Today I want to talk to you about a serious topic and that is being your own cheerleader. Sometimes the only good things you’re going to hear about yourself are things you say to you. We can’t expect other people to be our cheerleaders, to believe in us or empower us. Maybe they will but we can’t expect that…
I can happily say we arrived safely in Thailand. It was an incredibly difficult trip – we flew in with my sister and her 5 month old twin babies and it ended being a 24 hour trip. When you’re working with 5month old babies they sleep, eat and need to be entertained for the full 24 hours. I knew…
I’ve added another step to my morning routine and that’s to come outside and just keep quiet. While I was outside I came across a bird sanctuary and got quite inspired while bird watching. These birds just never seem depressed, stressed or overwhelmed. They’re focused on one thing – being a bird – they don’t worry about what other…
Communicating love. That sounds simple doesn’t it? If you love somebody you just tell them that you love them and that’s it! No. There’s this thing in psychology called intention and perception. I’ve got a certain intention when I say something or gesture to you; and you have a perception about what that means. For example, I was giving…
Today I wanted to check in with you to make sure you’re living life as it should be – as a journey not as some sort of a pilgrimage that has an end. I think where a lot of people get stuck is thinking you need to reach some point and only then you’ll be happy. We start to…
While rules have their place, breaking rules can liberate you from their expectations. When we have a rule in place and things don’t happen according to the rule we become disappointed. So what I want to challenge you guys on today is having less stringent rules. There’s a guy who had quintuplets (5 kids at the same time), and…
A lot of people have been messaging me and asking how they can get more people to accept them. The truth, however, is you’ve got to accept yourself first before you expect anybody else to accept you. The problem with getting validation from what other people think is that it often depends on what situation and social circle you’re…
Sometimes people think assertiveness means people following you and that your way goes. That, in my opinion, is not assertiveness. It’s knowing what you like and dislike, then allowing or disallowing people to treat you in a certain way. I want to challenge you to go stand in the mirror after a long day and ask, “Did I put…
I’m on the last day of my Belgium adventure and what’s made this trip so amazing is that I got to see a special cousin of mine, David. About six years ago David got paralyzed from the neck down because a tree fell on him during an intense storm. This is the guy who played six sports, piano, loved…
If you want your outward world to change then the first thing you need to change is your inner world. Nothing will change outside of you until you change. The analogy I like to use is that of a house. Let’s say you have a piece of land that you want to develop on. Before you build the house,…