When faced with any given situation, which root emotion do you act out of? I have heard several people suggest that there are really two emotions that are at the root of everything we feel, and those are love and fear. Happiness, peace, joy, and serenity are all emotions that are rooted in love. Anger, hate, jealousy and even confusion are emotions that are rooted in fear. It is the impact of these emotions that drive how we respond to any given...

“Speak your truth” or “speak your authentic truth” is a phrase that I have been hearing quite a lot lately. And I have adopted it as one of my 5 principles of life. But what does it mean? Does it simply mean that you shouldn’t lie to someone when talking to them? Or does it mean that you should tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? Does it mean “be impeccable with your word” as cited in The Four Agreements...

Have you ever really failed at anything you decided you wanted to do? I’m not talking about your dreams to run a sub-four minute mile when you just started training last month. I’m talking about something that you established for yourself as a realistic goal and set out to accomplish it. One of the very first goals all of us had was to walk from one side of the room to another when we were an infant. Can anyone tell me that they succeeded...

Do you ever hear people use the phrase “there are no coincidences”? What are your thoughts? Over the past year, I have read many books, blogs and tweets from people suggesting that there are no coincidences and that whenever a coincidence happens, we should stop and take notice. It might be a sign in nature, maybe a bird or an animal crosses your path in an unexpected way and it makes you stop and take notice. Or maybe three or four...