Holiday Love Challenge #8: An Exercise to Minimize Judgments
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When You Want to Judge, Be Curious Instead
“Curiosity will conquer fear more than bravery ever will.” ~James Stephens
Earlier this year I wrote a pretty honest and open article about how I was trying to be less judgmental.
As with anything new, there’s a learning curve. Letting go of judgments hasn’t become a natural and automatic part of my life quite yet, but a skill I’ve recently learned that’s making a huge, huge difference can be summed up in one word: curiosity.
Let me explain: I recently finished Brené Brown’s newest book Rising Strong. It’s all about getting up after a hard emotional fall, and what …
Holiday Love Challenge #7: Donate a Toy
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Dealing with Toxic Relationships and Finding Emotional Freedom
“We would do ourselves a tremendous favor by letting go of the people who poison our spirit.” ~Unknown
My husband and I both have living grandparents. My daughter has met the grandparents on my husband’s side, but she hasn’t met mine. Some think I’m cruel for not taking her to meet my grandmother because I had an excellent relationship with my great grandparents.
Some ask why I haven’t contacted her in the two years since my only child was born. I could give a long drawn-out response and try to explain why I gave up on a relationship with my …
What to Do When Your Relationship Feels Stale and Stuck
“To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.” ~Mother Theresa
There comes a point when every couple arrives at the same crossroads. They ask: Is this relationship still the most important thing? Are we doing this well? Do we still love and support one another? Are we still open, honest, and giving?
Often these questions come after years of marriage and a slow realization that mediocrity has set into the relationship.
For those who’ve had a bumpy road and have developed a keen awareness that relationships take work, the questions come earlier and a little …
Holiday Love Challenge #6: Channel Your Inner George Bailey
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Holiday Love Challenge #5: Recognize a Shining Star
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Holiday Love Challenge #4: Give Yourself the Gift of Peace
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Holiday Love Challenge #3: Kindness Documentary
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Holiday Love Challenge #2: Wrap Your Brain Around Someone’s Point of View
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Holiday Love Challenge #1: Give the Gift of Your Presence
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Shedding Layers of Pain and Learning to Love Our Bodies
“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love & affection.” ~Buddha
I cried when I watched the YouTube clip of Amy Pence-Brown standing in a bikini in a crowded marketplace in Idaho.
In the clip Amy asks people to write on her body. Her arms are wide open, she has a blindfold on, she has curves and cellulite, and she is completely vulnerable.
Why did she do it? Because she wanted to say: Here’s my body, complete and real. You can choose to accept me or reject me, but here’s my body. I want to …
Finding Love Now Without Searching for It
“Even in the loneliest moments I have been there for myself.” ~Sanober Khan
My life coach once suggested I give myself the love I needed, which saddened me profoundly. Was that not supposed to be the job of “the love of my life,” whom I would find one day? In fact, I had not met anyone who completely gave up on the idea of finding love, no matter how long they had been single.
Why though?
I myself was happily single for years and yet deep down, there was still that expectation of finding love one day.
Recollecting my moments …
Take the Love Pledge (You Could Win a Copy of Tiny Buddha’s New Love Book)
Happy Thanksgiving to those of you who celebrate it! Today is a perfect day to take the Tiny Buddha love pledge if you haven’t already. Over 1,200 people have taken it over the last ten days.
I created this pledge to help us all be more loving, to others and ourselves. After you take the pledge by entering your email address here, you’ll be entered to win one of three free copies of Tiny Buddha’s 365 Tiny Love Challenges, which includes stories and daily activities to help us all give and receive more love.
Tiny efforts can make …
Your Kindness Could Help Someone Find Hope in the Darkness
“Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.” ~Scott Adams
I was ten years old and growing up in a home that I can only describe as hellish. Among other things, our father forced us to stand against the wall for long periods of time until we shook from exhaustion. On one such day, he sent me to McDonald’s to buy him a cup of coffee.
I was happy to get out of the house and escape my punishment momentarily. As I headed to McDonald’s, I wondered what …
5 Reasons We All Deserve Forgiveness
“To forgive is somehow associated with saying that it is all right, that we accept the evil deed. But this is not forgiveness. Forgiveness means that you fill yourself with love and you radiate that love outward and refuse to hang onto the venom or hatred that was engendered by the behaviors that caused the wounds.” ~Wayne Dyer
When we have been deeply hurt or betrayed by a friend, loved one, or even an acquaintance, it can be incredibly difficult to let it go and forgive them. Some acts seem almost unforgivable, but really not much is.
My belief …
Breaking the Pattern of Painful, Unhealthy Relationships
“Do you want to meet the love of your life? Look in the mirror.” ~Byron Katie
As I was listening to other women talking in my support group for battered women, I had a life changing moment.
I caught a glimpse of myself and where I was at in life. It was a defining moment that turned around how I felt about myself and changed the cycle of my relationship with men.
“I played a role in my abusive marriage; my ex-husband was treating me how I was treating myself.”
His anger and how he showed it belonged to him; …
How to Stop Feeling Like You’re Not Good Enough
“Shame is the most powerful, master emotion. It’s the fear that we’re not good enough.” ~Brene Brown
I’ve always had a temper for as long as I can remember. It would show up at the most innocuous times—when playing a board game with my family, at the dinner table, or sometimes right in the middle of a shopping mall.
At the time I had no idea why I would get so frustrated, so red-in-the-face with pure rage and an intense feeling of absolute helplessness. Even more puzzling was the triggers to these episodes.
Usually it involved losing at something as …
This Baby Boy Really Loves His Dad (Adorable Video)
Okay, so this child is barefoot and running around outside in a diaper, but this video completely melted my heart!
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