The Power Of Vulnerability – MindFitMove

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Good News! Your Dreams Are Made Of Crap

Your dreams are not made of clouds. Your dreams are not made of pixie dust. Your dreams are made of CRAP! Dirty, smelly, inconvenient, annoying, scary, crap. So often, we see all the miles and miles between us and our dreams as a problem. You think, “Aw man if I could just get past this … Continue reading →

5 Things I Learned In Front of a Crowd of 300 People

5 Things I Learned In Front of a Crowd of 300 People –  As I stood inside the dark hallway to the right of the stage my palms we’re sweaty, my heartbeat was elevated, and my mind was a bit hazy. I was about to pitch a business idea to a crowd of 300 people. … Continue reading →

How To Prepare Mindfully

How to Prepare Mindfully Preparation often comes up during discussions about the joy of mindfulness and living in the present moment. After all, how can you live in the present while still preparing for the future? It’s so easy to think that the goal of mindfulness is to exist in the veil of permanent presence, … Continue reading →

How Making Mistakes Builds Trust

How Making Mistakes Builds Trust It’s easy to think that the way to build trust is to be perfect, to be 100% reliable, to be always responsive, and to always behave in a way that pleases others. We get this message a lot growing up. We receive praise from teachers, parents, and the authorities that … Continue reading →

5 Little Things That Will Make You Happy

5 Little Things That Will Make You Happy 1. Smiling – (It’s science. Or at least I remember someone telling me it’s science.) For over a year I did smiling practice. I tried to smile whenever I remembered. I asked other people to help me by smiling at me to remind me to smile. It … Continue reading →

The Amazing Power of Facing Your Hidden Self

Facing Your Hidden Self For years I lived with this feeling. A deep sense that something was askew in my core. It was as if I’d built a room to put everything I was ashamed of. And though I passed it often, I never went in. I was afraid that if I opened that door … Continue reading →

How Facing Yourself Changes Everything

How Facing Yourself Changes Everything I remember the moment like it was yesterday. I was sitting on the step of my neighbor’s house slowly pulling on a cigarette. I stubbed it out and said “crap!” My neighbor and friend looked at me with a confused expression. I turned and looked at her with a crinkled … Continue reading →

Finding Yourself In The Dark

Finding Yourself In The Dark There is a part of me. You might call it a voice or energy. A part of me that is lost, sad, and hopeless. This part of me feels like there’s no point, it feels sorry for itself, it feels like no one cares. Sometimes it’s very sad about this. … Continue reading →

You Think You Know Your Emotions

We think we know our emotions. This is what sad is. – ☹ This is what happy is. – ☺ Most of us have a very limited emotional vocabulary. We can describe a few aspects of what we feel, but not much else. We simply don’t pay attention to how we feel. We label, dismiss, … Continue reading →