Here is an excerpt from End the Struggle and Dance With Life where Susan talks about reaping the benefits of living in the Now.” For us in Western society, this idea of living in the moment is very foreign. Most of us are caught in the trap of preparing to…
Category: Personal Development
Letting Go of the Resistance
In End the Struggle and Dance With Life, Susan wrote about learning to go with the flow of Life, even when—especially when—things are bad. Below is an excerpt about learning to let go of needing to control and to stop resisting change. To help you get in touch with what…
What Happens When You Step Off the Ladder?
This month we’re talking about Chapter 3 of End the Struggle and Dance With Life, “Climbing off the Ladder to Distress.” When we’re focused on a goal or achievement, we’re missing out on so many things that life has to offer. We’re missing out on making our life HUGE. Here’s…
Moving Away From the Alienation of Competition
Competition can be healthy in certain circumstances, but often it’s both frustrating and exhausting. Constantly having to try to outdo our friends and colleagues, even strangers, takes us down to our Lower Self. The problem is that we’ve all been told our whole lives that we must be successful and…
When We Need a Guide to Visualize
This month we’re talking about how visualizing what we want can help us to get where we want to be. However, some people may struggle with trying to visualize, so Susan suggested trying guided visualization. One of the powerful tools used by the practitioners of [self-realization] is the guided visualization.…
Giving is About Being Your Best
We give presents and our time to try to make other people happy, to add a little joy to their lives. When we give from a place of love and trust, we are expanding our own lives and adding to our own blessings. Giving is about being your best, regardless…
Learning to Give From the Heart
In this excerpt from Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway, Susan talks about her revelation when she learned that in order to receive, she must first give. If we are constantly expecting, we will spend a great deal of our lives disappointed that the world isn’t treating us right.…
Let’s Not Be the Obnoxious One
Since we’re talking this month about the push back we get from loved ones when we’re trying to improve ourselves, we should also look at how we react, or sometimes over-react, to the push back. Here’s a lightly edited excerpt from Feel the Fear: It is important that we learn…
Techniques for Dealing with Push Back
When we are working on improving ourselves and we face push back from the people we love, we need to use the right tools in order to deflect any negativity. If we don’t and we might lash out and start arguments, then we aren’t helping ourselves or those around us.…
Good Advice at Any Time
Marie Kondo has become the “go-to” guru of cleaning house in the last decade. Her teachings about “tidying up” are more along the lines of self-help than home improvement, as she claims that cleaning house can free you to start a new life. But, we need to look no further…