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The Problem with Meditating to Become More Productive

“Stress is caused by being ‘here’ but wanting to be ‘there,’ or being in the present but wanting to be in the future.” ~Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now

I started learning yoga and meditation when I was eighteen years old, in the late nineties, in the car garage of one of the few yoga teachers in Puerto Rico. I took to it like a duck to water.

By the time I was twenty-five, I had spent months on Buddhist silent retreats, living in ashrams in the USA, India, and Burma.

Meditative practices and retreats provided me with great moments …

I Hope You Make Peace

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

You Should Be So Proud of Yourself

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

You Can’t Change How People Treat You

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

3 Important Things to Remember When People Are Mean

By Mallika Iyer in Blog

“Be kind. Be thoughtful. Be genuine. But most of all, be thankful.” ~Unknown

Nobody is spared from being on the receiving end of a mean comment at some point or another. And it’s been said time and time again that allowing a mean person to get under your skin only serves to let them control you. The wiser thing to do is recognize that their comment about you is uninformed and get on with your day.

Still, it’s far easier to know that wisdom than it is to truly feel and live it.

I remember one instance in particular: A …

The People Who Went Through Trauma and Didn’t Develop a Thicker Skin

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

You Don’t Have to Put on a Brave Face and Be Strong

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

Embracing Rejection Helped Me Love Dating and Meet My Husband

By Louise Fitzgerald in Blog

“Every time I thought I was being rejected from something good, I was actually being redirected to something better.” ~Steve Maraboli

I think most single people these days dream of meeting someone “in real life.”

The fantasy is that in “the real world” it’ll be easier.

I dated BA and AA. Before apps and after apps.

The sad truth is that technology changed the game whether you’re on apps or not.

The life skill of walking up to someone in a bar and starting a conversation out of thin air has vanished. The ability to be the receiver of that …

Emotionally Mature People

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

A Tool to Help You Love Yourself Unconditionally

By Lori Deschene in Blog

Hi friends! Today, I’m thrilled to share with you a beautiful, healing, and inspiring card deck that I’ve been obsessed with as of late.

Created by Tiny Buddha contributor Rita Loyd, the Unconditional Self-Love Message Card Deck contains fifty colorful art images, each with an accompanying message on how to cultivate unconditional self-love on the back.

At 2.5”x 3.5“, the deck is small enough to carry within a purse or pocket if you’d like to keep these messages close, should you need a little boost of self-love throughout your day. You can …

The Kind of Person You’d Like to Meet

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

I Deserve to Heal

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

The Only Moment There Is for Us to Be Alive

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

Healing Anxious Attachment Patterns to Create Space for Love

By Anonymous in Blog

“Anxious attachment stems from a deep sense of inner instability where old wounds make people anticipate that they will be abandoned again and again.” ~Jessica Baum

I have recently met the love of my life. Yay!!! He is the person I’ve been imagining for as long as I can remember, hoping and praying that one day I would find him.

It took such a long time that I began to suspect I was delusional for imagining that such a love was possible, and I almost gave up on the idea of him. But now he is here, and we share …

Live for the Little Things

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

When You Choose a Life Partner

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

Why You Don’t Need Many Friends to Be Happy

By Sophie Clarke in Blog

“Introversion—along with its cousins sensitivity, seriousness, and shyness—is now a second-class personality trait, somewhere between a disappointment and a pathology.” ~Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking

I’ll be honest, I don’t have many friends.

And it’s something I’ve always felt a level of shame about.

In fact, I recognize it’s a self-limiting belief I’ve been carrying around since secondary school: I don’t make friends easily or have a big circle; therefore, I’m unworthy or there’s something wrong with me.

That’s not to say I’ve never had friends. I’ve had friends from childhood …