Yoga, mindfulness, and gratitude have a lot in common. They are all tools proven to enhance physical and emotional wellbeing. Research shows that practicing gratitude, much like yoga, meditation, and mindfulness, boosts brainpower, increases emotional resilience, and improves your connection to...
If I handed you a brand new $20 bill and asked you to tell me its value, what would you say? You would probably say that its value is $20.
But what if I crumpled that same $20 into a small ball between my hands and wrinkled it all up. What would you say the value of that $20 bill would be then?...
This morning I have been busy recording several short 10-minute classes featuring the yoga sutra from yoga psychology and happiness and life-skills from positive psychology, for my soul subscription community members.
If you've never heard of the yoga sutra, it is a foundational text of yoga...
When was the last time you made a list of the things that make you feel really good? Or, if you already have that list when was the last time you looked at it?
Some of us are working so hard to "fix" the things we see as "wrong" with ourselves and our lives that we simply don't know...
There is no other person on this planet exactly like you! And, at the very same time, you are just like every other soul in this big and beautiful world.
When I was 32 years old I was introduced to yoga's deeper spiritual principles which literally changed the course of...
There is a common but erroneous assumption that a happy life is void of painful emotions. Maybe because we grew up watching the perfect ending to every fairytale, or the happy couple walking off into the sunset in so many of Hollywood's romance movies. But actual life is more complex, dynamic,...
The happiest people in the world define happiness for themselves.
They put aside what conventional wisdom, society, lifestyle magazines, beauty commercials, or the branding industry tells them they should want or need to be joyful and fulfilled. Instead, their joy, self-esteem,...
This morning I was interviewed by my dear friend and teacher, Amy Wheeler. She was also kind enough to write the foreword to my book.
In this LIVE video podcast, we are talking about accepting the reality of what IS, and then moving forward in life with clarity and confidence. Clarity and...
I was stunned to learn that the average person will spend about two hours and 28 minutes worrying every day – that equates to an incredible 900 hours a year!
Yet, it if there were ever a time to worry, wouldn't now be that time. Here is how the Dalai Lama answers that assumption:
"If a...