Category: Self Improvement

By Matt Caron Happiness is Your Right Happiness is a seemingly elusive thing sometimes. Between the rushing and racing in life, it’s easy to forget that happiness is really what we’re all after. After all, what’s the point of life if you’re not finding happiness and fulfillment? With that in mind, here are 10 simple…

By Raven Fon “As much as we notice, consciously or subconsciously, there are some things you’ll notice about us too.” I remember an instance when I rang the cable company to ask about upgrading my service. After an hour had passed, the man I was speaking to had basically shared his entire life story with me and poured his heart…

The Ancient Power of the Tao You’ve probably seen the Yin and Yang plastered all over the place during your lifetime. Books, TV, magazines, art, graffiti…actually just about anywhere. It’s a popular symbol to say the least! But what does it mean? This popular (if not, almost overused) symbol stands for something ancient and powerful to many…

Hope Sometimes, all we need are gentle reminders that what we’re doing and who we’re striving to be are in our best interest. I’ve spent a great portion of my adult life pondering the thoughts that have led to the decisions I’ve made and the paths on which I’ve embarked. I have often been wrong,…

Acceptance and Letting Go The Beatles had a hit song many years ago singing “speaking words of wisdom, let it be”. Then Buddhism became popular in the US and the phrase “just let go” became a regular mantra for a lot of us. But what exactly is meant by let it be and let it go? According to…

  Put this on when you’re just running around going about your day and notice how your mood improves!

By Earthables While many of our ancestors believed Native Americans were a primitive, wild people that needed to be tamed, the reality is, that their lack of material goods led them to seek happiness and fulfillment within themselves and their community, which made them richer than most. Our modern culture tends to follow the opposite credo…

  Karma is one of the oldest religious/spiritual concepts in the world. Long before Christianity or Judaism, the concept of karma was widely accepted in the east. And why not? It makes sense. The belief that past actions influence fate in the present day seems fairly logical. But what are the rules of karma, and…

Pema Chodron has been teaching the principles of Buddhism for three decades. In this practice, she demonstrates a simple technique that allows us to let go of negativity and move on toward a happier path.  

The Buddha was sitting under a tree talking to his disciples when a man came and spat in his face. He wiped it off, and he asked the man, “What next? What do you want to say next?” The man was a little puzzled because he himself never expected that when you spit in someone’s…

  If you’re reading this, I’m assuming you’re like everyone else in the world: You’ve experienced problems and had to overcome them. This is a natural part of life, right? But there is a way to approach problems that give you the ability to overcome them much more easily. Coming up with a solution to our problems…

Perception Of Others “We meet ourselves time and time again in a thousand disguises on the path of life” –Carl Jung If we take any random person then pick five people in their life and interview them about said person we are bound to hear five different perceptions about them. One person may perceive them…