Love of one’s self really is a foundational piece to success and happiness. When we love our self: we are comfortable in our body, we are authentic, we are heart centered and we accept our self just the way we are (at least most of the time).  Self-love is attractive and attracts people and situations and solutions to you. Self-love magnifies our good qualities. Self- love increases our value and worth. Self-love harmonizes people and situations. Self-love heals separation. When we love our self we can more fully express love, life and joy. Self-love is based in compassion and acceptance. If... Read More

     “Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment.”  – Rumi   This quote inspired me to go on… Sell your resentments and buy forgiveness. Sell your hatred and buy love. Sell your glee and buy humility. Sell your anger and buy compassion. Sell your loneliness and buy connection. Sell your meanness and buy kindness. Sell your lack and buy generosity. Continue on with your own  ideas  for this inspirational quote…   Laura Meehan, MA Integrative Counselor and Coach Founder and Liberator of Allowyourlightoshine.com Ambassador of Cure for Boredom on Howtoliveonpurpose.com  Read More

This is a poem from: Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West By Daniel Ladinsky ( Translator of The Gift) This is an Inspirational Poem that talks about Living a passionate life. WITH PASSION With passion pray. With passion work. With passion make love. With passion eat and drink and dance and play. Why look like a dead fish in this Ocean of God? Written by Rumi This inspirational poems inspires me to be more passionate in my life, to fully enjoy and engage with life more. I fun way to engage with life and share your passion is to take the 21 Day “I AM a Gift to the... Read More

This is a poem from: Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West By Daniel Ladinsky ( Translator of The Gift) This is an Inspirational Poem that talks about a Relationship Booster and the Importance of communication. Relationship Booster Here is a relationship booster that is guaranteed to work: Every time your spouse or lover says something stupid make your eyes light up as if you you just heard something brilliant. This poem was originally written by Rumi. The important message is to really listen to others. Be interested. Everyone likes to feel people are interested in us. To... Read More

This is a poem from: Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West By Daniel Ladinsky ( Translator of The Gift) This is an Inspirational Poem that talks about what to do when you see signs of stress. I Might Act Serious If God  would stop telling jokes, I might act serious. BY Tukaram (c.1608-16490 To me this talks about: Seeing the humor all around you. Stop taking your self so seriously. Read more Inspirational Poems. Laugh More. Focus more on Being a Gift to the world. Take the 21 Day “I AM a Gift to the World!” Challenge. This is a fun and creative and uplifting... Read More

This is a poem from: Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West By Daniel Ladinsky ( Translator of The Gift) This is an Inspirational Poem that talks about seeing your own greatness and seeing the greatness of others. If God Invited You To A  Party? If God invited you to a party and said, “Everyone in the ballroom tonight will be my special guest,” how would you treat them when you arrived? Indeed,indeed! And Hafiz knows that there is no one in this world who is not standing upon His jeweled dance floor. By Hafiz This Inspirational Poem is interesting isn’t... Read More

This is a poem from: Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West By Daniel Ladinsky ( Translator of The Gift) This is an Inspirational Poem that talks of Abundance and Prosperity Lousy At Math Once a group of thieves stole a rare diamond larger than two goose eggs. Its value could have easily brought three thousand horses and three thousand acres of the most fertile land in Shiraz. The thieves got drunk that night to celebrate their great haul, but during the course of the evening the effects of the liquor, and their mistrust of each other grew to such an extent. they decided... Read More

I have written on previous  posts  on anger management techniques and  I have  addressed  different topics. I addressed understanding the cues and triggers of  anger, the positives and the negative to anger, a secret to anger(one of them being expectations),  and I  talked about calming down techniques. So  now that you are calmed down,don’t escalate it any further. You have taken your break from it and feel calm? The next  anger management technique is that you both must agree to work it out. You show willingness to communicate by facing each other, preferable sitting down  and... Read More

Sleeping can be a time that the body and mind rejuvenates itself, or it can be an escape from the stress in your life. Notice, do you feel wide awake and energized for the day when you wake up ? or do you still feel tired even after nine to ten hours of sleep, then sleeping is not stress relief.  It’s a sign of something else. It could be a form of depression or an illness of some sort or a sleep disorder.  I recommend you see a doctor for a check up and talk about your sleeping. Doctors say an adult need about seven to eight hours of sleep per night, as an average. Are you getting enough... Read More

Healthy living tips is not just about what you eat.   It’s more about a way of life. You can live your best and healthiest life.  Today’s healthy living tip is about practicing presence and having time alone.  Practicing presence is being aware of yourself and your surroundings in the moment. There’s a sense of timelessness and a sense of aliveness felt. Some simple ways to practice presence are: 1.  Take slow, deep breaths and feel your breath move in and out as your chest rises and falls.  Feel the warmth  of your breath as you breathe in through your nostrils. 2.  Take... Read More