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The Girl with the Red Shoes – How One Fairy Tale Restored My Wild Heart

Fairy tales aren’t concerned with my comfort, carefully crafted story arcs, and rounded conclusions. They are designed to find the best entry point into my psyche in order to deliver urgent truths that will set me on a transformative journey. Continue reading

7 Marketing Tips for Personal Success (even if you’re an introvert!)

What I learned on the job has helped me tremendously in many ways. I was able to “go out of my shell” and become less shy; coworkers who often passed me by as if I was invisible suddenly greeted me by name. Continue reading

Radical Self-Improvement: Stop Trying to Improve Yourself

I finally realised I’d been going about it all wrong. I’d been trying to improve myself, when I was already enough. All the fulfillment we could ever need is already inside us. Continue reading

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5 Practical Tips to a More Restful Sleep

Don’t you love it when you close your eyes and fall asleep immediately after your head touches the pillow? Or who doesn’t like to have pleasant dreams without interruptions to wake up feeling totally refreshed and energized? Continue reading

Why Meditation is the Ultimate Tool for Success

For hundreds of centuries, mystical Hindu sages and modest Buddhist monks have understood the immense health benefits one receives from a regular meditation practice. Only more recently, however, have the life-affirming affects of meditation been scientifically verified in the western … Continue reading

3 Little-Known Reasons Why Morning Rituals Are Freaking Awesome

What’s the first thing you did this morning? Did you hit the snooze button or did you wake up excited and grateful to have a new day on this planet? Continue reading