One of the most common New Year Resolutions is to lose weight/get healthier. It’s why attendance at gyms spike in January. It’s also why they decline in March. For most people the resolution is made because they think they have to do it in order to be a better person, to be more accepted, to be more attractive. This motivation can die quickly when things become hard. On the other hand, when you already love yourself and accept the way you look you make a choice out of a powerful place. “I choose to be healthier/release weight so that I have more energy to do the things I love.”
Archives for December 2011
The Perspectives of the Sexes
There have been generations of conflict over the perfect gift between husband and wife. Why is it, we ask, that he always seems to get it wrong? The fact is that our minds simply work differently.
The other day I was listening to two morning DJ’s – one male, one female – talk about the gifts you never give your woman.
Permission or Forgiveness?
Most of us naturally want others to like our ideas. We want to be justified and given a pat on the back for how smart we are. We want to be accepted. But are you willing to change who you are, what you want and modify your great ideas for that approval? If so, your life will be small and unfullfilling.