Posts tagged with “Love”
7 Things You Need to Know to Live Your Best Life and Make a Better World
You know those âmoments of truthsâ?
When what you hear, or come to realize, turns your world around. When one or several things turn out to be exactly what you needed to hear at the exact right time. Ba-boom.
For the past couple of years, Iâve had several ah-ha moments that have made my life better. Here are seven of those realizations. Some were harsh to come to terms with (like #1), while others brought me the greatest relief and hallelujah moment (like #7).
Read them, ponder them, and let them move in with you. See if they can alter …
Why Failed Relationships Aren’t Actually Failures: 5 Lessons on Love That Doesn’t Last
âTis better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all.â ~Lord Alfred Tennyson
Iâve always loved relationshipsâthe euphoria of early romance, the comfort of built intimacy, and the experience of adventuring through life with someone else. While there are some pretty snazzy parts of being single, I was a sucker for love from a young age.
Now, I also didnât meet my fiancĂ© until I was thirtyâwhich means Iâve seen my share of the romantic downside as well. With the highs of love come the lows of romantic breakdown: heartache, loss, and the grief of …
If You Always Date People Who Arenât Good for You, Read On
âI am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.â ~Stephen Covey
Just a few short years ago, I sat across the table from a lovely man on a first date. It had taken a couple months to get there due to our busy schedules, but it seemed to be worth it. He was easy to talk to and seemed like a great guy.
During the course of the evening, we discussed what we were looking for and he told me that he was still married, but his divorce would be final in a few …
We Can Make the World a Better Place, One Interaction at a Time
“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.” ~Marcus Aurelius
Now more than ever, the world needs good people.
While driving home from a job interview the other day, I listened to Joe Rogan talking about how he treats strangers who act mean or hostile to him, for apparently no reason at all.
His modus operandi is essentially, âLet it go. You never know what kind of day the other person is having.â
This resonated with me exceptionally well. Itâs one of the big things Iâve been focusing on in the latter half of …
Tiny Buddhaâs Guide to Loving Yourself On Sale for 99 Cents
Hi friends! Iâm pleased to announce that the eBook version of Tiny Buddhaâs Guide to Loving Yourself has been selected for The Great Autumn eBook Sale, which is offering twelve powerful eBooks for just 99 cents each, from now until October 19th.
About Tiny Buddhaâs Guide to Loving Yourself
Tiny Buddhaâs Guide to Loving Yourself shares forty unique perspectives and insights on topics related to loving yourself, including:
- Realizing youâre not broken
- Accepting your flaws
- Releasing the need for approval
- Forgiving yourself
- Letting go of comparisons
- Learning to be authentic
Featuring stories selected from hundreds of Tiny Buddha …
How to Prevent Blame and Criticism from Destroying Your Relationship
âWho is it that’s unhappy? The one who finds fault.â ~Anonymous
If you are anything like me, you yearn to know in your bones that you are showing up in your primary relationship as your best self. You want to be loving, kind, and supportive (and to reap the gifts those qualities sow in your love life). But certain habits of interaction get in the way, making you feel inept and ashamed.
Like many of us, I grew up in a family that was steeped in criticism and blame. Though I rebelled against this behavior intellectually, it found its way …
Why I’m No Longer Hiding Behind My Privilege and My Spirituality
âHow wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.â ~Anne Frank
Weâre all just spiritual beings, bumbling along in human bodies, trying to make our way.
Trying to find the delicate balance between living in a physical world and embracing our higher selves.
In my quest for spiritual enlightenment, I learned how to narrow my focus. I learned to tune out the noisy Facebook newsfeed, I donât watch the news, and I avoid saying things just for the sake of controversy.
For a while, this worked. As my vibe rose, I started …
How Our Egos Create Drama in Our Relationships (And How to Avoid It)
âThe ego is the false self-born out of fear and defensiveness.â ~John OâDonohue
I started a new relationship in December 2015, then moved countries to be with my Swedish partner in August, 2016.
The last year has been life changing in the best possible ways. Iâve learned so much about myself, things I didnât have the courage to acknowledge before.
But it hasnât all been a bed of rosesâsome of the insights Iâve gleaned havenât been that comfortable to see.
We met on an intensive spiritual retreat in India. Weâve both spent many years working on ourselves and our issues, …
Why I Drank, How It Destroyed Me, and How Iâm Healing My Self-Hatred
TRIGGER WARNING: This post deals with an account of sexual assault and self-harm and may be triggering to some people.
Hi, Iâm Adriana and Iâm an alcoholic.
When I look back at my life, I realize it was inevitable that Iâd end up here.
By the time I was nineteen, Iâd already had a history of self-harm through cutting, a bi-product of my depression and anxiety. I was anorexic. Iâd had a near cervical-cancer scare not once, but twice within a six-month period, leaving my gynecologist back in Sydney speechless. âI have never had a case like yours.â…
A 7-Step Plan for Finding Love After a Devastating Breakup
âResilience in love means finding strength from within that you can share with others.â ~Sheryl Sandberg
It took me a couple months to start repairing my broken heart after the toughest breakup of my life. I thought we were going to spend our lives together, but the gods of love had other plans.
After Iâd grieved in healthy (and not-so-healthy ways) I knew I could take two paths: stay stuck in my misery or pick myself up, dust off my sadness, and make a plan to move on.
And now itâs time for you to move on and find love …
Kindness Isnât Weakness (and We Need It to Survive)
“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” ~Leo Buscaglia
Many of us are brought up today to look after number one, to go out and get what we wantâand the more of it we can have, the better.
Our society preaches survival of the fittest and often encourages us to succeed at the expense of others.
I was no different, and while I noticed a tendency to feel sorry for …
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