9 Ways to Accept Your Past, Enjoy the Present, and Fall in Love with Life Again

Life is calling. Real, fully, realized life. Do you want to answer that call? If your heart says, “Yes!” but the past keeps you quiet, stuck, and longing for change, you need a new plan. Now. Here’s where to start: Phase One: Accept your past It’s time to find the freedom you crave…(hint* it’s not…

Pessimists: The Key to Optimism and a Better Life is Your Self-Talk. Why?

Optimism. An effervescent cheerful spirit. Always looking for the good in everything. Seeing the glass half full, instead of half empty. Sounds really good – on the surface. Right? Opponents of positive thinking have argued that it’s simply another way of hiding from reality. They contend that it’s just a soft and fluffy concept that…

Dramatic People: Are Their Lives Really a Never-ending List of Crises?

So there’s this test you can take. About your need for drama. It’s all very scientific and published. Totally evidence-based and meant to assess that thing dramatic people have inside them. You know, that inner tendency to make chaos a routine occurrence in their daily lives. Psychologist Scott Frankowski really wanted to know what that…

You, Age 30, and You, Age 80: Destined to Be the Same? Or Can You Change?

We live in the age of longer lives and possibilities. An age greatly affected by “boomer” culture, TV talk shows, and self-help gurus who encourage us to change, revamp, and make ourselves over. Enrichment classes encourage us to come by the community center and learn 25 ways to change this and 9 steps to remake…