The biggest drawback to accomplishing your goals is to discover your default emotional reactions to external stimuli. We all have them and — unfortunately — we usually recognize other people’s before we see our own. We say, “He always becomes angry when that happens, you’d think he would know better by now.” Or, “She did

I was just thinking a few weeks ago that most of us tend to view difficult things in life as “How do I remove this ‘thing’ from my horizon?” Kind of like when we meet someone who for some reason annoys us — we immediately turn off and move into “get away from me” mode.

I was taking The Living to 100 Healthspan Calculator the other day and a question on stress had me take a moment and reflect. The question was, “How do you usually cope with your stress?” The selections proceeded, but the answer that had me transfixed was “Very well! It helps me to get motivated.” I

It’s been hitting me, as I re-listen to some Caroline Myss tapes, about the great value in setting aside expectations and simply allowing creative flow to take me into its current. This actually fits into the book I am currently reading (see below) and just happens to be a wonderful bit of synchronicity at this