Matters of the Mind
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Are You a Successful Failure or a Failure at Success?
“There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible: the fear of failure.” – Paulo Coelho Fear is a powerful motivator. It will motivate you to do nothing at all. It will encourage you to give up. Fear will make you believe that you can’t do it. Fear will...
Learning About Love
It is said that we die twice. Once when we take our last breath. And once again when no one speaks our name. I will speak her name. Florence Anne Rowley deKoven. I am her daughter and she lives within me. Like all children, I know the sound of my mother’s...
Ending or Beginning
In just a few days, the year 2017 will come to an end. Endings create emotions within us. We imagine time as a scarce commodity. We see the limitations. We try to seize the moment. We long to savor every last drop. We are afraid we may miss out. Our sense of...
How to Tell Your “Self” to Sleep
Have you had trouble sleeping? Tossing and turning all night long? Staring at the ceiling? Checking the clock? Did you know that your mind must be in the Alpha brain-wave stage to fall asleep? This is when you're still conscious, but your body is relaxed. You...
The Next Room
Three Thanksgivings have gone by since we last celebrated together. Holidays are emotional triggers. Markers of moments. A timeline progression experienced year after year. Memories stored away to warm our hearts. The people and events of the past come alive...
Time to Reflect
As the year begins to wind down, it is a good time to reflect on what has happened this year. Consider what your life looked like last January. And now consider how your life has changed since then. What is different? Where are you now? How did you get there?...