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#154 – What was the happiest moment of your life?

If you don’t answer, like the Dalai Lama did when he was asked the same question,…
#153 – What could you see if you were blind as love?

Spiritual guides tell us that love is the answer. If instead of focusing on the splinters…
#152 – When will you drop the “sins” you’re carrying?

A few years back, I accepted an engagement without fully understanding what the client wanted. Instead…
#151 – Why does it take courage to be disliked?

When a reader of this email series sent me the title of a book he’s reading:…
#150 – Who do you become when you say no?

Back in 2016, while researching female leadership for my master’s thesis, I interviewed a PR firm…
#149 – How can you disengage from anxiety?

If you’ve ever experienced a racing mind when trying to fall asleep, you know that it’s…
#148 – Who distracts you from you?

Say you sit down to write a book (or get ready to train for your first…
#147 – What’s wrong with life?

Nothing. But we insist on clenching our fists and suffering when things don’t match our likes,…
#146 – Who knows what’s good and what’s bad?

I could be thankful for the things I have in my life that I deem to…
#145 – Wanting or inspiration, which feels truer?

A few days before I turned the lights off in my coaching practice, I attended a…
#144 – Is wanting worth it?

Last Sunday, during my coffee-machine demo shift, a young woman with two tween daughters approached my…
#143 – What would you be without judging?

Sometimes we think that judging signals our advanced mental skills, powerful critical thinking, or deep logical…
#142 – Who makes you unhappy?

Of course, it’s the world that makes you unhappy, when it’s not how you expect it…
#141 – How to ruin your life in three simple steps

Step one – Complain Complain about things you can’t control and whose behavior has nothing to…
#140 – How are you free?

Back in my voice coaching days, a 14-year-old client was frustrated to notice that her voice…
#139 – What are you grateful for?

In the late 70’s, picking up after one’s dog was unheard of in Madrid, and the…
#138 – How are your preferences holding you back?

Do you need to always “like” what you experience to be content? If so, you may…
#137 – Who felt disrespected?

Working with clients, especially in the corporate world, I often recommend Marshall Rosenberg’s Nonviolent Communication (NVC) as an…
#136 – How is procrastination a form of impatience?

You’re yearning to start a dream project. You know it’ll change your life because completing it…
#135 – Who else lives in your “comfort” zone?

That zone where your mind constantly returns? Habitual, yet rarely comfortable. What Arny Mindell called Primary…
#134 – How can you make a challenging world work for you?

Yesterday, at my coffee-maker sales job, I came across a heavily discounted machine and immediately thought…
#133 – How much do you care about being right?

Picture the scene: you’re about to go into that important meeting – with the board, a…
#132 – The Ego may look like strength– but it’s just fear

Stand up for yourself, we’re told. Reclaim what’s yours. Stand for your rights. Don’t let people…
#131 – What if it were all perfect?

When we don’t interfere, everything is perfect. Sure, we sometimes don’t want what we get, and…
#130 – Are You Resisting or Assisting Life?

We received some difficult news in our family tragedy, and I was crushed. After the initial…
#129 – What walks when I walk? The case for self-knowledge

As humans, we’re well aware of certain aspects of ourselves. I know about myself that I…
#128 – Peace begins inside: from self-investigation, to awareness, and presence

Some things are unpleasant, that’s a fact. But until we master the art of being able…
#127 – How will curiosity make you happier?

Curiosity stems from a desire to know. Judgment, on the other hand, comes from certainty; it…
#126 – What makes asking questions so empowering?

When my client C.F. became CEO of a venture-backed digital marketing firm, he felt under constant…