3 Steps to Achieving Your Dreams

What is a part of your life today that was once just a dream?  What was merely just a hope, wish or desire that is now realized and a part of your life today?  I know there are aspects of your life that once seemed impossible or incredibly difficult to achieve, yet you found a way. Perhaps it … Read more

How to Program Your Brain: 101

“This iceberg,” my professor said to my classmates and I, “is like your mind.”  I can still recall being in the college lecture hall, as a psychology major, looking up at the picture of the iceberg on the overhead projector.  I was struck by how much of the iceberg was below the water lever. “That … Read more

Maintaining Calmness

My training starts the moment I begin to pedal my bike.  As I wind through the old back alleys of an unknown part of an average city in China, I maneuver my bike tires so as to avoid the missing bricks and numerous potholes in my path.  I move quickly to the right to avoid an oncoming motorcycle … Read more

Finding Inner Peace: A Recipe For Serenity and Joy

How you live your life is your decision.  You cannot always contol what happens to you, however you can control how you react.  Your mind is yours, it is within your power, within your control.  It is your domain and there is a recipe for finding inner peace. I have, in fact, two recipes for you: … Read more

Change Your Body, Change Your Mood

Using a few simple tweaks in body language, Harvard researcher Amy Cuddy has shown that you can change your body chemistry within 2 minutes to make you more confident and powerful and less stressed.  We all know that the mind influences our body, but research now shows that the connection works both ways.  We now … Read more