Can you imagine life without your emotions? What a boring, uncolorful and uninspiring life it would be. Even the most compelling stories depend on rich emotions to distinguish between the good and the evil in each character. But particularly for those of us who have a reputation for being “emotional,”
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As promised in our last post, we are about to begin a book study of Intelligently Emotional. I hope you’ll join us to discover how intelligent our emotions really are! Oh, yes! I can already hear the jeers and can see you replying with tongue in cheek comments. Then, I
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How often do you identify difficult people as the source of your stress? If you’re a parent (to kids ages birth through 50 or even older), part of an organization, a person with a job, or just a person who talks to other people, you’ve likely done that as recently
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How do you handle your emotions? Do they run the show? Or do you show them who’s boss? Are they the things you spend the most time trying to control in your day? Or do you barely recognize when they are flaring? Most everyone now understands the term “EQ” as
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In the previous post, I gave you 3 Daily “DO ITs” to keep your self-image crystal clear. The second step was all about “Clean-Water Thinking.” I’ve got good news, and I’ve got bad news. The good news is: Everything you need for clean-water thinking is already yours. The bad news
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Can you remember a time when you made a positive, bold choice on your own behalf that today’s version of you would have trouble making again? What’s that about? Did you really change that much? Now that more positive, confident thinking is needed once again to make a positive change
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We recently focused on the question of whether the pursuit of joy was a bit selfish or absolutely essential. The same question can be asked about pursuing a healthy self-image. But I’m not going to bother asking that question. A litany of research, medical doctors, and mental health professionals all
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Finding joy in hard seasons of life is pretty hard to do, isn’t it? And most of us use the fact that “it’s a hard season” as our legit reason not to look that hard for it, let alone find it. What about when life is running smoothly? Are you
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The terms “purpose,” “vision,” “dream,” and “heart” are pretty common in just about every current motivational talk or writing. I call it your “Red-Hot Reasons Why?” It’s a simple way of describing the big reasons why you bother to get up and go for something better every day. Big or
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Just how badly do you want that proverbial carrot that’s dangling in front of you? Losing 20 pounds, being promoted to a job with more opportunity, moving to your dream house, taking that family vacation (debt free) – how hard are you willing to work for those rewards? And one
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How badly do you want the positive change you seek? And what are you willing to do to get it? From the inside out, we’re each designed to go for “more” – more success, more of a sense of fulfillment from the way we spend time. So this new year,
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While solving problems, have you noticed how often thought leaders, self-help gurus, and other friendly advisors are telling you WHAT to think? They can’t help it really. We all have a specific lens through which we’re looking at life and all of its challenges. And maybe they’ve found a solution
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