Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Making a Change
I recently took a tennis lesson. I’ve played tennis for about twenty-eight years. I know how to play tennis but I’m always looking for ways to improve things and I’ve got a pretty inconsistent forehand. I had a great instructor. He asked me a few questions about my ability and tennis history and then he…
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Laughing in the Face of Fear
Sometimes we make a change in our life that is needed but we feel unsure. You want the change and are excited to have it, but there’s a little piece of you that is fearful and uncertain. Unfortunately that little piece can be very loud. Perhaps your whole life you were an engineer. Every day…
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“No matter where you ar…
“No matter where you are in life, no matter what you’ve contributed to creating, no matter what’s happening, you are always doing the best you can with the understanding and awareness and knowledge that you have.” –Louise L. Hay. I love Louise Hay. An inspirational and incredibly intelligent woman.
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Happy Summer Solstice
Today is the summer solstice. The word solstice comes from the Latin words sol (sun) and sistere (to stand still). Today, the Sun comes to a stop. How can you honor yourself today in this same way? Where in your life do you need to come to a stop? Breathe. To pause and consider, what…
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Getting Into Alignment
Recently, I had the most interesting synchronistic week. The week started out a little against my beliefs as I was working on Memorial Day. I don’t like to work on holidays but I had just taken on a marketing consulting project the week prior and we had a fast turnaround. I still do some marketing…
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Accomplishment Vision Boards
I’m a big fan of vision boards. Martha Beck talks about creating a vision board for the life that you want in this recent post on Oprah.com. I’ve made a few of them for myself. As a new goal or dream becomes important in my life I may create a new board just for that…
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A Dog With A Bone
I am, “a dog with a bone” with my clients. I want what they want and I’ll champion them and cheer them on until they’ve accomplished what they want to accomplish. Personally though, I don’t always feel that I have the tenacity that some people have when it comes to grabbing a hold of my…
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When One Door Closes, Another One Opens
We’ve all heard this saying and maybe even said to someone. But when that door closes for you, sometimes it’s hard to feel so positive about where things are going. So what can you do to get yourself into a more positive state? First, go ahead and let all the anger & panic out. Maybe…
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Making Way for the New
I was raised Catholic. Although I don’t practice anymore, it’s still a part of who I am and I occasionally go to church. I think going gives me a sense of connection to my past and to the community. I often, by sheer randomness, show up at church on Palm Sunday. I just think, “it…
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