I remember that rainy summer evening – shortly after Angel and I lost two relatives due to illness, lost our livelihood from a layoff, and ultimately lost sight of the kindness that remained in our lives – when I was…
How do you manage your work? What do you focus on? Are you overly concerned? Too stressed out? Or do you just need a little more mindfulness? I’m here to tell you that an invigorating dose of confidence could only…
Your days fill up so quickly and they’re so rushed and full of distractions – sometimes they seem to literally burst at the seams. I know exactly how you feel. That was my life too. Before I started simplifying my…
Business is an illness. Think about your own life and the life of those who are close to you. Most of us tend to do as much as possible – filling every waking minute with events, extravagances, tasks, and commitments….
7 questions to end your week withMany of us go through our entire lives as completely strangers, simply because we never pause long enough to examine ourselves. We are so busy looking for answers to others’ problems that we forget…
Imagine you have a ripe, juicy apple on an otherwise empty table. They eagerly pick it up, nibble and start trying it. You already know what an apple should taste like, and if it is a little more acidic than…
Everything we needJose’s wife Maria was born in a self-contained one-bedroom house on the outskirts of Playa del Carmen, Mexico. It was a nice little home, but her father Oscar wanted a “real” house. So he worked two jobs –…
Too often, highly sensitive people are perceived as weak or broken. However, feeling intensely is not a symptom of weakness, but the characteristic of a really lively and compassionate person. It is not the sensitive person who is broken, it…
How is the fear of rejection holding you back? How would your life be different if you didn’t (subconsciously) care what everyone thought about you? To answer these questions, we need to understand that the vast majority of our fears…
Our days fill up so quickly and are so frantic and full of drama and distractions that they often seem to burst at the seams. And the craziest part of it all is that we get so used to this…