In the past two weeks, I’ve worked with a number of clients dealing with a crisis, going through a conflict at work or home or who are dealing with some incredibly challenging situations in life. “Robert” is one of those clients. He's a manager and he “lost it" last week—lost ...
Mastering Emotions
The Magic of Looking Inside Yourself
When things aren’t going so well, it’s easy to think the problem is "out there." I know because I’ve been there. In fact, in 2008 I was in a dark place for almost a year and I was looking for the problem and for solutions everywhere but inside me.
If ...
Why Your Happiness Matters
During the twelve years I was a psychotherapist in private practice (and in the eight plus years I've been a life coach and an executive coach) I've never had anyone come to me with this simple request: "I want to be happier."
The truth is, most people have mixed feelings ...
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Three Simple Ways To Boost Your Happiness Today
When was the last time someone asked you, “What can I do for you that would make you happy today?”Has it been a while? I’m not suggesting you don’t have people who care for you, I know you do. However, I do know everyone (your family, friends and co-workers) is ...
Three Simple Truths About Happiness
Three Simple Truths About Happiness
You likely know that the subject of happiness is a hot topic. There's good reason for that. Despite all the books and seminars on happiness, there's a lot of confusion when it comes to happiness in life or in the workplace. If you read one ...
Learning Happiness
Recently I wrote a post about my new grand daughter, Isabella Rae Lerma. She is perfect, right now, as we all are, in our true essence.
When it comes to our essence and who we really are, there is nothing to criticize, condemn or judge. "Bella" is ten weeks old ...
Are You Ready to Roar?
Are You Ready to Roar?
When we come into this world, our instinct is to be who we naturally are, to know what we want, to communicate our needs and desires and to assume we are worthy of all of them.
We come into this world ready to ...
Seven Questions To Rock Your World Today
Alan’s "Seven Questions To Rock Your World Today"
- How will I communicate with myself today to fuel my mind, body and spirit? (The truth is, if you master this one thing, you will be living in a rare space.)
- How can I offer myself unconditional support, on all levels, to thrive ...
Insanity: A New Definition
You know the classic defintion of insanity: "Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." -Albert Einstein
However, I think Einstein missed something important. I think we do something else that is more "insane" than what he pointed out. In a nutshell:
- We do something that ...
You Love to Give–What About Receiving?
One of my favorite authors and speakers is Randy Gage. His post today was about how good we are, not at giving, but at receiving. While others are writing this week about giving, Randy wrote about receiving--and rightfully so.
We are more comfortable with giving than receiving, myself included. And ...
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