Many of us are too hard on ourselves. We may look in the mirror and only see our physical imperfections. Or, we may beat ourselves up for not being more successful. So often, we are our own worst critics. But to be happy in life, you have to stop being…
Being patient with others is a struggle for many of us. The problem is that being impatient creates stress. It creates stress for you. And it creates stress for the folks who have to deal with you. That is why it is critical to learn to become more patient with…
Do you have a goal that fell by the wayside years ago? Perhaps you always wanted to write a novel. Or maybe years ago, you wanted to learn to paint landscapes. You may have a decades old goal of becoming fluent in German. And then life got in the way,…
One of the main reasons why we suffer emotional distress in life is that we make the mistake of taking things personally. We may mistakenly think that when someone is rude or cruel to us that we somehow caused the behavior. Or we may incorrectly think that how another person…
Life would be very easy if there was only one right path to choose. Then we all could take that path with the knowledge that we’d made the right choice. And anyone who didn’t choose that path simply would be foolish. If only life was that simple! Unfortunately, we are…