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Music and Emotional Healing
Lately, I’ve found music to be extremely helpful for bringing up emotions for me to work through. It can be difficult for me to get in touch with certain emotions or fully feel them when I’m overwhelmed. Emotionally moving songs … Continue reading
Posted in Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged emotional healing, emotions, feelings, happiness, healing, joy, love, music, Music and Emotional Healing, pain, peace, sadness, songs
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Personal Growth and the Marvel Cinematic Universe
My life over the past few years has been like a combination of experiences from Doctor Strange, Thor, and the Hulk in the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) movies. I saw the Doctor Strange parallels several years ago. This was the … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Great Movies, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged Doctor Strange, emotions, healing, Hulk, Marvel Cinematic Universe, peace, personal growth, Personal Growth and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, self-love, shadow, shadow work, spirituality, Thor
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Dwelling vs Surrender
If you’ve read any of my past posts on surrender, you might be wondering what the difference is between dwelling on an unwanted emotion and surrendering it. That’s a good question. Although they are superficially similar in that they both … Continue reading
Posted in Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged Dwelling vs Surrender, emotions, healing, Surrender, thoughts
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Letting Go and Gratitude
It’s been a little over a month now since I’ve been letting go consistently. I started doing it a little bit on my way back from my road trip. Even though I wasn’t using the full letting go technique, it … Continue reading
Posted in Getting Along with Each Other, Great Books, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged compassion, emotions, floating, flow, freedom, gratitude, healing, inner freedom, inner peace, joy, Letting Go, lightness, love, negativity, nonresistance, peace, personal growth, positivity, Presence, resistance, Surrender, wu wei
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One Piece at a Time
Johnny Cash has a song called “One Piece at a Time”. It tells the story of an auto worker who decides that since he can’t afford to buy one of the Cadillacs he helps build, he’ll just steal it one … Continue reading
Posted in Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged accomplishment, Johnny Cash, One Piece at a Time, productivity, time management
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Review of Crucial Conversations
Crucial Conversations is my favorite book on communication. I just finished reading it a few weeks ago and it absolutely blew me away. It contains the combined wisdom of authors Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler, and the … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Getting Along with Each Other, Great Books, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged Al Switzler, communication, Crucial Conversations, empathy, Joseph Grenny, Kerry Patterson, Review of Crucial Conversations, Ron McMillan, understanding
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Removing My Restrictor Plates
In some NASCAR races, the cars are fitted with restrictor plates to reduce the amount of air coming into the engines. This, in turn, reduces the power of the cars, limits how quickly they can accelerate, and prevents them from … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Communication, Getting Along with Each Other, Great Books, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged confidence, Fear, floating, gratitude, inner work, Letting Go, meditation, NASCAR, peace, power, restrictor plates, speaking, Wim Hof, Wim Hof breathing
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A Window Into My Head
It can start with anything: a word, a sound, a smell, a taste, a touch, a sight, a thought, an idea, a song, or anything else, really. Any one of those can spark a memory. That memory has all kinds … Continue reading
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Tagged A Window Into My Head, ideas, memories, memory avalanches, thought avalanches, thoughts
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Review of Talking to Strangers
Talking to Strangers is an intriguing book about communication by Malcolm Gladwell. Along with the two other books of his that I’ve read, this one is engaging, thorough, captivating, and easy to read. Gladwell once again discusses complicated ideas in … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Getting Along with Each Other, Great Books, Inspirational People
Tagged assumptions, body language, communication, facial expressions, lies, Malcolm Gladwell, Review of Talking to Strangers, Talking to Strangers, truth, understanding
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Warnings or Tests?
How do you tell if an obstacle you encounter is a warning to go no further or a test to see if you really want what’s on the other side? This question has been in the back of my head … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Inspirational People
Tagged challenges, darkness, Fear, growth, light, mindfulness buddy, obstacles, opposites, road trip, tests, travel, warning signs, warnings, Warnings or Tests?
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