What to do when you have had a bad day

What to do when you have had a bad day

Sometimes, we have unexpected bad days that come out of nowhere.  Our computer crashes deleting hours of hard work.  A fire drill at work derails all of our plans.  We get into a fight with a family member.  Often, when these things happen, we fall into the trap of ruminating in our head for much more time than we should.  Here’s how to keep a bad day from becoming two or three bad days.  

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How to know whose opinion matters

How to know whose opinion matters

In our day to day, we are constantly bombarded with the opinions of those around us.  Some of these opinions matter and others do not matter at all.  Yet, we often have a hard time discerning between the two.  In a segment for the daily show Al Dia, I shared an incredibly powerful tool that has helped me determine what opinions matter in my life.  I received this tool from a wise person about 5 years ago, and to this day I remember how life changing it was the first time I used it.  

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How to embrace obstacles

How to embrace obstacles

1.       Has it ever happened to you that when you are facing an obstacle in life, the struggles and efforts needed to get past it seem unbearable? Often we can go into victim mode…

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