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Self-Awareness for EveryoneMental Health and Combatting “Resistance”Your mental health should not be neglectedWhere do you find the good in yourself?The good in yourself is abundant. And that’s a reflection of the truth that you and I live in an abundant Universe. There is more than enough good to go around. Everyone deserves care, kindness, compassion, empathy, and love. Your true desire is along that line.Mental health (emotional health and spiritual health, too) gets insufficient attention. But self-awareness depends on your knowledge of your health, wellness, and wellbeing.And only you can recognize how th...2023-06-1621 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneGive Up, Push Through, Or Find Another Way?No matter the obstacles, you always have a choiceVery rarely do you get to go from point ‘A’ to point 'B’ smoothly and obstacle free. And every time you come across challenges and obstacles in your life, you can give up, push through, or try another way.That doesn’t always feel true. There are plenty of times when it feels like you’re stuck, trapped, and without recourse.The trouble is, you always have choices – but they’re not always welcome, good, or desirable choices.What is empowerment?It’s too eas...2023-06-0920 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneLife is Too Short Not to Do What/Be With Who You LoveLife is too short not to make time for what/who mattersLife in the meatsuits we each occupy is finite.My point is this – knowing time is finite and limited, are you doing what you love? Are you spending time with those you love?If not now – why not now? Why are we all so hell-bent on unimportant minutia over living here and now, and doing what we love/being with who we love?Time is an illusion - but fleeting nonethelessI recently read something that explained two...2023-06-0220 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneHow Do Alone and Lonely Differ?Alone and not alone coexist differently from feeling lonelyLots of people rue loneliness. Being alone sucks, they get frustrated when they haven’t got companionship, and this can be deeply upsetting and distracting on multiple levels.But then, lots of people crave being alone. Being alone is comforting, they get frustrated when they don’t get alone time, and too little alone time can be deeply upsetting and distracting on multiple levels.There is also a Goldilocks zone, if you will, between alone and not alone. Some people love having people around them...2023-05-2618 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneChoice is Your SuperpowerChoice is your superpower – even when your choices suckWhen it comes to anything – and mostly everything – about your life, you always have choices. The vast majority are made automatically, by rote and routine. They become habits – which then embed themselves into your subconscious.While less-desirable choices might be your only options – they are still options and thus choices to be made.Even lesser choices made are better than none. Because the more you actively choose things for your life, the more empowered you are.Why are choices empowering?The way so...2023-05-1918 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneTriggers, Trigger Warnings, and Self-AwarenessHow you handle your triggers will impact everything you doTrigger warning – this might be controversial, but I think it needs to be addressed. Some people will do everything in their power to avoid their triggers. But this becomes problematic because avoiding triggers allows them to continue to trigger you. Avoiding your triggers will leave them the ability to trigger you.Life is seldom easy or painlessYou can’t deny that sometimes life sucks. No matter how much you try to avoid or dodge this, you can’t.Y...2023-05-1220 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneDo You Get Stuck in Your Own Head, Too?Sometimes being the only one in your head can be infuriatingThinky-thoughts can insinuate themselves into a strange place between your conscious and subconscious minds. But it’s a place both right in front of you and hard to reach.When there are a lot of things happening all at once – both inside and outside of yourself – overwhelm can hit hard and fast. Before you know it, you find yourself flustered and frustrated. Then you start asking negative-leaning questions.Getting out of your own head can be incredibly challenging. But why?Your h...2023-05-0518 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneHow Do You Change and/or Break Habits?Habits take time and effort to make, change, and breakBreaking and/or changing a habit frequently requires a lot of conscious effort.When it comes to habits and changing or breaking them – the quick fix nearly always fails. Why? Because habits are complex, multifaceted, and it takes time to build your habit in the first place.You don’t instantly form a habit. That’s not how habits are made.Habits form via repetition. To create a habit, you need to consciously repeat said habit over and over – until it becomes...2023-04-2821 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneTwo Truths About Being Worthwhile and DeservingYou ARE worthwhile and deservingEveryone has bad days. That’s part of the human experience. Even the happiest, most upbeat, and most positive people have bad days. That’s the yin/yang of the Universe at play.Through it all – no matter what your experience – there are two truths. · You and your life are worthwhile· You are deserving of living a life that lights you upIt doesn’t matter who you are, where you come from, or anything else. You and your life are worthwhile and deserving.You are NOT here by ra...2023-04-2120 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneWhat Do You Feel When You Don’t Know How to Feel?Feelings are a complex set of emotionsFeelings are made up of what and how. The what of feelings often also ties into thoughts.I spent a lot of my youth unable to truly feel my feelings.It’s okay to not be okayHow you feel is valid. What’s more, it is utterly and completely okay to not be okay.What and how you feel is valid. But you also have a choice as to how long you will allow it to take you down.You...2023-04-1421 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneHow Does Mindfulness Address Fear of the Unknown?The unknown is rife with uncertaintyThe unknown is a mystery. And its mysterious nature makes people uncomfortable.Uncertainty is about as far from comfortable and familiar as you can get.Why is it all so damned scary?Fear and leaving your comfort zoneUnderstanding what comfort zones are is hugely important. Comfort is a misnomer. What it should be called instead is a familiarity zone or a stability zone. But the stability isn’t real, genuine stability. It’s a false sense of such.Comf...2023-04-0718 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneMindfulness 101What is mindfulness?Mindfulness is conscious awareness, and self-awareness, in the present. Right here and right now. It’s conscious awareness of your inner mindset/headspace/psyche self. That inner awareness leads to greater awareness of life, the Universe, and everything.It is both stunningly simple and incredibly challenging. That’s due to resistance from without (society, culture, other people, and things) AND resistance from with (ego, habit, subconscious beliefs and values).Thought + Feeling + Action = MindfulnessMindfulness is conscious awareness of yourself. It’s a product of the present, the here and no...2023-03-3120 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneWhat is Non-Toxic Positivity and Why Does it Matter?Non-toxic positivity is a creative force for self-care and improvementThe word “positivity” might set your teeth on edge. That’s probably because you’ve been exposed to all the toxic positivity out there.Toxic positivity is the idea that if you think positive – and ONLY positive - your life will be the best it can be. It rather blatantly disregards, ignores, or turns a blind eye to anything that’s not positive.Positivity in this manner turns anything not positive into an enemy. Negative thoughts and feelings should be avoided or abandoned lest they ha...2023-03-2419 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneHow Does Gratitude Improve Your Health, Wellness, and Wellbeing?The power of gratitude should never be underestimatedPassive gratitude is all well and good – but it’s not conducive to improving your overall mental, emotional, and spiritual health. Active gratitude, on the other hand, is.How does that work?Your health starts in your headMost people, thinking about health and being healthy, immediately go to the body. Mental, emotional, and spiritual health, wellness, and wellbeing are intangible. You can’t see a bloated emotional response, a malnourished spiritual sense, or an aged and outdated mental perspe...2023-03-1718 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneHow Does Self-Care Begin with Kindness, Compassion, and Empathy?Self-care is the only thing over which you have controlYour health, wellness, and wellbeing belong to nobody but you. Ergo, you’re the only one who can care for them. The who, what, where, how, and why of you is directly tied to your health, wellness, and wellbeing. Any imbalance in your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health will challenge you.When you don’t take care of yourself – who can and will? Self-care puts gas in the tankYou can’t get anywhere in your car when it has n...2023-03-1019 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneHow Does Self-Awareness Inform Your Identity?Did you know that your identity is largely artificial and comes from your equally artificial ego?Identity is complex. How you identify yourself varies depending on circumstances and situations.Identity tends to get tied up in ego. Which adds to its utter artifice. You are made up of a conscious mind and a subconscious mind. The subconscious mind runs on rote and routine and often isn’t fully engaged. But in your subconscious mind your beliefs, values, and habits live.Your conscious mind is your present, aware, awake mind. When you’re c...2023-03-0320 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneHow Do Your Comfort Zones Impact Your Life?Everyone has multiple comfort zones that they exist withinEven when a given comfort zone is unideal and maybe unhelpful to me and my life, that doesn’t mean leaving it is ever easy. Why? Because comfort zones are comfortable due to their familiarity. And the familiar is often comforting – even when not good for us.There is always more than one depending on what it is and how it impacts you.How do you recognize your comfort zones?First – it’s important to understand that comfort zone doesn’t mean being comf...2023-01-2720 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneWhy Is It Important to Like Yourself?To love yourself you need to first like yourself Nobody is ever, truly, alone.Why? Because no matter where you go, there you are. Or in other words – you always have yourself.Here’s the thing – your entire life, you have yourself. That means that you have all that you are, good, bad, and otherwise, always with you.For many people, that’s disconcerting. You have yourself – but isn’t that a lonely proposition? If you only have yourself, what does that mean?You don’t only have yourself. You always hav...2023-01-2019 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneWhat Can You Do About Toxic People?Toxic people poison usIt’s all too easy to scroll through Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and be overwhelmed by toxic people. Before you know it, you’re wasting your time, doomscrolling, feeling bad, and wondering if anything is worth it. These toxic people poison you into believing in lack, scarcity, and insufficiency which isn’t true. And this is hardest to reconcile when they are friends and family. The choice – stay, step back, or step away from themMultiple people I call friend have gotten increasingly toxic in the past 5 years. 2023-01-1319 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneDoes Self-Awareness Matter When Life Sucks?Even when life sucks, YOU choose what you do with itWhat do you do when it all sucks?Lament or live.It would be very, very easy to lament what’s going on.I could go on and on about the many things that suck that have been going on. I could lament multiple potentials, and unknown futures resulting from all of this. I could wallow in the total suckage of this situation – and let it pull me down into a depression.Or I can live. I can acce...2023-01-0620 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneHow Much Can You Truly Control in Life?Can you accept what control you DO have?The only thing over which you and I have control is ourselves.Even then, there are limits to what you can and do control.All of them are internal. Sure, there are externals that you can direct – but control is not the case. You can change your body shape, eye color, hair length and color, what you wear, and maybe a couple of other elements of yourself. Internally, you control yourself. But that’s not always obvious, and it requires conscious awareness to be c...2022-12-3019 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneWhat if "Should" Is an Illusion?What if “should” is one of the biggest causes of suffering?What if there is no “should”?What does that mean? A great many of the things that frustrate me tend to revolve around the word “should”. For example, I should be making more money, I should be doing more of ‘x’, I should be better with ‘y’, I should be more consistent with my diet and exercise, and so on.All of the above are valid things that are part of my life experience. But what Katie expounds on in Loving What Is is that these thi...2022-12-2320 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneHow Does The Reality of Truth Impact Your Self-Awareness?What IS the truth?Long ago, I came to this notion: There are three brands of truth. Mine, yours, and the absolute.The truth, as I perceive it, is colored by my life experiences, education, environment, associations, and the imperfection of memory. Just because I remember something having been a certain way doesn’t make it so. But the truth, as I believe it to be - no matter the topic – is colored thus. This is true for you, too.The absolute can be totally hidden and unrecognizable. That’s because, apart from here a...2022-12-1619 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneIs The Ability to Choose Change a SuperpowerThe one and only constant in the entire universe is changeChange can be glacially slow, distressingly swift, or it can be steady, visible, and equally inevitable.For good or ill, people change. However, some people work hard to remain as they have always been. Change might occur all around them, but they decide they will not be moved by it. They choose not to change.At the core of change for you, however, is choice. You can choose to change. Or not. Choosing change is a loaded concept...2022-12-0920 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneHow Does Blame Disempower and Oppress You?Blame distracts and deflects and solves nothingFor every ill in the world today – you can find someone to blame. It’s very easy to do.Most politicians blame their opposition for all our woes. Business leaders blame laws and regulations for poor wages and the lousy treatment of employees. Religious leaders blame other religions and atheists for everything wrong in our world today.What’s more, in the process of self-improvement, no matter if it’s mental, physical, emotional, or spiritual, blame is an easy go-to. The problem is that blame di...2022-12-0218 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneWhy and How Does Gratitude Matter?Gratitude is the key to everything good and greatIt should come as no surprise given that we live in a fear-based society. Often, the fear of missing out (what has been renamed/rebranded as FOMO), fear of suffering, and fear of appearing to be lacking are beamed into your brain everywhere you turn.Radio, social media, tv, billboards, and everywhere there’s advertising will tell you if you don’t buy this product or that service, you’ll miss out, suffer, and appear lacking. The truth is that, for the most part, we nee...2022-11-2520 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneWhat Are the Three Ways to Live Life and How Do They Work?Life is a unique challenge for everyoneHow we all live is a choice. We can make it as often or seldom as we desire.In my experience, I’ve come to recognize 3 ways to live. There are variations, and each of these will be shifted around – but they’re inescapable.· Let life live you· Curl up in a ball and await death.· Take the wheel, drive life, and go for a rideThe three ways to live life· Let life live you. Rote, routine, subconscious living. You just go with the...2022-11-1820 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneDefining the Subconscious Mind, Conscious Mind, and EgoWe are all of 3 mindsAll of us are made up of subconscious, conscious, and ego. But what are they?Our subconscious minds are akin to a computer hard drive. They are where our operating systems, data storage, and programs are savedThe Subconscious is your OSOur operating systems are our values and beliefs. They’re the foundation on which we run. And like computer operating systems, sometimes we’re running an outdated OS.Old values and beliefs are in our subconscious. And until we seek them out to r...2022-11-1121 min

Self-Awareness for EveryonePathwalking – A Practice for Greater Self-AwarenessEveryone seeks to choose their own life pathI’ve been working on sharing the power of conscious reality creation and mindfulness with the world. To do this, I’ve made numerous life choices for the path I intend to walk, the blogs I write, and even the journeys of my fictional characters in the sci-fi and fantasy I create.All of this comes down to Pathwalking – my life philosophy for how to choose your life experience – one step at a time.Problem: You feel dissatisfied with your life. You feel like your life is...2022-11-0419 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneDon’t Do It and You Won’t Fail – But You Also Won’t SucceedYou won’t fail if you don’t share what you create Sharing your work can be terrifying. It can feel like you’re putting yourself out there to be judged.Despite all that I do – I still fear that I’ll fail. And that’s deterred me multiple times along the way from acting to grow my life and expand my art how I desire to.Yet it’s impossible to succeed if you don’t do the thing and share the thing.There are tons of stories about people getting a win ha...2022-10-2820 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneWhat You Believe – Positive or Negative - Is TruePositive or negative – what you believe is trueEven if you don’t buy into the Law of Attraction – like gravity, thermodynamics, and other elements of nature – it still exists and does its work whether you are conscious of it or not.This is why what you believe is true. At least, from your unique, one-of-a-kind perspective.Every single person on earth has their own perception of reality. Ergo, we all have unique perspectives on life, the universe, and everything. Toxic attitudes can be both positive and negative.Toxic positivi...2022-10-2120 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneIs Mindfulness of Our Fear the Vehicle to Disempower It?Nobody likes to sufferSuffering – mentally, emotionally, physically, or spiritually – is unpleasant. The pain that comes with suffering – tangible or not – is unpleasant, distressing, uncomfortable, and just plain awful.But do you know what’s worse than suffering? Often – the fear over how and what it’ll be.Frequently, we don’t recognize suffering as our fear. It gets cloaked in another, more recognizable, seemingly more tangible form – like rejection.Fear of suffering is often the real fearNot to put too fine a point on it – but it’s suffering we tend to...2022-10-1420 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneWhy Does It Take So Long to Get Over Feeling Hurt?Taking control of how we feel is a choiceAll kinds of things happen in our lives that make us feel one way or another. Not all feelings are the product of outside influences and happenings. But enough are that we need to consider how they affect us. The impact is just as variable as they themselves are.Sometimes that emotion lasts and lingers – good or bad. Whatever the case may be, how long we allow it to be there is up to us. We have ultimate control of our feelings.Hu...2022-10-0721 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneWhat is an Abundance Mindset?How does an abundance mindset work?In the simplest terms – this is a choice.Simply put, an abundance mindset is one of potential, possibility, positivity, options, and the like. An abundance mindset looks at the world with wonder and creativity because you see abundance in all that’s available to us.It’s a particularly challenging choice when up against the overwhelming messages of lack, scarcity, and insufficiencies in our world. An abundance mindset has very little to do with material abundance. That might be a result of it – but not how it w...2022-09-3019 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneHow Do The Arts and Things of Beauty Impact Self-Awareness?The arts bring out the best of what our world can beIn all the craziness of the last few years – it feels hard to see the beauty of our world. But the arts are one of the best ways to see it – for everyone. TV, movies, books, paintings, and other creations help us to feel better connected.The arts remind us that our world is sharedThe Earth is a relatively small planet. At least in the grand, cosmic scheme of things.It’s good to remember that it’s our worl...2022-09-2318 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneHow Do We Stand Up to Fear and Uncertainty?Fear and uncertainty are the norm in a fear-based societyFear takes many forms. Often, it’s disguised as uncertainty, trepidation, self-doubt, general doubt, brain weasels, and the like.Fear isn’t necessarily a bad thing. It has served the human race well in protecting us from harm. But the things we needed fear to protect us from have changed. A lot. Recognize and acknowledgeWe all live in the same world. Yet every person perceives reality differently. As Einstein said,“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persis...2022-09-1621 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneHow Does Accepting Ourselves – Good AND Bad – Empower Us?Nobody goes through life without both good and badAccepting that is empowering.I’ve made and will make more stupid, foolish, and selfish choices in my life. No matter what and how much I study, or the effort to do good I put out – I’ll screw it up along the way.This is not my truth. This is true for everybody. That’s because every single person on the planet makes mistakes, does stupid, foolish, and even selfish things from time to time.What does accepting ourselves mean?We are...2022-09-0920 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneDo You See Your Birthday as a New Level or New Devil?Your birthday is your personal new yearYou always have a choice when it comes to your personal New YearApproach with sadness and sorrow or approach with excitement for both what has been and what has come beforeMake new choices and decisionsMostly I see three approaches to birthdays:· Joy· Dread· Utter nonchalanceThese are, respectively, positive, negative, and neutral.New level or new devil?Like in gaming this is a chance to “level up”Gain more experience points, hi...2022-09-0219 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneSelf-Awareness Explains What, How, Who, Where and Why We AreSelf-Awareness goes beyond the selfWhy we are – and all else – depends on circumstances both in and out of our control.All elements of who, what, where, how, and why we are occurred through various combinations of choices made and not made, extenuating circumstances, and/or random happenstance.No matter how it happened – it is changeable. That might feel like it will require the force of moving a mountain to accomplish – or a similar almost unimaginable feat. But nothing about us and our lives is written in stone. All is malleable and changeable.Th...2022-07-2920 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneWhat Are We Doing and Why?What are we doing and why are infrequently asked questionsDo you ever stop and ask, “What am I doing?” When you get the answer, does it sometimes raise the additional question of “Why am I doing it?”How does this happen? There are, of course, many reasons. But we frequently don’t question them.How do we reclaim this?Asking questions of ourselvesOne of the keys to mindfulness and the related conscious awareness that comes with it is to ask questions.These questions include:· ...2022-07-2219 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneHow Does Mindfulness Build Habits?Self-awareness creates mindfulness of habitsI recently read Good Habits, Bad Habits: The Science of Making Positive Changes That Stick by Wendy Wood. Though sometimes overly clinical – it gave some useful information about habits.But this led me to this realization - Habits are the result of mindfulness that becomes rote and routineTo change anything at all, or to develop a new skillset, we need to find, create, and build new habits.A large swath of the things we do in our lives is habitual. It becomes rote and routine an...2022-07-1522 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneMindfulness and Mental HealthMental health is our state of mindEveryone on the planet deals with matters of health, wellness, and wellbeing. Along those lines, everyone has four primary areas of health to consider – mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual.Mental health is where our overall wellness and wellbeing live. They are products of mental health. Nobody accepts that matters of mental health are just as normal and regular as the common cold.So why do we disregard mental health?It all comes down to fearFear, at its core, is me...2022-07-0819 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneWe Are Never Imposing with Kindness, Compassion, and CaringWhy are logic and reason so challenging?I’ll be honest – I just don’t get it.Take COVID-19. Logic and reason, alongside science, suggested ways to slow or even stop the spread. Most are super easy acts of kindness, compassion, and caring. · Maintain a social distance of 6 feet apart. · Wear masks in public. · If you are feeling unwell, isolate yourself.It is not an impositionWhy have logical, reasonable acts of kindness, compassion, and caring become an imposition? Because that’s the false narrative that too many “in p...2022-07-0119 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneAny Control of Change Starts with OurselvesWe can only control change of anything via ourselves firstFirst and foremost – let’s recognize, acknowledge, and accept that change is the only constant in the Universe.Given the opportunity, I would love to change the way the United States handles taxes, health care, education, the separation of church and state, and various other elements. The reality is that the only way I can do that in any way is to vote in elections, write and call representatives, attend protests, and share information to help spread empowering ideas.We have no power to c...2022-06-2420 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneWhat is Your Why?Why do you desire the things you desire?When you were a child, you believed you could do anything. Hell, you may even have believed that you could fly. You were open and eager and ready to explore and experience all the amazingness that life could offer you.If your why involves what you are doing with your life, then keep at it and rock on! If, however, your why has nothing to do with where your life currently is, do you know what your why is, and the reason you desire it?...2022-06-1719 min

Self-Awareness for EveryonePositivity, Toxic Positivity, and Positive IntentionWhy does the world need more positivity?Being virtually gut-punched constantly takes a toll on everyone. And that is why positive intention matters more now than ever.Positivity empowers. It is an open door, a window to the world, an option that feels good, right, and true.Choosing positivity, on the other hand, empowers because it’s the equivalent of persevering and keeping on. I can do it. Everything is figureoutable. There is hope. It’s doable. Can you see how empowering choosing that is?When you actively, mindfully choose positivity, you...2022-06-1018 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneSeparating Self-Care from SelfishnessThere is nothing selfish about self-careWe’re told that we should not put ourselves first. Instead, we should put our children, loved ones, family, friends, bosses, coworkers, country, religion, God, and everyone and everything else that you can think of first. Pick the institution, organization, or individual – they’ll all tell you that you shouldn’t put yourself ahead of anyone or anything else.I am all for generosity. And I love to give of my time, donate to worthy causes, instruct, share, and help wherever I can. It feels amazing to give like that. Bu...2022-06-0319 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneSelf-Awareness and Your Subconscious MindEveryone has the same 3 states of mind· Unconsciousness is that which you do purely automatically. Overall breathing, swallowing, digesting, and similar things your mind and central nervous system do unaided.· Subconsciousness is where your habits, beliefs, values, and overall sense of self exist. It is subconscious because you CAN access it — but largely don’t. Subconscious is passive, doing things by rote and routine.· Consciousness is here and now. It’s your inner being, specifically your mindset/headspace/psyche sense of self. Consciousness is active, choosing and deciding things in the moment.For the most part, you can igno...2022-05-2722 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneDepression is a Lying Liar the Lies a LotYou Do Not Suffer Depression AloneRecognizing this can help you turn to people when it strikes and find better ways to cope with and combat it.Call it what you will, depression is something far more people cope with than you might realize.This is a very real mental and emotional health problem that should neither be ignored, nor swept under the rug. Yet there are still many, many people who do not recognize or acknowledge the depth of the issue.Perspective differs for everyoneThese are my...2022-05-2022 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneYou’re Not the Only One Feeling the Feelings You’re FeelingYou are not the only one feeling frequently distraught and uncertainThe starting point for dealing with feeling frequently distraught, uncertain, and otherwise negative is self-care.Who is in your head? You. And you’re it. There is nobody else in there. Thus, if you don’t take the time and make the effort to care for your self – who will? Because you are the only one in your heart, head, and soul, only you can care for your health, wellness, and wellbeing.This applies to all four elements of health. Physical health, mental...2022-05-1322 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneHealth, Wellness, Wellbeing, and Self-AwarenessGetting healthy is physical, mental, emotional, and spiritualThere are things that you and I can do on our own to work on getting healthy on all levels. Allow me to further illustrate this below.Physical healthEat healthy food. Move, get exercise regularly. Get yourself plenty of sleep. Put yourself in the sun from time to time. Take showers and baths to be clean. Physical health is anything you can do to improve your body.This body you occupy is the physical manifestation of who you are. It’s easy to...2022-05-0621 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneHow Does Gratitude Create Sustainability?Thank you is one of the most powerful phrases you can sayI believe that these are the three most powerful phrases anyone can employ:· I am· I love you· Thank youAll three are empowering. Each of them is an ultimate generator of conscious reality creation. And all three can create positivity and good feelings both for you as the speaker and those who you share them with.When you say thank you and express gratitude – real, genuine, sincere gratitude – you empower. This is not just about that which you are giving...2022-04-2919 min

Self-Awareness for Everyone5 Universal but Unpleasant Truths About Your SelfSelf-awareness is for everyone Self-awareness is available to and for everyone. This is not something reserved for the super-intelligent, uber-rich, or otherwise privileged. No matter where you come from or who you are you are capable of being aware.The truth: Everyone is perfectly imperfectWhile it is important to be responsible and accountable for your thoughts, feelings, actions, and intentions - there is a massively important aspect of this notion we cannot ignore.When you have accepted responsibility and taken on accountability, you need to forgive yourself.Forgiveness...2022-04-2222 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneHow Does Accountability Empower Us?Accountability is an important aspect of self-awareness and mindfulnessTaking responsibility for your thoughts, feelings, and actions matters in all you do.Modern society hates to be accountable. But damn, do they love to blame.When you are mindful, you are choosing to be aware of yourself. You are aware of what you are thinking, how you are feeling, and actions you are taking from there.When we are mindful of ourselves, we need to be accountable. Why? Because the only way to improve our lot in life is to be acc...2022-04-1520 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneUnless You Are Taking Action, You Are Doing NothingThinking and feeling is only a starting pointWe can think and feel all day long – and go nowhere.Without taking action – thought and feeling have no power.It is this idea that, to me, explains the meaning of my favorite Yoda quote,“Try not. Do or do not. There is no try.”The concept of “try” doesn’t necessarily connect to action. I can try to do virtually anything I set my mind to. But it’s meaningless without the action of doing.That’s why “do” is so much more...2022-04-0820 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneGratitude - Without GuiltGratitude is not selfishNot to put too fine a point on it, feeling grateful and expressing gratitude is not an act of selfishness.How can I express gratitude when so many people are suffering so horridly? Because feeling grateful for things in no way disempowers anyone else. All those people who are experiencing awful things and suffering do not have their lot in life made worse when you are thankful for things.I know how hard this is. But consciousness creates reality. When we get focused on all this awfulness around us...2022-04-0118 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneSelf-Sabotage and Second-Guessing – The Elephants in the RoomSelf-sabotaging and second-guessing are infuriatingDespite the effort I have been making for over a decade to live life on my own terms, choosing my own paths – there is an ongoing challenge I can never seem to shake.I recently finished reading Gary John Bishop’s Stop Doing that Sh*t: End Self-Sabotage and Demand Your Life Back, and now I have a much clearer view of the how and why of my self-sabotaging behaviors.Where do the self-sabotage and second-guessing come from?Mr. Bishop asserts that there are three conclusions we d...2022-03-2521 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneSelf-Awareness Isn't SelfishSelfish is a matter of intentThis is selfishness: You take and take, give nothing back, and don’t give a damn who you hurt in the process. You know your action is going to cause harm - but you don’t care. You know full well that your thoughts, feelings, and resulting actions are going to be bad for others. That is what selfishness is.Selfishness comes from a lack mentality. You take what you believe to be yours and leave nothing for anyone else because you believe that there is not enough, or you...2022-03-1820 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneHow do Self-Awareness and Applied Mindfulness Work Together?Self-awareness and mindfulness are oneMindfulness of your own headspace will help you be better aware of the outside world and how it impacts you.Mindfulness is a matter of being aware of yourself. To put it simply, mindfulness is recognizing, acknowledging, and knowing what is inside your own head.Mindfulness is self-awareness. It is knowing what you are thinking, how you are feeling, what you are feeling, what actions you are taking, and the intentions behind them.Recognize nobody else is in your head, heart, and soul – but youT...2022-03-1118 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneChoosing Change – Rebranding the PodcastChoosing to changeNo two days are ever exactly alike. I’ve come to better understand that over the years. Change, however, is the only constant in the whole Universe.I have come to realize that the best way to continuing growing, evolving, and striving to improve myself requires ongoing change. Which is a choice that I can make – or not.This quote from Socrates resonates with the why of choosing to change,“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on buildi...2022-02-1815 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneAwareness That You Can’t Please EveryoneAre you aware of who you can and can’t please?Recognizing who you can and can’t please is a highly freeing, positive act.You may or may not be familiar with this quote attributed to both Abraham Lincoln and John Lydgate,“You can please some of the people all of the time, you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all of the people all of the time.”If you are a people pleaser – this is a bitter pill to swallow. But doing so...2022-02-1118 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneSituational Awareness and How Awareness for Everyone WorksConscious situational awarenessRecently, I have been exploring practical mindfulness not to create change – but simply for situational awareness. That is in-the-now conscious awareness.True conscious awareness involves recognition of what’s going on inside of myself. Since I’m the only one inside of my head, heart, and soul, I alone can employ this.Where does mindfulness come from?Mindfulness comes from my sensory input combined with my thoughts, feelings, actions, and intentions. That makes me consciously aware – here and now, in this present moment – of my mindset/headspace/psyche self.2022-02-0419 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneHow Do Mindfulness and Awareness Go Hand-In-Hand?Reexamining mindfulnessMindfulness is conscious awareness of not just what’s happening in the world around us – but what’s going on within us. It’s being conscious and aware – here and now – of our thoughts, feelings, actions, and intentions.I’ve previously explored using mindfulness to make choices – like choosing to be positive or negative. But that’s not entirely practical, is it? The whole concept fails to acknowledge how much space exists between the extremes like good and bad, positive and negative, etc.Rather than employ mindfulness to recognize where we are in the present...2022-01-2817 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneLiving in the NowAwareness and Living in the NowLiving in the now allows us to only be focused on our immediate needs, our immediate surroundings, and ourselves. Living in the now lets us ultimately focus on pretty much anything and everything we want to.There was a conversation thread on Twitter. It was skewing negatively, and I decided to make a less negative statement. Someone replied to that – in a way that I found insulting. After some back and forth, a response that I received doubled down and was deeply insulting and condescending. And those are two way...2022-01-2119 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneConscious Reality Creation PracticesHow does conscious reality creation work?If you are not creating your reality consciously – you are doing so subconsciously.Consciousness creates reality because our perceptions of reality are unique.It is important to accept two truths here:· Everybody’s perception of reality is different· Reality is colored by experienceWhy does consciousness create reality? Because in the simple abstract derived from the two truths above - our perception and experience are going to make our reality real for us.How does consciousness create reality? Because our awareness, our und...2022-01-1419 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneHow Does Awareness of Consciousness Create Reality?What is conscious reality creation?Reality is an illusion.“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.” – Albert EinsteinHow can consciousness create reality? Thought, feeling, intentional actionYour Subconscious is driving the bus if you are not consciously aware.A deeper look at consciousness and realityWhat is consciousness? It is your awareness, your senses, thoughts, and feelings. Consciousness is perception, recognition, knowledge. Awareness of your mindset/headspace/psyche self, your ego, your subconscious, and all the interconnectivity between them.What is realit...2022-01-0721 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneEmpowering Ourselves with ActionsThe act of doing the thingActions don’t just speak louder than words – they move everything.New Year’s Eve is almost upon us. Besides various forms of celebration people participate in around the world – lots of people make New Year’s Resolutions.The trouble with resolutions is that they are often nothing but ideas. They are made with no goalpost, no plan of action – just the idea of doing that thing.Rather than simply resolve to do this, that, or the other thing – taking action has a much greater effect....2021-12-3118 min

Self-Awareness for EveryonePeace, Love, Joy – And It’s Okay to Not be OkaySeeking peace, love, and joy this time of yearThe ideas of peace, love, and harmony are part of awareness for everyone - and we can use them to improve ourselves and help the people we love, too.Mindfulness makes this clear. It is your conscious awareness in the here-and-now of what’s in your head. This occurs on three levels.On the surface, the easiest level to access, it’s your thoughts, feelings, actions, and intentions. Knowing what you are thinking, what and how you are feeling, what you are doing, and why...2021-12-2418 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneHow Does Awareness Recognize and Work with Change?What is the importance of change to awareness?The Universe is in a constant state of change – it is inevitable. You cannot stop changeNobody denies that change is scary. Humans seek comfort, be it in our homes, relationships, clothing, foods we consume, and so forth. There is a certain level of comfort in the familiar. As such, when that which we are used to changes, it can be extremely disconcerting.Change is inevitable. It cannot be stopped. So when we are embracing change, we open ourselves up to controlling it instead.Worki...2021-12-1716 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneCan Awareness Create the World We Live In?Awareness for everyone and conscious reality creationConsciousness creates realityReality is the world in which we liveCollective consciousness and the world without“The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.” - Lao TzuThought, feeling, action, and intention build our livesManifestation is the product of conscious reality creationMindfulness and awareness of ourselves is the key"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." - Albert EinsteinCan awareness crea...2021-12-1017 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneHow Does Awareness Combat Fear?What is Fear?Fear (from Dictionary.com)1. nouna distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real orimagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid.2. something that causes feelings of dread or apprehension; something a person is afraid of3. anticipation of the possibility that something unpleasant will occur4. verbto consider or anticipate (something unpleasant) with a feeling of dread or alarm5. Living in a fear-based societyFear tends to be more about being afraid to suffer rather than the suffering that might truly occur.How do Tangible and...2021-12-0318 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneHow Does Gratitude Empower?The power of saying Thank YouIf “I am” are the most important generators of positivity, then “thank you” are the next most important.These two words are amongst the most powerful words in all of the English language. Expressing what you are grateful for is about as pure a positive act as you can create. Recognizing the good things you have in your life and giving thanks for them is incredibly powerful. Expressing gratitudeReal, genuine gratitude is ALWAYS empowering and always positive. It has a humility bu...2021-11-2616 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneThe Importance of Mindfulness to AwarenessMindfulness is the key to awarenessBeing mindful is not something you can do once and then neglect. It requires constant check-ins and considerations to be taken.Mindfulness is the conscious awareness of your thoughts, feelings, actions, and intention – here and now, in the present. You gain recognition of your inner mindset/headspace/psyche self, which lets you better connect your conscious mind, subconscious mind, and ego.Being mindful, in a nutshell, is ultimately being aware of you.Awareness of the now changesThe moment is constantly changing....2021-11-1919 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneSeason 1 – Episode 2 – How Does Awareness Wake People Up?Why do people need to wake up? Too many people move through life with little awareness of themselves. Thus, they are – to all intents and purposes – sleepwalking. They are not mindful of their thoughts, feelings, actions, or intentions. Thus, they live subconsciously. Mindfulness and awareness Practicing mindfulness isn’t hard. And doing so keeps you awake. Mindfulness connects people to their who, what, why, where, how, and even when. This is through conscious awareness – here and now. Rather than being on autopilot and moving through life subconsciously – or asleep...2021-11-1217 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneHow Does Awareness Wake People Up?Why do people need to wake up?Too many people move through life with little awareness of themselves. Thus, they are – to all intents and purposes – sleepwalking.They are not mindful of their thoughts, feelings, actions, or intentions. Thus, they live subconsciously.Mindfulness and awarenessPracticing mindfulness isn’t hard. And doing so keeps you awake.Mindfulness connects people to their who, what, why, where, how, and even when. This is through conscious awareness – here and now.Rather than being on autopilot and moving through life subconsciously – or asleep...2021-11-1217 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneSeason 1 – Episode 1 – Why Awareness for Everyone?Episode 1 Season 1 – Why Awareness for Everyone? What is awareness? From Dictionary.com: the state or condition of being aware; having knowledge; consciousness: What is the meaning of awareness in this context? Being Aware of who, what, where, how and why you are via sensory input combined with your thoughts, feelings, actions, and intentions Living in the now Being present. Being consciously aware of our own thoughts, feelings, actions, and intentions – better connects you within and without. Asking mindful awakening questions: · What am I thinking? ...2021-11-0500 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneWhy Awareness for Everyone?Episode 1 Season 1 - Why Awareness for Everyone?What is awareness?From Dictionary.com: the state or condition of being aware; having knowledge; consciousness:What is the meaning of awareness in this context?Being Aware of who, what, where, how and why you are via sensory input combined with your thoughts, feelings, actions, and intentionsLiving in the nowBeing present.Being consciously aware of our own thoughts, feelings, actions, and intentions - better connects you within and without.Asking mindful awakening questions:· ...2021-11-0519 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneSeason 1 – Episode 0 – TrailerAwareness for Everyone is an exploration of Conscious Reality Creation, mindfulness, and employing awareness tools for optimizing life experience This is a quick introduction to the podcast and your host, MJ Blehart – writer, blogger, editor, voice artist, and 21st century philosopher. MJ Blehart – A Storyteller and his Writing The post Season 1 – Episode 0 – Trailer appeared first on Self-Awareness for Everyone. 2021-10-2701 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneTrailerAwareness for Everyone is an exploration of Conscious Reality Creation, mindfulness, and employing awareness tools for optimizing life experience This is a quick introduction to the podcast and your host, MJ Blehart - writer, blogger, editor, voice artist, and 21st century philosopher.https://mjblehart.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 2021-10-2702 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneChoosing to Work with and Though Negative EmotionsNegative emotions are unavoidable But we can choose to work with and through negative emotions. Negative emotions: everyone has them, feels them, and experiences them. How that manifests for me is not how it manifests for you. But in our own way, we each experience this. I’d like to share this quote from Paulo Coelho’s novel Brida, “When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes. Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way.”2021-10-2217 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneChoosing to Work with and Though Negative EmotionsNegative emotions are unavoidable. But we can choose how long they hold onto us, and how to work with and through them to empower ourselves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 2021-10-2217 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneDo You Choose to Live with Joy and Passion?Living a life worth living I don’t know about you – but I want to experience life. What does that mean? It means I want to do things, attempt things, try out new experiences. And this is how I have spent most of my life. There have been various paths laid out before me. And as I looked down and contemplated taking them, I would stop to ask – is this truly what I desire? Will this path bring me joy and passion, or leave me indifferent and apathetic – or worse, sorrowful, and distressed? I...2021-10-1518 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneDo You Choose to Live with Joy and Passion?Believe in yourself and know that you are worthy and deserving of living with joy and passion. This is a choice - and we all get to make it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 2021-10-1519 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneApplying the KISS PrincipleWhat is the KISS Principle? KISS = Keep It Simple Stupid Some have interpreted this statement as insulting – keep it simple, stupid! But that’s not my take. I see it as stupidly simple. Keep it simple stupid. But the point of this principle is that the simple plan, simple solution, and simplest idea is best. One reason why the KISS Principle is so spot-on and applicable is this: No plan survives contact with the enemy. The “enemy” is the unexpected, the unplanned for, and the things you have ZERO control...2021-10-0916 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneApplying the KISS PrincipleApplying the KISS Principle is easy. Look at any strategy you plan and see if it’s simple or unnecessarily complicated. That's empowering. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 2021-10-0917 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneWhy Do What You Do?Who do I do this for now? While in my 20s and 30s, weight loss was aimed towards the impression I made on others. Now it’s about me. I am well aware that getting into better health and being healthier is harder after you turn 50. Given heart disease issues on both sides of my family – I know that there’s no time like the present to act. I’ve become comfortable in my own skin and what impression I make on others. Hell, to some degree I relish the impression certain things I can do...2021-10-0116 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneWhy Do What You Do?Why does who you do it for matter? Because the impression you make on anyone else is outside of your control. Awareness of this matters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 2021-10-0117 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneNo Plan Survives Contact with the EnemyNo matter your plan – contact with the enemy is likely to destroy it The vast majority of the time, no plan survives contact with the enemy. When you commit everything to a single plan – with no flexibility or possible alternatives – if and when it crumbles, you will be at a loss. This doesn’t just apply to combat. This is true of everything we desire to plan in life. When it doesn’t happen as planned – they get upset, lost, uncertain, confused – and rather than flex and change, they resist and suffer. Who is the...2021-09-2416 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneNo Plan Survives Contact with the EnemyNo plan survives contact with the enemy. But recognizing and acknowledging this means your plan is ultimately flexible and adaptable via mindfulness and employing both strategy and tactics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 2021-09-2417 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneLife is Not Fair and It's Not EasyThe truth hurts It never ceases to amaze me how often we avoid truths. There are many reasons why we make the choices that we do. Sometimes, we’re protecting ourselves – while other times we’re protecting those we care about. The most difficult truths to accept are the inevitable, ineffable ones. Three of the most common are: Life is not fair Life is not easy Death is the end of life Everybody seeks comfort in one form or another. Much of what makes us feel comfortable are the things that bring about fairne...2021-09-1717 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneLife is Not Fair and It's Not EasyThe most difficult truths to accept are the inevitable, ineffable ones. Three of the most common are Life is not fair, it's not easy, and death is inevitable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 2021-09-1717 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneIt Starts with You and MeKindness, compassion, and empathy starts here Changing the big picture issues starts with you and me. There is some seriously messed up stuff happening in… The post It Starts with You and Me appeared first on Awareness for Everyone.2021-09-1016 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneIt Starts with You and MeKindness, compassion, and empathy starts here. Become aware that changing the big picture issues starts with you and me. We cannot change the big picture without practicing mindfulness and being aware of ourselves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 2021-09-1016 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneYou Do YouYou do you, boo It’s time to stop tolerating and start accepting many of our differences. I have friends who identify as gender nonbinary, or… The post You Do You appeared first on Awareness for Everyone.2021-09-0317 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneYou Do YouI accept that you and I are different in literal and figurative ways. And acceptance is incredibly empowering for everyone.How do you do you, boo? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 2021-09-0318 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneWhat's Normal, Anyhow?I am not in any way, shape, or form, normal And I am not saying that without proof. I am a huge geek. Particularly when… The post What’s Normal, Anyhow? appeared first on Awareness for Everyone.2021-08-2715 min

Self-Awareness for EveryoneWhat's Normal, Anyhow?What is normal, anyhow? This is a very loaded question. I suspect that the definition of “normal” is dependent on your life experience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 2021-08-2716 min

Self-Awareness for Everyone"It" Can Only be Done by YouNobody else can act for you but you American society loves to blame. You name it, we blame it. From the very top to the… The post “It” Can Only be Done by You appeared first on Awareness for Everyone.2021-08-2017 min

Self-Awareness for Everyone"It" Can Only be Done by YouIn this iteration, “it” is that thing you are doing, desire to be doing, or otherwise take control of. Tangible or intangible, it's on you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 2021-08-2018 min

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