Choices | The Mind Matters

If It Feels Nice…Don’t Think Twice

Nov 3, 2016 | Choices

We live in troubled times. Life is uncertain. There is social unrest and protest. Order has been disrupted. We say, “this must stop.” We cry, “no more.’ We don’t know what to do. We don’t know who to trust and what to believe. In order to create peace in the...

Face the Strange

Oct 17, 2016 | Choices, Control, Positive Thinking

Embracing change is not easy. In general, we don’t like it! We do our best to avoid it! Change makes us uncomfortable and uneasy. We are unsure about what to expect. Sometimes it makes us fearful. Regardless of how we feel about it, change will happen...

Plan Backwards

Oct 17, 2016 | Choices, Control, Health & Wellness, Motivation, Weight Management

When we set a goal, we think about it as a future event, situation or experience. We set a date. It is something in the distance…a destination at the end of a journey. One way to move forward to meet a big goal is to plan backwards. When your goal is...

Confine Yourself

Oct 11, 2016 | Choices, Control

Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD) believed happiness was to be achieved by living “according to nature” in harmony with the principle which orders the universe. A Roman emperor and philosopher who composed bits of wisdom in a work called Meditations, he believed...

More Confident in 3 Easy Steps

Sep 26, 2016 | Belief, Choices

Do you know what it means to feel confident with yourself? To be comfortable with your actions? To feel as if you are in control? Everybody can learn to be more confident. It begins with telling yourself that you can be. When you are confident you can remain...

Expiration Date

Aug 23, 2016 | Choices

Are you familiar with the story of Stamatis Moraitis? Stamatis was a Greek immigrant living in the United States. In 1976 he was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer and told he had only “6 to 9 months to live”. He was offered aggressive treatment but he...