This animated video is narrated by Sharon Salzberg. Mindfulness allows us to see our thoughts and feelings as they really are, freeing us from old ways of thinking. Using the Native American parable of the two wolves, the narrator explains how mindfulness can help us make better decisions by being more aware.
3 Quick Ways to Boost Your Self Esteem
Self-esteem is basically about having a positive and realistic sense of who you are. You like yourself and understand your strengths. You believe in your abilities and recognize the areas where you could use a little more work. Take these tips to boost your confidence and build your sense of self-worth.
Future Me Leads the Way
The author had a meditation to visualize the person she’d become later in the year. She focused on how she looked and felt. In difficult moments, she would remember that vision. Within a couple of months, she’d become her vision of herself. Use her inspiration to envision your better and future self.
5 Tips To A Positive Life
Happiness is a choice you make. Your attitude and perception is under your complete control.
It takes effort to change your attitude and create a positive life. Take these 5 tips and start taking charge of your happiness.
~ Linda-Ann Stewart
Joseph Murphy
I am a fan of Joseph Murphy and his writings, and have reviewed a couple of his other books before. This one is full of Universal principals and wisdom for every aspect of life. Examining the subjects of health, life and death, luck and good fortune, prayer, and much more, he illustrates each one with an example in someone’s life.
He explains spiritual principles in very basic ways, so that every person who reads this can put them to use in their lives immediately. He touches on the metaphysical perspective of many familiar Biblical and spiritual ideas, such as karma and God’s will.
Although this book doesn’t have quite as many affirmations as some of his other books have, it gives specific instructions on how to use the power of the mind to improve one’s life. A mine of information on how the Universe works and our place in it, it’s a must-have for anyone who yearns to understand more about their relationship to Spirit and Its good.
~ Linda-Ann Stewart
The book, Psycho-Cybernetics, was groundbreaking and was a revelation to me when I read it. In this 9 minute video, author Dr. Maxwell Maltz is interviewed and describes lessons 6-12 of how to improve your self-image. Beliefs become habits, which are just self-hypnosis. He touches on the different habits that you have, the success and failure mechanism within you, and how to create changes that support your self-image and success.
~ Linda-Ann Stewart
Is Your Mindset Affecting Your Business?
Your mindset is the most important part of your business. It trumps skills, planning and education. This article shows how one person had to shift her mindset to get over a crushing disappointment.
Playing Tetris for three minutes stops you craving sex, alcohol and food
If you’re struggling with some habit or issue you want to overcome, playing this game may be one weapon in your arsenal. For one thing, it provides a distraction during the critical time of craving. The article goes on to explain how effective it can be to help you with your goal.
8 Things Mentally Strong People Do Every Single Day
Just like people aren’t born with physical strength, no one is blessed with incredible mental strength at birth. Instead, mental strength is developed over time by individuals who choose to make personal development a priority.
~ Linda-Ann Stewart
Why Are Positive Affirmations Not Working For Me?
This article describes some of the reasons why affirmations may not be working for you. And it gives some specific instructions on what to do with them, and how to use them so they’re successful for you.
Do Our Words Really Matter?
Your life is the result your mindset. This article touches on a couple of studies that confirm this concept. One is a video of an experiment that was done.
Setting Goals – Why Is It So Important?
Goals are so essential to your success in anything you do that they should be considered the number one factor determining whether or not you’ll achieve something. Here are some great tips on how to create goals and the mindset you need to achieve them.
~ Linda-Ann Stewart
Recently, Jeff and I visited the Grand Canyon again. Since it’s only a couple of hours from our home, we try to go at least once a year. This time, we drove in through the eastern entrance. The eastern rim is less crowded and less well known than the more popular south rim.
On the eastern rim, you get completely different views, because this part of the Canyon is much wider you have a clear view of the Colorado River as it winds its way through the canyon floor. We had a late picnic, then went for a hike across an undeveloped promontory to an overlook. There were no trails to the point a mile or so away, but I thought we’d find it by following a dry creek bed.
We took a compass reading at the beginning of the hike and started out, following the creek bed. Every so often, we’d pull out the compass and check it to make sure we were headed in the right direction. Sometime later, the creek bed disappeared. We again looked at the compass and kept going.
We had to keep detouring around fallen trees and dense bushes. After about an hour, we began hearing 
traffic, and a few minutes later saw cars driving by. We’d looped back to the road.
This is what happens when you don’t keep your goal in the forefront of your mind. We should have kept the compass out at all times and followed its readings. By having to detour around all the brush, we got off our heading and ended up far from our goal. It’s just the same as when you have distractions in life and don’t check your priorities (your compass) so they can stay on course. Get off course, and you may never reach your goal, just like we didn’t on our hike.
Since it was getting late, and we had no idea how far we were from the point, we headed back to our car. 
Since we’d trekked a long way from where we’d planned and from where we’d started, it took an hour to reach the parking area. Although we were disappointed we weren’t able gotten to see that vista, we’d had an enjoyable hike. And we spent the rest of the afternoon at developed points on the eastern rim. Getting off course doesn’t mean you’ve failed. It just means you need to correct your course and head toward your goal.
Many people believe that having no expectations is the road to happiness. But without them, we have nothing to motivate us to improve our lives. The answer is to balance expectations and gratitude. Learn why it’s important and how you can be grateful even if life doesn’t meet your expectations.
Treating Trauma with Tetris
Neuroscientists say the timeless video game’s challenging visual and spatial attributes may block unwanted memories. It turns out playing Tetris after re-experiencing trauma significantly reduces the frequency of flashbacks.
Type Of Meditation – An Overview Of 23 Meditation Techniques
This article will help you navigate the sea of different practices of seated meditation, briefly explaining each of them, and pointing to further resources. There are literally hundreds – if not thousands – of types of meditation, so here this article explores only the most popular ones.
25 Easy Tips to Increase Productivity at Work
Find ways for you and your team to increase productivity at work. Instead of trying to do a bunch of these at once, find a couple that you can implement within your organization or department and practice them for a few days. This article includes tools and resources that can not only improve efficiency but lower your stress.
~ Linda-Ann Stewart
When you’re wanting to accomplish a goal or vision, you may get discouraged by how much needs to be done or how far you need to go. In this case, you may need to create a transitional vision so you don’t get overwhelmed. Learn how to create and achieve a vision you can believe in.
~ Linda-Ann Stewart
