Whether you are a noun or a verb holds an important clue to self-awareness: Are you static or evolving? This is not a grammar test or a value judgment. Simply put, at different times of our lives we are nouns (a title, an accomplishment) and at other times we are a verb (a state of [...]
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Backpack Meditation: A Mindfulness Tool You Can Take Wherever You Go
Throughout the day we have different stress triggers. We can be triggered by all kinds of circumstances, people, noises, even the weather. Yogi Bhajan said that 85% of our behavior is automatic and determined by our environment. If we let our environment dictate our mood then our life will feel like an emotional roller-coaster. The [...]
A Personal Quiz to Find Out How You Respond to Expectations
I’m still obsessed with the four categories I’ve developed–which, for lack of a better name, I’m currently calling the Four Rubin Tendencies. These categories describe how people tend to respond to expectations: outer expectations (a deadline, a “request” from a sweetheart) and inner expectations (write a novel in your free time, train for a marathon). [...]
5 Ways to Never Be Stressed Again
Everybody feels stress and knows it intimately, but very few of us think about what stress actually is. Stress is a thought. That’s it. No more, no less. If that’s true, then we have complete control over stress, because it’s not something that happens to us but something that happens in us. The dictionary definition [...]
Free Yourself From the Cycle of Stress to Live More Fully Than Ever
For many of us this is a season when it feels that we are going faster and faster. Everything’s racing, through school semesters, wrapping up work commitments, entering the holidays; the currents of life are in full tilt. Given the time of year, one student fell into a period of intense stress resulting from a [...]
Wordplay Wednesday: One In The Same
Maybe it was naïve Of me to assume It would be safe To express myself What I’ve experienced And felt Maybe my enthusiasm Took me too far The energy and relief I got From breaking The silence From letting go Of my desire To control What you and you Knew about me I was just [...]
Mallika Chopra: Train Your Mind Like An Olympic Athlete
By Mallika Chopra Wellness is a popular trend these days. From bootcamps, to botox, to gluten-free diets — there is no shortage of methods and techniques promising to change your body and fix your life. But we, as a society, often forget that wellness is not just about physical prowess. How far you can [...]
A Fool-Proof Tool to Help You Rise Above Negativity
I have a weekly radio show on Hay House radio every Wednesday. The show before mine is hosted by one of my favorite authors, Dr. Christiane Northrup, so I often listen to the last fifteen minutes of her program. Even as a passive listener of Dr. Northrup’s show I always pick up some kind of incredible wisdom and advice. [...]
Where’s the Sex, Drugs, and Rock ‘N’ Roll in Our Spiritual Teachings?
I have a bone to pick with spiritual gurus: They’re just such goody two-shoes. Where is the sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll?
Who Are Your Patron Saints? Here Are Mine
People often ask me, “Come on, what’s the key to happiness? If you had to pick one thing, what would you say?” I think that question can be answered in several ways, depending on what framework you use. But one answer would certainly be: self-knowledge. It’s the Fifth Splendid Truth: We can build a happy [...]
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