First published in SUCCESS You made it. You set a crazy cool goal and you reached it! But now the excitement is wearing off and that nagging there-has-to-be-more-than-this feeling is taking its place. You tell yourself, “I have every reason to be happy, so why do I feel this way?!” [...]
Confession: I sorta have a lil’ to-do list fetish. There’s something about the instant gratification of checking off or, even better, drawing a thick line through a TO-DO…especially if the crossed-off list is super long. One day, while indulging my inner overachiever, my husband Luca said, “Imagine putting all your [...]
The way to know you’re doing it “right” is that it feels good.* Simple. Yet how many times do we keep trudging through a project, a situation, a relationship because we think we “should”? My invitation to you: Cut your should list in half. At least. And then cut it [...]
… a conversation with five-time New York Times bestselling author Caroline Myss Ram Dass once remarked, “I’m not going to say anything that you don’t know already. But the perplexing problem is that you don’t know you know.” Millennia prior, Plato taught that all learning is remembering. That’s what it’s [...]
If you’re in a funk, the easiest and fastest way out is through your body. Thanks to Amy Cuddy at Harvard and other researchers in this field, we now know that jazzing up your body for even just two minutes actually configures your brain to be assertive, confident, and comfortable, [...]
We say, “I think,” but what we really mean is: “thoughts come to me.” If you meditate, you know what I mean. The seemingly endless stream of thoughts that bombard the untrained mind can be overwhelming. […]
When my daughter used to take naps, she’d always list the things she would do “tomorrow” (i.e., in the afternoon). “Domani I’m going to read Duck for President and take Jackie Brown [her doll] for a walk and make tea and cookies with candy hearts….” […]
Do you have a dog? Or have you ever played fetch with one? If you have, you already know the secret to meditation. Picture yourself with a dog and a stick. The dog can think of nothing else. Even if his favorite cat comes around, […]
Co-authored by: Amanda Pickens Tight on time? Find the shorter version on The Huffington Post. Ever bought a “sustainable” product that just didn’t do the job? We have. […]
Turns out my niece Jamison and I both ended up in New York City a few months ago. We live continents apart and didn’t plan our trips together, so this truly was a remarkable coincidence.* […]