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3 Skills to Help Improve Your Willpower
When is the last time you said to yourself, I just need more willpower so that I’ll … (fill in the blank: workout more, eat better, get to bed earlier, have a hard conversation, the list is very long)? Each and every week, we find ourselves not accomplishing the...
5 Ways Mindfulness Can Improve Your Relationships
Mindfulness is an attitude to living that helps you be more open, compassionate, and self-aware. It involves deliberately directing your attention away from autopilot and negative, judging thoughts, allowing you to be more present and connected to whatever is...
Why Time Is Your Most Valuable Currency
If we look at the most valuable currency on this planet, our first thought often sways towards dollars, dinars, pounds, etc, or in some cases the crypto-currency called Bitcoin. Time is actually the most valuable currency - one second lost cannot be bought back....
How to Deal with Self Criticism
Most of us are a bit hard on ourselves. We have an internal judge who is pretty harsh with us when we fail or screw up. S/he says such supportive things, such as: “There you go again…” “You’ll never get it right!” “You’ve let yourself and everyone down.” “You are such...
Persecuted Christians Are Telling Their Story, Here’s an Easy Way to Listen and Respond
Did you know 1 in 12 Christians around the world face severe persecution for their faith? We don’t always hear about these acts of harassment and violence because restrictive governments or militants often prevent their stories from being publicly told. Open Doors is...
How to Handle An Identity Crisis With Grace
It’s very easy to confuse what we do with who we are. As one sociologist said, “Most people define themselves by their job. When they retire, they need a narrative about who they are now.” Any change in what we do can easily trigger a crisis of identity. What is the...
How to Prioritize When Everything Seems Important
Let’s say it’s close to the end of your work day and you review your to-do list for what was supposed to happen. Have you ever said to yourself, the right stuff didn’t get done? Join the club, we all have that experience. Setting and sticking to priorities can be...
Finding Balance When You’re a Career-Oriented Parent
We were all designed to do two basic passions in life: have great relationships and engage in a meaningful job. Parenting is an example of the first, and career, an example of the second. However, most of us doing both find that there are lots of conflicts involved....