Are you quick to get angry at someone when they say things that oppose your views? Is it because you think that what they’re saying is challenging the validity of your beliefs or your knowledge? In reality, everybody wants to feel heard.Everybody’s just trying to express themselves. Not everything is an argument. There may beContinue reading “Maybe it’s time”
Category Archives: Choose Joy
Are you CURIOUS but not allowing yourself to explore it?
How many times do you say you would love to do something, but will never let yourself do it? For whatever reason: it sounds silly, your significant other wouldn’t approve, you don’t have the money for it, you don’t have the time for it, the list keeps going! You’re always going to be able toContinue reading “Are you CURIOUS but not allowing yourself to explore it?”
Are you aware of your choices?
Every single thing we do is a choice. Everything. Did you know we make over 30,000 decisions and choices every single day? How many of those choices are you making consciously, with intention? Surely what you choose to eat. What posts you like and comment on. But do you actively choose your thoughts? Do youContinue reading “Are you aware of your choices?”
Let the Clouds Clear
When you’re in pain or struggling with emotional burdens, your first instinct is to close off from the world. You try not to let others see that you are struggling. You don’t want to be a burden to them, and you don’t want to appear weak, like a victim. So you shrink back, shutter upContinue reading “Let the Clouds Clear”
CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF MISALIGNMENT
For real, I can’t hear one more thing about discipline. I have real beef with this word. It’s a word that I think we misunderstand… I think we overuse, confuse, and are wrongly obsessed with: discipline. Since it’s a new year, nearly everyone I follow who has posted about their goals has mentioned that itContinue reading “CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF MISALIGNMENT”
This is why Choosing Joy is a long-term game-plan, not a sprint.
Choosing Joy is a journey. Like all other lessons, habits, and theories we learn in this lifetime, it can take time to learn the practice and reap the benefits. Taking the first steps for Choosing Joy in any and all areas of our lives can look like a lot of different things. It can beContinue reading “This is why Choosing Joy is a long-term game-plan, not a sprint.”
It is bullshit to think you have to earn this simple thing in life
How much guilt do we place on ourselves in this society? Really, be honest with yourself. Ok, I’ll say it. WAY TOO MUCH! What is this notion that we need to earn everything? Where did it come from? We need to earn fun, we need to earn love, we need to earn a good wage,Continue reading “It is bullshit to think you have to earn this simple thing in life”
Follow the adventure of your life!
Trust the adventure of your life. The relationship I discuss in this video started with the decision to take an adventure. I met a guy in a bar who said he wanted to take me sailing, and my snarky ass agreed to go to because I wanted to call his bluff… but he actually delivered.Continue reading “Follow the adventure of your life!”
The power of positive thinking – how your thoughts shape your reality
I feel like we always hear about the power of positive thinking when it comes to cancer patients living past their diagnosis expectations. And I love these stories, it’s truly incredible! But sometimes I wonder, why we aren’t talking about the smaller, everyday examples of positive thinking? Here, I’m provoking thought in a super lightheartedContinue reading “The power of positive thinking – how your thoughts shape your reality”
If you’re not choosing to take action, you are choosing to suffer!
Do you ever encounter this – someone who is constantly complaining or living with an incredibly agonizing situation, pain, or roadblock that they love to complain about, but never seem to take action on any of the advice they get? Is this YOU?! Boo boo, I say this with all the love in the world:Continue reading “If you’re not choosing to take action, you are choosing to suffer!”
Kerstie Blue 