Stop Knocking Yourself

Stop Knocking Yourself

  A recent trend I have been seeing from various people in personal growth, is to knock other teachings, or to knock old techniques they learned.   Maybe with misguided belief that it will separate them from the rest of the personal growth teachers. Or...
Empowering Your Life With Intention

Empowering Your Life With Intention

    How do you have a regular practice, that helps to keep you empowered and spiritual? It is simpler than you think and something anyone can incorporate into their life.   Start with the idea that Aristotle put forth: We are what we repeatedly do....
What’s Self Love Got To Do With It?

What’s Self Love Got To Do With It?

  Aloha,   Every therapist and every human potential coach on the planet will tell you that you need to “love yourself” in order to live a happy, fulfilling life. You do love yourself now, right?   Okay, but what does that mean?   Is it about...
Understanding Your Mask

Understanding Your Mask

    “Be sure that whatever you are is you.” ― Theodore Roethke While studying to get my PhD in psychology, I was particularly interested in Carl Jung and his ideas about how the human psyche operates. His concepts resonated with me and I find them very...
Valuing Your Values

Valuing Your Values

Aloha,   Are your values really yours? Would you believe that most people I meet haven’t spent much time on this question. They tell me they’re too busy. What if I told you that becoming crystal clear on what is really important to you is the key to leading a...
4 Tips to Brush up on Your Mindfulness Practice

4 Tips to Brush up on Your Mindfulness Practice

  “Half an hour’s meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.” — Saint Francis de Sales   You’d have to live under a rock (or be consumed by your social feed) to not know about the zillions of benefits meditation...