Sometimes we become so consumed with whether we’re following a rule that we’ve set up for ourselves that we lose sight of the ultimate benefit we wanted to experience through having the rule in the first place. While rules are of course helpful,…

Sometimes when we’re feeling a lack of motivation or focus, we tend to immediately think that it’s due to a lack of discipline – that we’re not doing a good enough job of buckling down and just staying focused.  But we feel undisciplined…

In many areas of our lives, the idea of control is an illusion because it suggests that through enough training and discipline and focus, we’ll have the ability to restrain or direct or command anything that we want. It suggests that there is a…

Sometimes when we create something that we’re proud of – something that gives us a sense of true satisfaction – that feeling is immediately followed by  wondering what people will think about it. And in that moment where we start to seek…

One way to navigate a challenging moment is to envision what your “future self” would tell you about how to approach that challenge. Oftentimes when we’re struggling to figure out how to move through uncertainty or something difficult, we get so…