I don’t consider myself to be a motivational speaker. I consider myself to be more of a skeptic. Not a cynic, or a pessimist, but a skeptic. I talk a lot about the issues of…
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What Are You Saying
I was sharing with my friend, the observation that words have lost their meaning. By that I mean that they have lost their power. People are inundated with Words to read on the internet, blogs,…
Self Help Advice – Warning!
If you are interested in eliminating some of the emotional reactions and creating more happiness in your life I suggest you read less. Steer clear of the paragraphs of self help advice that proliferate on…
Opportunity for Success
How will you react or respond in those moments of a critical decision? Will you have the awareness and consciousness to make a wise choice that serves your long term goals and happiness? Will you…
Personal Confessions of Ignorance
While I usually write for the reader on topics of self awareness and enhancing happiness this post is a bit different. This post is a personal confession and contains some logistical information to my readers….
Practicing Presence with Your Emotions
I have a lot of respect for the work of Eckhart Tolle. Part of the genius of his best selling book, The Power of Now, is that he keeps it simple. This is extremely helpful…
Controlling Your Happiness
Here is the critical point to understand when it comes to controlling your happiness. You can control your happiness to the degree that you can control your attention in your mind. By controlling your attention…
Self Mastery – Course Feedback
Hi Gary, Thank you so much for the wonderful workshop on Saturday. I did not come expecting an epiphany, but there it was. The course has been helping, in ways that are dramatic when I…
“Who am I?” asks the False Self
Hello Gary, I hope you are well. I thought I’d give you an update on how things are going. Gratitude has become an integral part of my life now and is such a powerful yet…
Dan Gilbert on Happiness – Video
Dan Gilbert, author of the best selling book, Stumbling on Happiness, talks on Synthetic Happiness, Freedom of Choice, and the poor assumptions people make in their pursuit of being happy. Make sure you pay attention…
Not Ready to Heal Emotionally
You don’t need to be ready to heal emotionally in order to heal. I often witness people who don’t feel ready to heal emotionally. They come up to the edge of taking action to free…
The Trap of Emotional Denial
The Meaning of Denial Do you know the meaning of denial? In my last post I talked about the Two Paths to Happiness. I’ll share a bit here about why it is important to actively…
Two Paths to Happiness
There are basically two ways to approach being happy in your life. The first way to be happy is to practice doing all the things that bring you to happiness. This might seem to be…
Jealousy Question
Ask Gary, I wrote to you about a week ago about how my jealousy issue and how I have a problem with my girlfriends past, and how that is very hypocritical of me because my…
Real Courage
I previously posted about what we typically learn to think of as courage. In that post I shared how my previous understanding of courage fell apart. The awareness and insight that I got from a…
Spiritual Growth Stumbling Blocks
Now I’m going to get to the point I originally wanted to make in my last post about spiritual growth stumbling blocks. In my last post I got on to another in the set up…
Spiritual Journey through Illusions
Years ago I was on a trip through the southwest and was camping in Zion National Park when I found what I was looking for in my quest. I was journeying in a dream at…
Developing Self Discipline
As you develop self discipline there will be obstacles to overcome. Mental and emotional associations you have in your mind about developing self discipline are some of the biggest. See if any of these associations…
I want to be happy
The desire to be happy takes many forms. For simplicity sake I’ll just talk about two forms of desire for happiness. One type of desire to be happy looks to be the strongest, but in…