They say time heals all wounds, but I disagree. I know too many people still hung up on the past and miserable for that to be true. I think what heals the wounds is letting go of wishing things had turned out differently and accepting what is.
So how do you let go of wishing things [...]

One of my favorite sayings these days is, “You can get glad in the same shoes you get mad in.” I say it to myself as much, if not more, than I say it to others because it’s such a great reminder of a simple truth: I am in charge of how I feel.
Much like [...]

When things aren’t going the way you plan or the way you want, it’s easy to get frustrated and become your own worst enemy through worry and self-doubt. You can nitpick yourself to death, obsess about what you should have done instead of what you did, wish you could turn back time and say something [...]

Overwhelmingly, we all crave control. Control gives us the illusion of security, quells our fears about what’s around the corner and gives us a sense of purpose. But, control is a myth. We actually have “control” over very little in our lives in the grand scheme of things. And that, my friends, is a fairly [...]

Probably one of the most difficult things to learn is how to stay in control of yourself when you’re faced with a confrontation or crisis. We’ve all been there and we all have experienced less than favorable results from “losing it” by blurting out something we wish we could take back, or responding with a [...]

Of all the skills I’ve developed over the years, “going to the balcony” ranks in the top ten skills responsible for creating the happiness I live on a day to day basis today.
I’ve been “going to the balcony” far longer than I’ve had a name for it. I was first introduced to the phrase when [...]