Growth
The Zenprovement manifesto
Sunday, May 4th, 2008
I can’t say for sure what self-improvement means to you. But I’m willing to guess that essentially, you feel it is to make positive progress on your life, your sense of identity, your virtues, your character, even your goals and dreams; the idea being that making improvements on what you identify as your “self”, […]
Changes on the blog
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
If you’ve been following my blog at all you’ve probably noticed things have been pretty slow around here during the last month or so. My apologies to those of you who were expecting new content in April. Though I sat down to write a few times each week, I simply couldn’t produce any […]
5 Self-Improvement myths
Monday, March 24th, 2008
photo credit: giopuo
Your introduction to self-improvement may have been very similar to mine. I remember when I first came upon self-help and personal development literature I was very skeptical. However, it wasn’t long before a whole new world of possibilities was opened up to me.
Before my introduction to this field I had […]
Living from the inside out
Sunday, February 24th, 2008
Western culture places an excessive amount of emphasis on the external aspects of life. Most people go through their lives measuring its success by what they obtain. Whether those things are possessions, relationships, power, or experiences, the blind pursuit of them will always lead to unhappiness and the longing for more. It […]
Managing change in your life
Monday, February 18th, 2008
While some of us enjoy change and adapt to it readily, others of us fear it, are loath towards it and will avoid change at all costs. Change can bring both the happiest moments into our lives and also some of the most difficult challenges. Regardless, change will always be […]
How to deal with a breakup
Sunday, February 17th, 2008
Breakups are hard. Unfortunately, almost everyone on earth has to go through the difficult stages of ending a romantic relationship at some point in their life. Most of us endure it multiple times. Strangely enough, we all deal with this problem in different ways, some of which are healthy and others of […]
Do something different; Make a change
Thursday, February 7th, 2008
Your emotions are signals. They tell you whether you’re in alignment with what you want our out of alignment with it, that’s definitely not my own original idea, or anything new if you’ve spent any time reading self-improvement or personal development literature. But it’s easy to simply accept those emotions as part of […]