The Founder’s Journal
Reflections on building a methodology, developing extraordinary practitioners, reducing unnecessary suffering, stewarding a movement, being authentic and courageous, and staying true to your mission.
3 Ways to Stay Motivated - Part 1: Take Control of One Thing at a Time
So, you have decided to restore your health, find love, build a more successful business, or change your life. Awesome! You do research, come up with a plan, get all jazzed up and get going. It all goes great for a little while, until you hit a bump in the road - maybe a life emergency comes screaming in, maybe you get sicker, maybe you just aren’t seeing the results you were hoping for from your efforts.
And that is where you hit the wall - the motivation goes out the window, and you fall right back into your old ways.
So, how can you avoid this fate? How do you take it all in stride for the long haul so that you can have the success story you dream of?
6 Things Non-Empaths Say that Drive Empaths CRAZY!
In this short video, I cover 6 things that non-Empaths say that drive Empaths crazy (and make us feel like we are from a different planet!). Do you have others? What have you heard from non-Empaths that have made you feel like you are totally misunderstood? Comment below!
Getting Past Crippling Self-Doubt: How to Push Past the Panic and Take that (Scary)Leap to Go After Your Dreams
“What if I am terrible at this? What if I totally suck at it? What if people hate it? What if I don’t have enough to say? I don’t think I can do this.” I paused. “No, seriously. I don’t think I can do this.”
I stopped my hysterical rambling and stared at my husband, hands shaking with fear.
I blinked and thought, “Good God, I have just become a crazy person.”
3 Steps to Dealing with Anger—Before It Creates Emotional, Mental, and Physical Issues
Someone betrays your trust. A jerk cuts you off on the road. Your child disobeys you and breaks your “house” rules. A business partner cheats you. A friend says something behind your back that is hurtful. A co-worker takes credit for your work. A boss puts you down or takes away hard-earned benefits.
Obviously, the reasons why you might become angry are many. In fact, there are likely hundreds of reasons—big and small—why you might become hot under the collar during a single day. That said, the issue is not if you will become upset—but how you will deal with it when you do, and the impact it will have if you don't deal with it effectively.
7 Signs that You are an Empath: Common Empath Traits and How They Manifest
It took me a long time to figure out that I'm an Empath. I'd like to save you some of the pain and exhaustion I went through!
How do you know for sure you are an Empath? Here are 7 Empath traits:
A Simple Survival Guide for Empaths: 5 Strategies to Put in Place Now (Your Wellbeing Depends on it)
As an Empath, you absorb more of the world's erratic emotions and dysfunctional energy than other people. While this can be useful—for instance, you are a terrific healer because of this—it’s also extraordinarily draining. If you don't have some fail-safes in place to make sure that you stay energetically healthy, you can easily get overwhelmed and be unable to function. Worst case, you can get quite physically sick.
Let's not have that happen, okay? Here are a few survival techniques for Empaths, so you can stay healthy and do all that good you want to do: