Category Archives: Books

Are You Ready to Look in the Mirror?

I certainly was.
I don’t have any serious anger issues, but I believe that any questions about one’s dealing with anger are best explored. Anger is extremely toxic to our well being – carrying it around, unacknowledged and unresolved, can and will manifest itself in the future. When I looked in the mirror, I realized that [...]

Inner Mantra

“Make yes your inner mantra…” – Wayne Dyer (The power of Intention)

The Five Musts

I’m currently reading John Assaraf’s The Answer and what has struck me the most, thus far, as the “Five Musts” that he has outlined:

1. You must find something that stirs your soul
2. You must become excellent at it
3. You must recondition your mind to believe you can have it and achieve it
4. You must understand [...]

Visualizing Success

Italian psychiatrist Rudolph Assagiolo outlined specific steps to achieve this:

Clarification (Having clear goals)
Deliberation (Brainstorm ideas)
Choice (Contemplating options)
Affirmation (Ability to use mind creatively to solve problems)
Planning (To carry out the changes)
Acting (Rehearse plan in mind and then act on it)

Luskin, Dr. Fred and Dr. Kenneth R. Pelletier. Stress Free for Good. New York: Harper
Collins Publishers, 2005.

The Power of Now

Always say “yes” to the present moment… What could be more insane than to oppose life itself, which is now, always now? (What could be more futile than to create resistance to something that already is? In surrendering to what is, life will work for you rather than against you when you say “yes” to [...]