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Complaining keeps our focus in the wrong direction — on what is NOT working. As a result, we tend to perpetuate what’s not working, which leads to more complaining.  Have you noticed that complaining Is a ...

Have you ever had a job where, when no one else was looking, you and a coworker would sit around and just complain about stuff? Sure, we all have! What we don’t realize is that complaining ...

Few subjects are more misunderstood than complaining — most people don’t fully understand the definition of complaining but we all seem to know it when we hear it, right? You’re going to be surprised to learn: ...

Over the years, I’ve confronted lots of myths surrounding the Complaint Free challenge including: No one can really stop complaining If you stop complaining, you’ll be a doormat Human beings need to vent In reality, thousands ...

Over the next couple of weeks, we’re going back to the basics. By that, I mean we’re going to delve into COMPLAINING – why we do it, what’s wrong with it, and how we can get ...

Several years ago, a small man sat on a park bench and contemplated dying. His life had been consumed with unhappiness and misery so he planned to kill himself but for some reason, he didn’t. Over ...

“What’s the meaning of life?” is probably the most bantered about question in all of religion and philosophy. The fact that human beings want to uncover life’s meaning implies that life MUST have a meaning. Here’s ...

What would you say is the purpose of religion? Is the purpose of religion to save souls, expand the faithful, develop laws and rules, or is it something more? According to the 14th Dahli Lama, the ...

t’s an interesting paradigm: we often consider ourselves to be victims of other people and situations and yet we reject the notion of powerlessness. No program has saved more lives than A.A. and yet the first ...

What do you do when confronted by a surprising and stressful situation? Panic? React? Runaway? In Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), they teach a skill called S.T.O.P., which gives you a plan for handling crisis situations without ...

‘Ever heard this? “If you talk to yourself when you’re alone, it means you’re crazy.” Actually, as with most old sayings like this, the opposite is actually true! Talking to yourself Eliminates fear and anxiety by ...

What do metaphysics, comic books, and your life all have in common? A lot, including: Multiverse plot twists Shadow dimensions Unlimited rebirths Start now to understand you’re already living in a multiverse created by your choices ...

JumpStart – Being Psychosomatic When I was a little kid, my mom avoided my grandma saying she was “psychosomatic.” Later in life, I learned that we’re ALL psychosomatic. Learn in this JumpStart how Your body affects ...

The other day I had an experience in my favorite local Thai restaurant that reminded me that we all live in totally different worlds. The story I share revolves around whether or not Teddy was welcome ...

Stress is like the weather, everyone talks about it but no one does anything about it. Recently as part of my own journey into living a less stressful life, I discovered a simple and powerful technique ...

I love to cook but cooking only for myself isn’t all that fulfilling. Recently, I mentioned this to several people, and as Esther Hicks says, I sent a “rocket of desire into the universe.” Now, I ...

In a previous JumpStart, I discussed that George Costanza (played by Jason Alexander on Seinfeld) is a PERFECT example of a person with BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder). George Costanza is: Impulsive, irrational, and insecure to the ...

The other day, I posted something on Facebook that got hundreds of shares and positive comments. Ironically, because of those very shares (which I’m truly grateful for) tens of thousands of new people saw my anti-complaining ...

When we’re faced with a situation we can often feel overwhelmed and uncertain as to where we want to go. During these stressful times, we need to ask ourselves 2 questions: Can I affect the outcome? ...

It’s been said that “public speaking is the biggest fear people have” but that’s not true. There is a fear BEHIND that fear that causes sheer terror when some people speak in front of an audience ...

Feelings such as stress, anxiety, worry, fear, anger, and sadness all show up as energy in our bodies. Energy that we feel and which alters our breathing and puts us into “fight or flight” mode. Ask ...