Our paradigm is what creates our reality. We can perceive a glass as half full or half empty. Both perspectives would be technically correct but each perspective has very different implications on how we feel about our situations, and can thus illicit a chain of events that look drastically different. The person who sees the glass as half full might feel grateful, lucky, wealthy and thus be happier, feel more content with his life situation, or
Read MoreWith all this shelter-in-place, work from home, and social distancing it can become easy to let go of your healthy routines. I know that Matt and I have definitely struggled to keep up our routines. We’ve found ourselves waking up later in the mornings, lounging around in pajamas longer than we care to admit, and foregoing our yoga practice, or at least reducing the amount of exercise we get. Isolation is already de-
Read MoreAs we get closer and closer to the new year, I’ve been thinking a lot about New Year’s resolutions and goals, and desires. We all have desires. It is human nature to desire, to have never ending desires in fact. Once one desire is satisfied, our mind finds another desire to lock onto, another goal to move towards. This is both good and bad. In some instances, the way we can relate to desires might prevent us from feeling
Read MoreContrast lists have been a game-changer for Matt and I. We have been making them in the mornings for various aspects of our lives as a way of clarifying goals, and providing something positive and productive for us to place our mental and emotional energy on. Contrast lists can also be extremely helpful in shifting you out of a negative mindset. According to law of attraction, we attract whatever we place our energy on. The problem is we tend to
Read MoreI’ve been thinking a lot about our society and society’s relationship with logic and feeling, the tendency to prioritize logic over feelings, and then the consequence of finding ourselves in a position where we need to suppress those feelings in order to endure a life built by logic.
Read MoreChange is really, simplified down, a two part process. Yes, you could break it into more steps but for the sake of simplicity let’s keep it at two. The two steps are as follows:
Read MoreMatt and I were just watching an interview with Robert Kiyosaki, author of “Rich Dad Poor Dad” , entrepreneur and real estate investor with an estimated net worth of approximately 80 million dollars. He talked about the importance of questions vs. statements. Questions, he explained, open your mind to possibility and provide the opportunity to get into problem-solving, whereas statements close the mind,
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