“The space in which we live should be for the person we are becoming now, not for the person we were in the past.” ~ Marie Kondo Marie Kondo is an organization expert. Her mission, in part, is to bring order to people’s lives by helping them let go of the past, the things in their life that don’t ‘spark…
Merriam-Webster defines empathy as: “The action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner.” To simplify, empathy is one’s ability to understand and share another person’s feelings. Being able to…
If there is one toxic element that can completely mess up a relationship, it is resentment. Resentment is the feeling that you’re being neglected, treated unfairly, or not getting the respect or appreciation you deserve. It’s been compared to drinking poison but waiting for the other person to die. It eats at you, sometimes for years on end, but the…
In all areas of life – business, personal, family, friends, health – we are constantly surrounded by the same people. The ones we live with, work with, work out with and so on who make our inner circle – this does not change all that much over time. It follows from this that we need to make sure we’re surrounded…
There are things in life that we want but don’t need, and this appears to be the mantra of the modern world. So, what is the solution? We keep hearing stories of minimalism with people selling everything they own, and downgrading to a small home, but the reality is that minimalism doesn’t have to be an extreme practice. It is,…