People who dislike challenges think that a creative mind is something you’re either born with or not. These people tend to have a fixed mindset. Those who accept challenges as part of life believe that talent and skill are things you develop by doing stuff you’re not good at. They possess a growth-based, more flexible mindset. In which one of…
Category: Empowerment
5 Tools To Manage Your Stress and Fear
Can you think of at least 3 things that stress you out? I’m sure this is an easy request, since we live in such a taxing world. It fills our minds with bad news and all sorts of fears on a regular basis. If you fall prey to all this toxic energy, you’ll feel its effects on a physical, mental,…
How To Develop Emotional Flexibility
Since ancient times spiritual teachers have stated that the key to life is to live without fear. And that’s exactly what you did when you were born. Not because you didn’t have the responsibilities you have now (although of course, those make life more challenging), but because you were born fearless. You expected life to bring you what you needed…
How Do You Deal With Negative Habits?
I used to smoke cigarettes when I was younger. My mother smoked, her friends smoked, my friends’ parents smoked, so most of my friends and I started smoking when we were teenagers. It seemed such a normal thing to do. Of course, over the years it became a real addiction and at some point I was smoking an average of…
Are You Willing To Be Free?
Freedom is a wonderful concept. We all love it, don’t we? It’s our true nature and our ultimate soul purpose. But to be really free doesn’t mean to do whatever we want whenever we want it, which is what the ego-mind makes us believe. I can think of many instances as a teenager when I’d fight and rebel against my…
Master the Power of Gratitude and Humility
Once upon a time there was a king named Bali who had conquered the Universe by defeating Lord Indra, the ruler of the demigods in the Hindu pantheon. Bali had become too powerful, so Indra pleaded with Lord Vishnu, the sustainer of Creation, for help. Vishnu decided to incarnate as a very short brahmin named Vamana to attend a special…
Do You Know Your Most Driving Desires?
We’re here to fulfill our desires. Creation itself was brought forth by a desire. It is written in the Upanishads: “You are what your deep, driving desire is. As your desire is, so is your will. As your will is, so is your deed. As your deed is, so is your destiny.“ Our personal desires become more refined as we…