The tradition of Thanksgiving can be traced back to 1578. But it’s a tradition that with a simple twist can change your life (and your business). The first European Thanksgiving celebration in North America took place in Newfoundland when English explorer Martin Frobisher landed there in 1578 in his quest for the Northwest Passage. He gave thanks for...
1. Learn to Work the Right Way (for you) Problem: Not leveraging your most productive time (golden hours) to their full potential. Solution: Understand your Energy Patterns. Everyone has “golden hours.” Those hours are when you are most productive and highly creative. I am the most productive from 10:00 am till 2:30 pm. My most highly creative projects (like...
Word of the Year concepts is popular planning tools. You use a word to represent your upcoming year and what you wish to accomplish. But this word has to represent your dreams, goals, action plans – EVERYTHING! And while I believe that words are powerful (I am a writer after all!), that’s a lot to put on a little word’s shoulders. Over the last few years...
This review was written as my final paper for my certification in Brenda Feuerstein’s 52-week Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Training. We were to pick one book from the course’s extensive reading lists write a review. Thich Nhat Hanh is one of my favorite teachers, and many of his books line my shelves. I post this paper as a review on my...
I recently had the good luck to participate in the B2B copywriting webinar. Four days of intense information delivered by 4 of the top B2B writers. Each one running a successful copywriting business. But even with all this great information their #1 tip for success is so simple… Follow up Excellent leads can only turn Into good opportunities by...
Mindfulness is the ability to stay focused while being aware of your thoughts and surroundings and being able to recognize and move past distractions as they arise. When you are mindful, you are focused, not distracted, and you are aware of your thoughts and actions, rather than acting on autopilot. This leads to better decision-making and problem solving and to...
This experiment comes from the master of Neroscience Dr. Mark Waldman. Its purpose: help you hear how busy your mind can be as it thinks up the words it wants you to say. Say a single sentence out loud.Say another sentence, but this time leave 2 seconds between each word.With each additional sentence, pause for an additional secondNotice how your inner speech...
What is a Sankalpa? A unique aspect of Yoga Nidra that sets it apart from other stress relief and relaxation training methods is the Sankalpa. This Sanskrit word is often translated as “a resolve” or “resolution” or “intention”. Brenda Feuerstein, co-founder of Traditional Yoga Studies (and my mentor) explains that “kalpa means ‘vow,’ or ‘the rule...
The White Hot Truth about spirituality It’s interesting how a book affects you. Upon opening the first page of Danielle LaPorte’s White Hot Truth, I couldn’t get into it. I couldn’t relate to her experiences with bad spiritual teachers. I guess I’ve been very lucky in my spiritual journey to have met great teachers...
The unlived life can appear in various forms and the path between is called resistance. Based on the title one could assume this book is just for artists. But it’s for anyone who has dealt with this evil. We all have unfinished dreams. What keeps us from completing them? Resistance Steven Pressfield analyses this enemy in all its many forms and manifestations...