I believe that how you start your morning is largely a predictor of your ability to dominate a day. If you wake up early, have a consistent practice such as exercise or meditation, and take conscious effort to gain control over your body and mind first thing when you wake up, you will be better … Continue reading Kill the Dragon
Beware of the Energy Vampires
Have you ever been around someone who leaves you feeling drained - physically, emotionally, psychologically?? Like they literally sucked all of your energy and life out from you? I call these people the Energy Vampires. The life suckers. The people who leave you exhausted. The people who add no value to your life, other than … Continue reading Beware of the Energy Vampires
My Strange Funky Dance Game Designed to Make you More Creative
I like to play a dancing game with myself. Here’s how I do it… I make up a dance move and do it twice on each side. Think like this... via GIPHY After I’ve completed one round, I’ll do it again, but this time with a different dance move. Then another NEW dance move. Each … Continue reading My Strange Funky Dance Game Designed to Make you More Creative
My Laughing Meditation :)
I like to do some weird things. Here and here are some examples. In this one, we get a bit more strange. You may have heard about something called Laughing Yoga, where people force laughter in hopes that it spurs genuine laughter. I like this concept, so the other day I created my own “laughing … Continue reading My Laughing Meditation 🙂
Why I say grace before meals
Before I eat my meals I like to say grace. Not in the traditional Christian sense, but in my own way. Before I take my first bite, I pause. I close my eyes. Smell my food. I think about my gratitude for the food I am about to eat. I try to imagine all of … Continue reading Why I say grace before meals
Find a way to play before you start your day
I’m obsessed with finding the best way to spend my morning. I’ve experimented with meditation, nature, drawing pictures, reading, you name it. I love it in the geekiest way imaginable. Out of all these techniques, there’s not one in specific that works best. Instead, it’s a common theme that I have found between all of … Continue reading Find a way to play before you start your day
Why you should give more hugs
When you give a hug to someone, have you ever paid attention to the way that you FEEL while giving it? Have you ever tried to notice if you’re tense, uptight, resistant in some way? Not fully relaxed? I know I was when I first started paying attention to this. In Brazil, people are big … Continue reading Why you should give more hugs
The Surprisingly Simple Secret to a Long and Happy Life
The other day I watched a TED talk called “The Secret to Living Longer May Be Your Social Life”. In this talk, Susan Pinker explores why a remote village in Italy has more than SIX TIMES the number of centenarians (people who live to the age of 100) than anywhere else in the world. What … Continue reading The Surprisingly Simple Secret to a Long and Happy Life
10 Happiness Hacks for a Blissful Life
Image Credit Matthew Volin Happiness. The all elusive ambiguous term that everyone wants, but no one seems to have. Despite living in the most comfortable time in human history, we’re somehow more miserable than ever. In our efforts to become more productive and make more money, we’ve somehow lost sight of our personal happiness along the … Continue reading 10 Happiness Hacks for a Blissful Life