Developing a Growth Mindset
by Atuora Okpokam
As a mindset coach, I'm always on the lookout for ways to help people develop a growth mindset. It's the belief that our abilities and intelligence can be developed over time with dedication and effort.
Inner Child
by Jorge Lara
We must look at every child with the eyes of compassion. We must look at our (and any) inner child with the same eyes of compassion.
Inner child is that part of us that was not seen/approved by our parents, care givers, or any who was meant to provide us love and safety.
The importance of staying in the present moment
by Christian Padovan
Our idea of growth and evolution seems to be based on repetition and memory. We keep measuring failure and success comparing them to the past and to the feelings and thoughts we had.
We create some patterns based on the perception of our five senses and we reiterate them in cycles.
Personality = from latin, persona; theatrical mask that was used to give different roles or identities to the characters
by Jorge Lara
My name is Jorge, but that name got many personalities; I find Jorge who has to talk in public, Jorge who has to socialize, Jorge who has to talk to his boss, Jorge who is alone in the mountains, Jorge when is meditating, and so on, and so on.
DON´T PANIC, NOTHING IS UNDER CONTROL ;)
by Jorge Lara
Don´t panic, nothing is under control. Can you see what means? Take a minute to wonder before continue reading
We do the greatest efforts to control every single moment in our lives. We want our workmate to behave in certain way, our son to do this and that, our body to be more fit, our mum not to call us so often.
What's Your System? (Part 1)
by Peteeeff Testing
Here's the deal. We cannot control or predict what will happen to us; nor can we fully understand ourselves.
Some find this most irksome. Others are less bothered and perhaps agree with Joseph Campbell when he says: "We must give up the lives we were planning, in order to have the lives that are waiting for us.
On Wanting Happiness
by Peteeeff Testing
I have been thinking about happiness these past few weeks. In particular, how I fail on all of the traditional and major metrics of "getting it together", owning no home and having no marriage, children numbering the statistical average, pet dog, stable and established career and, most upsetting of all, I still haven't learnt how to make a hummus that isn't bland.
Living: A Collection of Small Details
by Peteeeff Testing
Small details comprise a morning and a life. This is what Emily St. John Mandel writes in her book, the apocalyptic masterpiece Station Eleven, as she describes the final morning of the catalytic character, Arthur Leander:
"He closed the fridge door, made his last breakfast – scrambled eggs – and showered, dressed, combed his hair, left for the theatre an hour early so he’d have time to linger with a newspaper over his second-to-last coffee at his favourite coffee place, all of the small details that comprise a morning, a life.
How to Suck at New Things Like a Champ
by Peteeeff Testing
This is actually my first life coaching article (first published on my blog).
There was so much I wanted to write about that my first draft came out as twelve pages of incomprehensible babble.
I Am You
by Serene Martin
So much of pain exists in this world because of the sense of separation we feel between us and everything else. This one was written to inspire us to feel connected .
I am the taste of coffee on your tongue and the glass which holds it against your lips
I am the rage of the storm and the calm of its eye
I am the blade of the knife and the energy with which it cuts
I am the wetness of raindrops and the burn of cigars
I am the green of the grass and the transparency of air
I am the curve of your smile and the depth of your remorse
I am your friend and the friend of your enemy
I am what I am and I am you.
Because We Can Change
by Serene Martin
This goes out to everyone I love. Because we can change….
When I stopped believing in luck, I was no longer a victim of circumstance
When I started looking for ways to celebrate each day no matter what happened, I was no longer trapped in my past memories
When I tried to transform the anger and fear I carried in my heart to acceptance and love, I began to breathe more easily
When I chose to eat clean, my body began to heal itself
When I followed my heart, making the right decisions came easily to me
When I accepted that everyone is on their own path no matter how much I may disagree with them, my own path lit up more clearly for me beneath my feet
When I gave up dwelling on things I could not change, more things started changing for me
When I chose to believe that all the right resources will show up for me when I needed them, they did
When I released the things that I no longer needed in life, I gained the experiences that I desired instead
When I believed with all my heart that the same force of life, which breathed life into me, was on my side, it empowered and protected me wherever I went.
Edge of the Cliff
by Serene Martin
There will come a time when we will need to step over the edge of the cliff of certainty
Where we feel we have extinguished all resources we have grown to rely upon in our spirits
We must believe one of two things will happen:
Angels we never knew we had will catch our fall
Or we will learn to fly
If you really love yourself, dream big.
by Serene Martin
"I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realised, than lord among those without dreams and desires."
-Kahlil Gibran-
Throughout my life I have certainly done things I have enjoyed doing most of the time (thank god for that).