For most of my teens and early 20’s I lived the life of, what I would like to call, an “excitement junkie.” For me to feel alive I had to be constantly stimulated by experiences that were fun and sometimes filled with drama and adventure (explains why I loved video games as a kid). Without these…
Archives for November 2014
6 Things I Would Tell My 20 Year Old Self About Love
What could be more charming than young love? Remember when you fell for that cute boy in class or neighborhood? You probably had butterflies in your tummy and blushed every time he passed by. It was refreshingly pure, simple and uncomplicated. There were no requirements, no rules and no elaborate schemes. It was simply puppy…
Why Challenges are Important for Our Personal Growth
My 12 year old niece has reached an age where she is starting to learn about the ways of the world. One afternoon, she sat me down to discuss her grievances about a new teacher. “She’s just so mean to us Aunty Seline. I hate her class! Why do I have to deal with people…
4 Simple Steps to Creating Balance in Your Life
A classic case scenario at the end of a long day at work: Your mailbox is overflowing and your cell phone is beeping with a messages from instant messaging apps. After finally leaving the office, you encounter rush hour traffic. While stuck in traffic you have racing thoughts in your head about all the things you have…
How to Stop Obsessing Over Things You Can’t Control
During your each stage of your life, you’ve probably had different kinds of wants and desires. When you were 4, you wanted that toy that every cool kid had in your school. When you were 14, you wanted your crush to ask you out to the prom. When you were 24, you wanted to get…
7 Steps to Creating an Abundant Mindset
Unless you have inherited or married into millions, keeping an eye on your bank balance is something you will have to do for most of your life. This often causes uneasiness and stress for many. Besides learning good money management skills, your satisfaction about your financial status is significantly impacted by the expectations you have for your…
The Top 3 Surprising Ways You May Be Sabotaging Your Own Happiness
If you ever ask people what they want most out of their life, one of the most common responses you will get is this: “I just want to be happy.” The search for true happiness has been an ongoing quest for many and continues to elude most of us. It seems because most people don’t…
How to Cope With a Painful Loss
Losing someone you love, either through a death or a breakup, is one of the most painful experiences that a person can endure. You may have shared some wonderful experiences with this person and developed a strong bond in the process. So when they are gone, you feel an instant void in your life. The…
How Successful People Think Differently Than Others
I recently faced a precarious situation in which my car wouldn’t start in the late hours of the night. I was left stranded in the middle of a deserted parking lot. I was returning from a visit to the hospital see my brothers wife who had just delivered a baby earlier that evening. My initial…
How to Make the Most of Your Time on Earth
“The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.” –Stephen Covey For me, one of the greatest gifts of getting older is the increasing awareness of my mortality and the finiteness of my time on this incredible planet. I call this a great gift because it’s made me a…