by DJ | Aug 9, 2012 | blog, create your life, happiness, it's a choice, love, mindfulness
Think about it, when we expect someone to show up or do something a certain way, we have potentially set ourselves up for disappointment and resentment. This is particularly true when we expect others to read our minds, instead of verbalizing our desires. I will use...
by DJ | Jun 19, 2012 | blog, happiness, love
An immediate energy boost is to let go of any and all negative feelings toward anyone or anything. No small task for sure. So, let’s just start today by forgiving someone. It might be the person who took your parking space or someone who took your innocence. Often...
by DJ | Apr 3, 2012 | blog, happiness, love
If we are not being treated well, it is useless to blame someone else. Our behavior is the only behavior we have management of. We teach people how to treat us, by treating ourselves with dignity and respect. That means loving ourselves enough to say “no”...
by DJ | Apr 1, 2012 | blog, creative spirit, happiness, it's a choice
What a difference one letter can make. So many can’ts are based on our self talk. The talk we tell ourselves about who we are and what we can or can not do, is based on the past, or more accurately, our version of the past. If you have siblings that have shared...
by DJ | Nov 25, 2011 | blog, happiness, love
Why do they call today Black Friday? Is it because people get out in the dark of the night to go shopping? I love this time of year. Today is a day that a lot of people are out shopping for loved ones. It’s a time of thinking of others rather than ourselves, a time of...
by DJ | Oct 30, 2011 | happiness, posts
Sunday, October 30, 2011 One of my favorite stories is of Viktor Frankl, a longtime prisoner, and survivor of the Nazi concentration camps. He wrote “Man’s Search for Meaning”. In his book, he talks about how no one can take away your soul; “everything can be taken...
