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The road of recovery is not the same as the path of despair. Many, perhaps most people fear allowing themselves to feel their darker feelings because they remember times of being overwhelmed or crushed by them.  Consequently most of us find creative, elaborate, or self-destructive ways to avoid being in touch with our painful memories and feelings.

When you walked the path of despair you did so not knowing why you felt so bad and you felt completely alone.  You felt no one understood or could possibly know what you were going through.  The roots of your despair were yet unconscious.  You feared being swallowed up by the grief and the darkness. Read more

Why are some people better at achieving their goals than others? Why have you been successful at achieving some of your goals and not others? Why do most New Year’s resolutions fail? Many times we assume success comes because of who we are; how talented, smart, or lucky we are. Decades of research on motivation and achievement suggests that success in achieving personal and professional goals is not so much because of who you are, rather it is because of what you do. Therefore, success in achieving goals can be boiled down to three critical steps: 1) Setting the right kind of goals, 2) Creating an actionable action plan, 3) Effective execution. I have taken these three steps and created an easy to follow framework. Read more

One of the things I love to do is to read, reflect, and write about what helps people grow and become more whole and successful in life. The more I study and learn, the more I see how much we have in common as human beings and how much we share with all of life on this planet. Recently I have been reading the work of Brene Brown and I highly recommend her books and I decided to share some thoughts and reflections on success.

In the past I have written that success in relationships is determined by our willingness to work on two areas of personal development: growing up and showing up. As I think about it, I believe these are the keys to success in general. The good news is these are things we can all work on and improve every single day. The even better news is it is a lifelong journey, which keeps life interesting and challenging to the very end. Read more