A New Reality, Step 2: Get Negative
You read that correctly. I am asking you to dive into the scary darkness of your thoughts and emotions. Remember, a new reality only comes out of a clear understanding of the current reality. The current reality exists and persists because it is comfortable, second-nature, even normal. That doesn't mean it is positive and empowering. The best place to start when creating a new reality is the place or relationship on which you are feeling the most negative energy. You know tha
A New Reality, Step 1: Get Real
Disclaimer: When I talk about creating a new reality, I am referring to how you see the world and how you show up in the world. Our reality will still have challenges, difficult moments of relating to others, and hurting people diverting our energy. Creating a new reality is all about HOW and CHOICE that you do, not creating expectations for others. With that said, let's answer an all important question. How does one go about creating a new reality? It isn't easy, and it is s
Brain Power, Part 4: Transforming Thoughts
Thoughts really are transformable. In fact, the Transformers toys are a great analogy for how that process happens. The bottom line is the transformation doesn't always go smoothly. If you have ever tried to transform a Transformers toy, you know it doesn't magically happen like it does in the movies. Twisting, tweaking, and downright manipulation by force are often needed to change the robot into the vehicle. In fact, it can be downright maddening! Transforming our thoughts
Brain Power, Part 3: Your Brain on Emotions
Emotions feel so true. Their intensity is often mistaken as direction for how we should proceed. Unfortunately, emotions aren't always reliable. In fact, they have one job and it has nothing to do with reliability. Emotions are a built in alert system that we need to pay attention to something. That's it. Let's be clear about what emotions do NOT have the power to do: Emotions don't define our worth. Emotions don't have the power to make decisions. Emotions don't control our
