finding yourself
A lot of the time I hear that being a teen is supposed to be the “best years of our lives”. I’ll I can say to that is I sure hope not. Being (read more)
Finding Yourself Intro: Part 2
How many of us feel disappointed or disheartened if we fail? In all our lives’ endeavors, times when we make the wrong decisions are just (read more)
Cultivating Good Relationships
Our parents and families have such a big influence on our life. After all we spend our whole childhood growing up with (read more)
Finding your Morals
Our brains are growing each and every moment as teens, creating some pretty spectacular cognitive abilities. When we were kids (read more)
Friends
Think, when was the last truly enjoyable experience you had? It was probably one surrounded by friends or (read more)
Popularity
Oh man, thinking back, I remember it. I remember the aura that seemed to be glowing off that one group of people at lunch. (read more)
Emotions
Sometimes people seem to have strange prejudices against emotion. For example, they’ll tell boys not to cry or women to stop “being (read more)
Therapy Can Help
My family has always utilized the source of psychotherapy to help us get through tough times. Over the years when I tell people I've done (read more)
Goals
When I’m sad I have to remind myself that being sad isn’t productive and it isn’t going to help me reach my goals. I need to work for the things (read more)
Callings & Passions: Part 1
Everyone has a place, a calling in life… it’s just a matter of finding it. There’s a reason you’re alive. It’s really important (read more)
Callings & Passions: Part 2
Don’t let anyone discourage you from what your dreams may be. Only you know what you want and the truth is you have the (read more)
Callings & Passions Part 3
It can be very beneficial and even transformative to surround yourself in people that have similar interests to. You can learn (read more)
Creativity
Creativity and imagination are the platforms to so many enjoyable things in our lives. They allow us to think of new ideas, creations, keeps us dreaming and imagining, opens up new possibilities, and most importantly it allows play and having fun. Imagine (pun intended) what the world would be without creativity or imagination. Art, cinema, more » (read more)
Impersonal Education
Considering all of us have different and unique sets of skills and talents, it’s not rational to think that every one of us will (read more)
Codependency
When we focus on ourselves and embark on the journey of finding ourselves, we’re in the process of making ourselves (read more)
Journaling
To say the least, journaling is my savior. You may wonder why something as simple as writing down my thoughts and (read more)
What does it mean to “Find Yourself”?
I used to beat myself up because I didn’t feel like I’d “found myself”.One day I took a step back and thought – what does that really (read more)
New Experiences
When we put ourselves in new experiences it is such a great way to find more about ourselves. I learned this lesson all over again (read more)
The Value in Writing
For me, writing has always been an excellent form of developing who I am. It gives me the opportunity to ask questions (read more)
What is Spirituality?
For a long time I didn’t understand the concept of spirituality. I wasn’t sure what I should be looking for or where to start. To find (read more)
Finding Happiness Within
There once was a woman who didn’t’know who she was, all she felt was a void in her heart. She traveled the world in search (read more)
Living in the Now: Part 1
Our mind is a tool to be used, but it can be used harmfully if our thoughts are destructive to ourselves, which can have qualities (read more)
Living in the Now: Part 2
the present moment is all that ever truly is. Not once in our life have we had anything other than the now. We might label (read more)
Living in the Now: Part 3
Fear also spawns when you’re using your thoughts as an illusionary source of self. For example, you might develop a “fear” (read more)
Living in the Now: Part 4
Yogis have always described the sensation of God as a pearl of blue light. Interestingly, neurologists wired up a Tibetan monk (read more)
What is ‘Growth’?
What does it mean to “grow”? Is it becoming wiser? Is there a formula? Is it the goal of every human being? (read more)
Living in the Now: Part 5
We can use time to help us reach goals, but when are attached to the past and future, we lose sight of the now. If you are (read more)
Living in the Now: Part 6
Does moving into “now” mean your problems go away? Look at it this way. Problems need time to be real; they exist (read more)
Living in the Now: Part 7
Sometimes I find myself obsessively checking the time. When I think about being younger, I rarely remember looking at (read more)
Living in the Now: Part 8
At times when you feel any negative feelings, the question is not if they can be justified or not. The bottom line is you are resisting what is (read more)
Man’s Search for Meaning Quotes/Discussion
*All italicized quotes are from Viktor Frankl in Man’s Search for Meaning. This blog post is a bit of a discussion, but mostly my favorite quotes (read more)
Some Time in Silence
"Meditation is an exercise of your original face. An exercise of that which is the looker, the seeker, the feeler, the knower, the pure emptiness which all these objects arise.” – Ken Wilber (read more)
