My father died 14 years ago from yesterday. He was 61. He was the youngest of 5 children, but 9 years younger than his closest sibling. He felt like his parents did not pay much attention to him, and that he was raised by the wife of his oldest brother. …
Note: This is a digest version of a longer essay. — Continuing my exploration of our emotional nature, I am expanding upon a system defined by Elisabeth and Jerry Hicks from their book “Ask and It Is Given.” It is called Emotional Guidance Scale. This is an excellent tool in …
In any journey, it’s nice to have a map. Healing and growth is no exception. In this essay I employ a system of classifying your emotions, to help you see where you are in your journey and what’s next in your evolution. In a hurry? Read the digest version. — …
Failures and mistakes bum us out. It’s worse when you know it’s your own fault. How do you react? Do you beat yourself up? I know I used to. I would punish myself for mistakes. I would take away treats and rewards, saying “You don’t deserve that, Ari.” It’s as …
Note: This is a digest version of a longer essay on goal-setting, the final installment in a 4-part series. And here’s the previous installment in this series. — In reality, we can’t live on process-oriented goals alone. We set little and big goals everyday, without even being aware that we …