Monthly Archives: August 2012

Thursday Thoughts on Thriving: Epiphanies & Shifting Habits

In his book, “The Happiness Hypothesis” Jonatahan Haidt explains the challenge with an epiphany that shifts your outlook or even changes your life. After the light bulb goes off, you are often right back in your prior habits three months later. In order to make lasting change you need to retrain your emotional mind and this takes prolonged practice over time to make the shift. This is also the challenge with news years resolutions or a short term diet; […]

Thursday Thoughts On Thriving: Hearts & Minds 2

Our culture is full of “mind over matter” messages that lead you to believe that you can think and rationalize and use brute force or will power to make things happen. Contrary to this belief, there is a lot of interesting research supporting that you need the emotional side of your motivation even more than the logical side and that your level of willpower or energy is limited. So if you do use sheer will power then you can only […]

Thursday Thoughts on Thriving: Going For Gold 1

“Don’t be a spectator on this trip. There’s no death worse than just waiting around. Set your heart on the hero’s gold … And, go.”   – Rumi  (5th century Persian Poet) What is my purpose or what is gold for me? I have had clients struggle with this question and I have had my own struggle with it since  I know that having a clear destination is an important part of thriving with my internalGPS. The struggle comes from […]

Thursday Thoughts on Thriving: Rising Above Misfortune

“Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortunes; but great minds rise above them.” – Washington Irving The headlines are full of misfortunes, some bigger than others. The tragedy in Colorado is hard to comprehend when you hear the friends and family’s’ stories of coping after their losses. It will take time to heal from this horrible pain. It is hard to believe that it has been over ten years since the terror in New York city on 9/11. Thriving […]

Thursday Thoughts On Thriving: Habits of Excellence

“Excellence is not an act, its a habit.” – Aristotle The summer Olympic games are in full swing and it is inspiring to see the athletes give their best.  It makes me think about the day after day discipline and training they put in to qualify for these elite games. They have the same amount of time in a day as the rest of us and they have made choices in their daily habits that have resulted in a […]