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Category Archives: Personal Freedom
Living with the Shadow
There is a concept in psychology called the shadow. As I understand it, the shadow consists of whatever aspects of ourselves we unconsciously repress or consciously suppress. It is anything that we keep from others or even from ourselves, and … Continue reading
Posted in Getting Along with Each Other, Great Books, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged acceptance, Alan Watts, Carl Jung, Letting Go, Living with the Shadow, love, Mara, peace, psychology, shadow, wholeness
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Wanting to Get Away
I’ve been wanting to get away. Not by going on a trip that I think I’ll enjoy but by getting in my car and driving across the country to start a new life. My whole life has been in the … Continue reading
Posted in Getting Along with Each Other, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged changes, Getting Away, healing, mindset, past, self-improvement, Wanting to Get Away
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Tribute to Daryl Davis
Daryl Davis is an incredible person. He has done so much to promote empathy, understanding, compassion, and dialogue on some of the most controversial subjects while simultaneously showing the dangers of fear, assumptions, ignorance, hatred, and rigid ideologies. In the … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Getting Along with Each Other, Humanitarian Things, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged communication, compassion, Daryl Davis, empathy, leadership, persuasion, role models, TED Talk, Tribute to Daryl Davis, understanding
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Let Go and Dance
This passage from Letting Go is a wonderful illustration of what it’s like to get lost in a dance. David Hawkins perfectly describes the feeling I’ve felt on many occasions; that feeling is primarily why I stuck with swing dancing … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Getting Along with Each Other, Great Books, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement, Swing Dancing
Tagged dancing, David Hawkins, freedom, joy, Let Go and Dance, Letting Go, love, mental freedom, Surrender, swing dancing
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The Daily Stoic: “It’s Easy to Get Better. But Better at What?”
This entry from The Daily Stoic is a good reminder to keep my priorities in check. I want to strike a good balance between taking good care of myself (which includes pursuing and improving at my interests) and having good … Continue reading
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Tagged improvement, Marcus Aurelius, priorities, progress, The Daily Stoic, The Daily Stoic: "Its Easy to Get Better But Better at What?"
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Making a Difference
People who talk about something they’d clearly like to change and then say “But there’s nothing I can do; that’s just the way it is” drive me crazy. I see this attitude on a fairly regular basis. It doesn’t take … Continue reading
Posted in Getting Along with Each Other, Humanitarian Things, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged direct action, Joker Challenge, limitations, Making a Difference, mental health, opportunities, possibilities, random acts of kindness, thinking outside the box
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A Lesson in Letting Go
Saturday night was the roughest part of a difficult two weeks for me. When I got home after work, I spoke with a friend who helped me work through a lot of stuff I’ve been feeling lately and that was … Continue reading
Posted in Getting Along with Each Other, Great Books, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged A Lesson in Letting Go, David Hawkins, healing, Letting Go, meditation, pain, rest, Sharpen the saw, Surrender
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The Daily Stoic: “Give People the Benefit of the Doubt”
The Daily Stoic has once again touched on a subject I find incredibly difficult when I’m in the heat of the moment, although I’m pretty good at doing this when I’m observing a situation from the outside. Still, when I … Continue reading
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Tagged assumptions, communication, freedom, interactions, Marcus Aurelius, mental freedom, peace, The Daily Stoic, The Daily Stoic: "Give People the Benefit of the Doubt"
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Some of My Thoughts on Discipline
I’ve been thinking about discipline lately and the way I see it, discipline has to come from within. You might be able to force someone to do something but once you’re no longer around, will they keep doing it? If … Continue reading
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Tagged consequences, Consistency, discipline, habits, punishment, routines, Some of My Thoughts on Discipline
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Good Stuff from Letting Go
Letting Go by David Hawkins contains a lot of good stuff. I’ll probably end up rereading it several times so I can get the most out of it. Here are some of the things that have resonated most strongly with … Continue reading
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Tagged David Hawkins, emotions, Good Stuff from Letting Go, healing, Letting Go, pain, self-care, self-love, Surrender, thoughts
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