things to Start Doing for Your Happiness and Personal Growth
Today, start by giving yourself grace and remembering not to judge yourself for how long your journey is taking. We all need our own time to travel our own distance. Every step is necessary, and everyone journeys in their own way… Some people start their careers right out of…
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10 Mindful Ways to Remain Calm When Others Are Clearly Out of Control
You can’t calm the storm. What you can do is calm yourself, and the storm will gradually pass. Calmness is a human superpower. The ability to not overreact or take things personally keeps your mind clear and your heart at peace, which gives you the upper hand in most life…
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10 Mindset Quotes We Should All Memorize Before Life Gets Any Harder
Where you ultimately end up greatly depends on your daily attitude and response. This morning one of our clients, Monica — a victim of a fairly recent and debilitating car accident — was smiling from ear to ear the minute our FaceTime coaching session began. “What has you in…
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10 Things in Life We Often Hold On to for Way Too Long
Oftentimes we don’t even realize we’re blocking our own present blessings by holding on so tightly. Letting go is not giving up. Letting go is surrendering any needless attachments to particular outcomes and situations. Surrender means showing up in your life with the intention…
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7 Quotes to Stop Worrying About the Things You Can’t Control
Letting go of control… and being OK with it. That is one of the greatest struggles many of us deal with on a daily basis, myself included. Because letting go of control goes directly against our modernized, industrialized way of living – we are go-getters, doers, architects of…
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20 Things 90 Years of Wisdom Encouraged Me to Stop Worrying About
Worry gives little things a really big shadow. Some people wait all day for 5pm, all week for Friday, all year for the holidays, all their lives for happiness. Don’t be one of them. Don’t wait until your life is almost over to realize how good it has been. The secret to…